Table 1.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                             |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |144,100|  100.0|123,764|  100.0|  7,601|  100.0| 12,735|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |135,154|   93.8|116,221|   93.9|  7,202|   94.7| 11,731|   92.1|
|    Unemployed               |  8,946|    6.2|  7,543|    6.1|    399|    5.3|  1,004|    7.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 72,687|  100.0| 63,033|  100.0|  3,997|  100.0|  5,657|  100.0|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 76,682|  100.0| 64,561|  100.0|  4,031|  100.0|  8,090|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 71,505|   93.2| 60,210|   93.3|  3,812|   94.6|  7,483|   92.5|
|    Unemployed               |  5,177|    6.8|  4,351|    6.7|    219|    5.4|    607|    7.5|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 27,480|  100.0| 24,563|  100.0|  1,338|  100.0|  1,579|  100.0|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 67,419|  100.0| 59,203|  100.0|  3,571|  100.0|  4,645|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 63,649|   94.4| 56,011|   94.6|  3,390|   94.9|  4,248|   91.4|
|    Unemployed               |  3,770|    5.6|  3,192|    5.4|    181|    5.1|    397|    8.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 45,207|  100.0| 38,470|  100.0|  2,659|  100.0|  4,078|  100.0|
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1/ Age 16 years and over.
2/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.
3/ The data in this table differ slightly from data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
   See 'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000' P23-206, page 38, footnote 1.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --9/26/02)