Table 3.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                             |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                             | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    |20,336|  100.0| 2,503|  100.0| 5,188|  100.0|10,954|  100.0| 1,691|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |18,933|   93.1| 2,360|   94.3| 4,899|   94.4|10,094|   92.1| 1,580|   93.4|
|    Unemployed               | 1,403|    6.9|   143|    5.7|   289|    5.6|   860|    7.9|   112|    6.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 9,654|  100.0| 1,814|  100.0| 2,563|  100.0| 4,522|  100.0|   754|  100.0|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    |12,120|  100.0| 1,375|  100.0| 2,875|  100.0| 6,879|  100.0|   991|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |11,295|   93.2| 1,298|   94.4| 2,702|   94.0| 6,366|   92.5|   929|   93.7|
|    Unemployed               |   826|    6.8|    77|    5.6|   173|    6.0|   513|    7.5|    62|    6.3|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 2,917|  100.0|   607|  100.0|   817|  100.0| 1,254|  100.0|   239|  100.0|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 8,216|  100.0| 1,128|  100.0| 2,313|  100.0| 4,075|  100.0|   700|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 7,638|   93.0| 1,062|   94.2| 2,197|   95.0| 3,728|   91.5|   651|   93.0|
|    Unemployed               |   578|    7.0|    66|    5.8|   116|    5.0|   347|    8.5|    49|    7.0|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 6,737|  100.0| 1,207|  100.0| 1,746|  100.0| 3,268|  100.0|   516|  100.0|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/ Age 16 years and over.
3/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.
4/ 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