Table 1.7
Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|EMPLOYMENT STATUS | | CITIZENSHIP STATUS | | | |-----------------------------------------------| | | | | Naturalized | | | | Total | Native | Citizen | Not a Citizen | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total | | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | | |140,454| 67.2|123,070| 67.3| 6,720| 65.2| 10,664| 67.5| | Employed |134,338| 95.6|117,806| 95.7| 6,499| 96.7| 10,033| 94.1| | Unemployed | 6,116| 4.4| 5,264| 4.3| 221| 3.3| 631| 5.9| | Not in civilian labor force| | | | | | | | | | | 68,613| 32.8| 59,899| 32.7| 3,582| 34.8| 5,133| 32.5| | | 68,613| 100.0| 59,899| 100.0| 3,582| 100.0| 5,133| 100.0| |Male | | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | | | 74,517| 74.2| 64,183| 73.4| 3,623| 74.3| 6,712| 82.8| | Employed | 71,237| 95.6| 61,364| 95.6| 3,520| 97.2| 6,353| 94.7| | Unemployed | 3,281| 4.4| 2,820| 4.4| 102| 2.8| 359| 5.3| | Not in civilian labor force| | | | | | | | | | | 25,901| 25.8| 23,255| 26.6| 1,255| 25.7| 1,391| 17.2| | | 25,901| 100.0| 23,255| 100.0| 1,255| 100.0| 1,391| 100.0| |Female | | | | | | | | | | Civilian labor force | | | | | | | | | | | 65,937| 60.7| 58,886| 61.6| 3,098| 57.1| 3,953| 51.4| | Employed | 63,102| 95.7| 56,442| 95.8| 2,979| 96.2| 3,680| 93.1| | Unemployed | 2,835| 4.3| 2,444| 4.2| 119| 3.8| 273| 6.9| | Not in civilian labor force| | | | | | | | | | | 42,712| 39.3| 36,644| 38.4| 2,326| 42.9| 3,742| 48.6| | | 42,712| 100.0| 36,644| 100.0| 2,326| 100.0| 3,742| 100.0| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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: 1997' P23-195, page 34, footnote 1. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division Internet release date: January 3, 2001