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April 03, 2004
Table1:
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March Employment
Numbers: A Blowout For
Hispanics; Mediocre For Other Groups |
|
|
February |
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2004 |
Increase |
% Increase |
|
|
|
|
(Employment in 1,000s) |
|
|
|
|
Total |
137,384 |
137,691 |
307 |
0.2% |
|
|
|
White |
113,834 |
113,921 |
87 |
0.1% |
|
|
|
Black |
14,650 |
14,793 |
143 |
1.0% |
|
|
|
Asian |
5,900 |
5,971 |
71 |
1.2% |
|
|
|
Hispanic |
17,170 |
17,534 |
364 |
2.1% |
|
|
|
|
(Unemployment Rate) |
|
|
|
|
Total |
5.6% |
5.7% |
0.1% |
|
|
|
|
White |
4.9% |
5.1% |
0.2% |
|
|
|
|
Black |
9.8% |
10.2% |
0.4% |
|
|
|
|
Asian |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic |
7.4% |
7.4% |
0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
(Civilian Labor Force in 1,000s) |
|
|
|
|
Total |
146,471 |
146,650 |
179 |
0.1% |
|
|
|
White |
120,540 |
120,542 |
2 |
0.0% |
|
|
|
Black |
16,404 |
16,595 |
191 |
1.2% |
|
|
|
Asian |
6,190 |
6,235 |
45 |
0.7% |
|
|
|
Hispanic |
18,693 |
19,010 |
317 |
1.7% |
|
|
|
|
(Labor Force Participation Rate) |
|
|
|
|
Total |
65.9% |
65.9% |
0.0% |
|
|
|
|
White |
66.2% |
66.2% |
0.0% |
|
|
|
|
Black |
63.3% |
64.0% |
0.7% |
|
|
|
|
Asian |
66.3% |
66.4% |
0.1% |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic |
67.5% |
68.4% |
0.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Source: BLS, "The Employment Situation: March
2004," April 2, 2004. Tables A-1, A-2, and A-3. |
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http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf |
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Table2:
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The U.S. Laborforce by Race and Nativity, 2002 |
|
(Numbers in 1,000s) |
Foreign Born |
|
|
Total |
U.S. Born |
Foreign Born |
Percent |
|
All Races |
122,497 |
104,776 |
17,721 |
14.5% |
|
White, non-Hispanic |
88,445 |
84,690 |
3,755 |
4.2% |
|
Black, non-Hispanic |
13,283 |
11,854 |
1,429 |
10.8% |
|
Asian, non-Hispanic |
5,600 |
1,084 |
4,516 |
80.6% |
|
Hispanic |
14,162 |
6,196 |
7,966 |
56.2% |
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|
|
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Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), Bureau of
Labor Statistics, unpublished data. |
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Available upon request. |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research
Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
