|
July 05, 2004
Table 1
|
Employment of Citizens and Non-Citizens |
|
in the Nation and Swing States |
|
|
2003-Q1 |
2004-Q1 |
Change |
% Change |
|
|
(Millions of workers) |
|
|
All
States |
|
|
|
|
|
All
Workers |
136.07 |
137.39 |
1.33 |
1.0% |
|
Citizens |
124.67 |
125.62 |
0.95 |
0.8% |
|
Non-citizens |
11.40 |
11.77 |
0.38 |
3.3% |
|
Swing States (a) |
|
|
|
|
|
All
Workers |
47.24 |
48.22 |
0.98 |
2.1% |
|
Citizens |
44.55 |
45.32 |
0.77 |
1.7% |
|
Non-citizens |
2.70 |
2.91 |
0.21 |
7.8% |
|
Percentage Non-citizen |
|
|
|
|
|
All
states |
8.4% |
8.6% |
28.5% |
|
|
Swing states |
5.7% |
6.0% |
21.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Rakesh Kochhar, "Latino Labor Report, First
Quarter, 2004: Wage Growth |
|
Lags Gains in Employment," Pew Hispanic Center, June
2004. |
|
http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/Labor%20Report%202004_1%20Final.pdf |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: The 18 swing states are: Florida, New Mexico,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Oregon, |
|
New
Hampshire, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nevada,
Tennessee, Pennsylvania, |
|
Maine, Michigan, Arkansas, Washington, West Virginia
and Arizona. |
Table 2
|
Labor Force and Employment Growth of |
|
Hispanics and Non-Hispanics, 2003-04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003-Q1 |
2004-Q1 |
Change |
% Change |
|
Labor Force |
|
|
|
|
|
Hispanics |
18,288,430 |
18,974,619 |
686,189 |
3.8% |
|
Non-Hispanics |
127,016,470 |
127,389,040 |
372,570 |
0.3% |
|
Employment |
|
|
|
|
|
Hispanics |
16,733,596 |
17,438,375 |
704,779 |
4.2% |
|
Recent immigrants (a) |
728,248 |
1,476,553 |
748,305 |
102.8% |
|
All Other Hispanics |
16,005,348 |
15,961,822 |
-43,526 |
-0.3% |
|
Non-Hispanics |
119,334,052 |
119,956,617 |
622,565 |
0.5% |
|
%
Hispanic |
|
|
|
|
|
Labor Force |
12.6% |
13.0% |
64.8% |
|
|
Employment |
12.3% |
12.7% |
53.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a.
Year of entry 2000 or later. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Rakesh Kochhar, "Latino Labor Report, First
Quarter, 2004: Wage Growth |
|
Lags Gains in Employment," Pew Hispanic Center, June
2004. Table 3. |
|
http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/Labor%20Report%202004_1%20Final.pdf |
Table 3
|
Median Weekly Wages for Hispanics |
|
and Non-Hispanics, 2002-04 |
|
(Wages are in 2003 Dollars) |
|
|
|
Non-Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic |
|
|
Hispanics |
Whites |
Blacks |
Others |
|
2002-Q1 |
$403 |
$597 |
$477 |
$546 |
|
2003-Q1 |
$402 |
$579 |
$476 |
$579 |
|
2004-Q1 |
$395 |
$593 |
$474 |
$581 |
|
%
change, |
|
|
|
|
|
2002-2004: |
-2.0% |
-0.7% |
-0.6% |
6.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source: Rakesh Kochhar, "Latino Labor Report, First
Quarter, 2004: Wage Growth |
|
Lags Gains in Employment,"
Pew Hispanic Center, June 2004. |
|
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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