04/03/2004
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March Employment Numbers: A Blowout For Hispanics; Mediocre For Other Groups |
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| 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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| https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf | ||||||
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The U.S. Laborforce by Race and Nativity, 2002 |
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| (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% |
| Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data. | ||||
| Available upon request. | ||||
Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
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