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04/03/2004

Table 1: March Employment Numbers: A Blowout For Hispanics; Mediocre For Other Groups (Employment in 1,000s)
	February 2004	March 2004	Increase	% Increase
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%
Source: BLS, "The Employment Situation: March 2004," April 2, 2004. Tables A-1, A-2, and A-3. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Table 2: The U.S. Labor force by Race and Nativity, 2002 (Numbers in 1,000s)
	Total	U.S. Born	Foreign 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Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data.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.