Table 4.31
Mexican and other immigrants' share of U.S. workforce, by gender, 1940–2011
| Share of workforce* (Decennial Census) | Share of workforce* (CPS) | Change | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2000 | 2011 | 1980–1990 | 1990–2000 | 2000–2011 | |
| Immigrants | ||||||||||||
| All | 9.8% | 7.3% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 6.5% | 8.8% | 13.2% | 13.4% | 16.2% | 2.3 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| Mexican | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Other | 9.5 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Immigrant men | ||||||||||||
| All | 10.9% | 7.8% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 6.4% | 9.4% | 14.5% | 15.0% | 17.9% | 3.0 | 5.1 | 2.9 |
| Mexican | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| Other | 10.5 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Immigrant women | ||||||||||||
| All | 6.9% | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 8.2% | 11.7% | 11.6% | 14.2% | 1.7 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| Mexican | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Other | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
* Population 18 to 64 years old
Source: Borjas and Katz (2005, Figure 1) and authors' analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata
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