Foreign Born
Tab 1: Labor force participation rate for the native born and foreign born, 2011 annual averages
| Race or ethnicity |
Native born |
Foreign born |
Total, 16 years and over |
63.6 |
67.0 |
Non-Hispanic or Latino |
|
|
White |
64.3 |
60.2 |
Black or African American |
60.1 |
71.2 |
Asian |
61.5 |
65.6 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
63.2 |
69.8 |
Tab 2: Unemployment rate for the native born and foreign born, persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, by educational attainment, 2011 annual averages
| Education |
Total |
Native born |
Foreign born |
Less than a high school diploma |
12.0 |
17.4 |
10.8 |
High school graduate, no college |
10.3 |
11.2 |
9.4 |
Some college or associate degree |
9.1 |
8.9 |
9.4 |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
5.7 |
5.0 |
6.7 |
Tab 3: Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, foreign born as a percent of native born, 2003–2011 annual averages
| Year |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic or Latino |
| White |
Black |
Asian |
2003 |
76.1 |
99.7 |
99.8 |
94.0 |
2004 |
74.5 |
104.1 |
100.8 |
94.8 |
2005 |
74.2 |
101.8 |
100.0 |
96.1 |
2006 |
75.1 |
103.3 |
101.1 |
100.1 |
2007 |
74.0 |
105.6 |
102.8 |
100 |
2008 |
77.8 |
107.3 |
102.2 |
99.8 |
2009 |
75.8 |
106.7 |
102.1 |
96.6 |
2010 |
76.4 |
103.2 |
100.1 |
103.5 |
2011 |
77.0 |
105.5 |
99.5 |
98.8 |
Source: Current Population Survey | Chart
