Table 1 Sample composition by immigrant status, CPS data, 1996–2013
From: First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions
Native (%) | Immigrant (%) | Total (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 20–30 | 22.4 | 24.0 | 22.6 |
31–40 | 23.0 | 29.0 | 23.7 | |
41–50 | 25.8 | 25.1 | 25.7 | |
51–60 | 22.1 | 17.0 | 21.4 | |
> 61 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 6.5 | |
Gender | Male | 48.0 | 48.6 | 48.1 |
Female | 52.0 | 51.4 | 51.9 | |
Marital status | Single | 40.1 | 31.9 | 39.1 |
Married | 59.9 | 68.1 | 60.9 | |
Race | White only | 86.3 | 65.1 | 83.6 |
Black only | 9.9 | 8.5 | 9.7 | |
Alaskan Native | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
Asian | 1.3 | 24.4 | 4.3 | |
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
2 race combinations | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | |
More than 2 races | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Country of birth | USA and its territories | 99.0 | 0.0 | 86.4 |
Mexico | 0.1 | 28.2 | 3.7 | |
Canada | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.4 | |
Other Americas | 0.1 | 22.9 | 3.0 | |
Europe | 0.4 | 12.9 | 2.0 | |
Asia | 0.3 | 27.7 | 3.8 | |
Pacific region | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | |
Africa | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.5 | |
Region | Northeast | 20.5 | 23.2 | 20.9 |
Midwest | 25.6 | 12.6 | 24.0 | |
South | 31.0 | 26.8 | 30.5 | |
West | 22.9 | 37.4 | 24.7 | |
Education | High school or less | 40.3 | 54.1 | 42.1 |
Some college but no degree | 30.9 | 18.0 | 29.3 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 19.5 | 17.4 | 19.3 | |
Master’s degree | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | |
Professional school degree | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | |
Doctorate degree | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | |
Industry | Agriculture | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Mining | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
Construction | 7.2 | 9.1 | 7.4 | |
Manufacturing | 12.1 | 15.3 | 12.5 | |
Wholesale and retail trade | 14.1 | 12.6 | 13.9 | |
Transportation and utilities | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.3 | |
Information | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | |
Financial activities | 7.1 | 5.4 | 6.9 | |
Professional and business services | 10.1 | 11.6 | 10.3 | |
Educational and health services | 22.3 | 16.9 | 21.7 | |
Leisure and hospitality | 6.7 | 12.0 | 7.3 | |
Other services | 4.4 | 6.3 | 4.6 | |
Public administration | 5.4 | 2.2 | 5.0 | |
Occupational sector | Government-federal | 3.0 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
Government-state | 5.0 | 2.7 | 4.7 | |
Government-local | 8.4 | 3.7 | 7.9 | |
Private, for profit | 65.8 | 77.3 | 67.2 | |
Private, nonprofit | 6.6 | 4.0 | 6.3 | |
Self-employed, incorporated | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | |
Self-employed, not incorporated | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.4 | |
Without pay | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Observations | 10,217,419 | 1,486,801 | 11,704,220 |