|
Total
college-educated
labor force |
Native born |
Foreign born |
Total
|
Arrived
1990-2000 |
Arrived
1980-1989 |
Arrived
1965-1979 |
Arrived
Before 1965 |
| Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
| Workers, ages 25 to 64 |
33,163.0 |
100.0 |
28,854.9 |
100.0 |
4,308.1 |
100.0 |
1,573.4 |
100.0 |
1,235.3 |
100.0 |
1,159.5 |
100.0 |
340.0 |
100.0 |
| Sex (male) |
17,809.1 |
53.7 |
15,326.0 |
53.1 |
2,482.9 |
57.6 |
944.2 |
60.0 |
703.1 |
56.9 |
638.5 |
55.1 |
197.0 |
58.0 |
| Average age (years) |
41.8 |
- |
41.9 |
- |
40.8 |
- |
36.2 |
- |
40.3 |
- |
44.4 |
- |
51.6 |
- |
| Average age at arrival to the US (years) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
24.9 |
- |
31.9 |
- |
25.8 |
- |
18.7 |
- |
10.1 |
- |
| Race and ethnicity: |
| White |
26,766.9 |
80.7 |
25,444.0 |
88.2 |
1,323.0 |
30.7 |
511.4 |
32.5 |
288.2 |
23.3 |
323.2 |
27.9 |
200.4 |
58.9 |
| Black |
2,271.7 |
6.9 |
1,953.2 |
6.8 |
318.5 |
7.4 |
88.0 |
5.6 |
115.5 |
9.4 |
105.3 |
9.1 |
9.8 |
2.9 |
| Asian |
2,329.7 |
7.0 |
433.0 |
1.5 |
1,896.7 |
44.0 |
713.8 |
45.4 |
611.1 |
49.5 |
529.7 |
45.7 |
42.2 |
12.4 |
| Other race |
335.7 |
1.0 |
257.4 |
0.9 |
78.3 |
1.8 |
33.6 |
2.1 |
22.5 |
1.8 |
19.4 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
| Latino |
1,458.9 |
4.4 |
767.4 |
2.7 |
691.4 |
16.1 |
226.6 |
14.4 |
198.1 |
16.0 |
181.9 |
15.7 |
84.8 |
25.0 |
| Educational attainment: |
| Bachelor's degree |
21,123.3 |
63.7 |
18,695.0 |
64.8 |
2,428.5 |
56.4 |
844.1 |
53.7 |
725.9 |
58.8 |
679.3 |
58.6 |
179.2 |
52.7 |
| Master's degree |
8,069.1 |
24.3 |
6,965.3 |
24.1 |
1,103.8 |
25.6 |
439.2 |
27.9 |
295.8 |
23.9 |
271.9 |
23.5 |
96.9 |
28.5 |
| Professional/Doctorate degree |
3,970.7 |
12.0 |
3,194.8 |
11.1 |
775.9 |
18.0 |
290.2 |
18.4 |
213.7 |
17.3 |
208.2 |
18.0 |
63.9 |
18.8 |
| English proficiency: |
| Not at all/not very well |
346.2 |
1.0 |
104.9 |
0.4 |
241.3 |
5.6 |
156.3 |
9.9 |
58.4 |
4.7 |
23.4 |
2.0 |
3.3 |
1.0 |
| Well/very well |
4,709.1 |
14.2 |
1,563.0 |
5.4 |
3,146.1 |
73.0 |
1,180.0 |
75.0 |
970.8 |
78.6 |
822.6 |
71.0 |
172.7 |
50.8 |
| English only |
28,107.7 |
84.8 |
27,187.0 |
94.2 |
920.7 |
21.4 |
237.1 |
15.1 |
206.1 |
16.7 |
313.5 |
27.0 |
164.0 |
48.3 |
| Region of birth: |
| United States |
28,534.9 |
86.0 |
28,535.0 |
98.9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Europe |
999.9 |
3.0 |
156.1 |
0.5 |
843.8 |
19.6 |
357.4 |
22.7 |
173.3 |
14.0 |
174.3 |
15.0 |
138.9 |
40.9 |
| Asia |
2,188.8 |
6.6 |
79.5 |
0.3 |
2,109.3 |
48.9 |
771.2 |
49.0 |
670.5 |
54.3 |
609.2 |
52.5 |
58.4 |
17.2 |
| Canada |
190.8 |
0.6 |
22.7 |
0.1 |
168.2 |
3.9 |
65.5 |
4.2 |
29.6 |
2.4 |
40.2 |
3.5 |
32.9 |
9.7 |
| Latin America and Caribbean |
954.5 |
2.9 |
45.4 |
0.2 |
909.0 |
21.1 |
272.7 |
17.3 |
270.7 |
21.9 |
265.3 |
22.9 |
100.3 |
29.5 |
| Elsewhere |
293.9 |
0.9 |
16.2 |
0.1 |
277.8 |
6.5 |
106.6 |
6.8 |
91.2 |
7.4 |
70.4 |
6.1 |
9.5 |
2.8 |
| Occupations: |
| Management & Business Operations |
8,371.8 |
25.2 |
7,452.6 |
25.8 |
919.2 |
21.3 |
278.7 |
17.7 |
265.3 |
21.5 |
282.8 |
24.4 |
92.4 |
27.2 |
| Information Technology |
1,700.4 |
5.1 |
1,271.3 |
4.4 |
429.1 |
9.9 |
234.8 |
14.9 |
109.4 |
8.9 |
73.3 |
6.3 |
11.6 |
3.4 |
| Scientists & Engineers |
2,446.4 |
7.4 |
1,959.8 |
6.8 |
486.6 |
11.3 |
196.1 |
12.5 |
135.1 |
10.9 |
124.7 |
10.8 |
30.7 |
9.0 |
| Physicians & Surgeons |
667.8 |
2.0 |
494.1 |
1.7 |
173.8 |
4.0 |
51.5 |
3.3 |
41.7 |
3.4 |
66.9 |
5.8 |
13.6 |
4.0 |
| Registered Nurses |
1,120.9 |
3.4 |
957.2 |
3.3 |
163.7 |
3.8 |
47.3 |
3.0 |
52.9 |
4.3 |
52.6 |
4.5 |
10.9 |
3.2 |
| Other Health Care |
1,293.9 |
3.9 |
1,125.1 |
3.9 |
168.7 |
3.9 |
51.4 |
3.3 |
52.1 |
4.2 |
53.2 |
4.6 |
12.0 |
3.5 |
| Education & Training |
4,823.6 |
14.6 |
4,460.6 |
15.5 |
363.0 |
8.4 |
122.6 |
7.8 |
92.8 |
7.5 |
98.1 |
8.5 |
49.5 |
14.6 |
| Other professionals |
3,756.8 |
11.3 |
3,445.1 |
11.9 |
311.7 |
7.2 |
96.6 |
6.1 |
85.9 |
7.0 |
92.5 |
8.0 |
36.7 |
10.8 |
| Non-professional occupations |
8,981.4 |
27.1 |
7,689.1 |
26.7 |
1,292.3 |
30.0 |
494.3 |
31.4 |
400.1 |
32.4 |
315.3 |
27.2 |
82.5 |
24.3 |
| Labor market outcomes: |
| Self-employed |
3,790.5 |
11.4 |
3,309.3 |
11.5 |
481.1 |
11.2 |
106.1 |
6.7 |
149.3 |
12.1 |
168.2 |
14.5 |
57.6 |
16.9 |
| Unemployed |
588.5 |
1.8 |
471.1 |
1.6 |
117.5 |
2.7 |
52.8 |
3.4 |
30.7 |
2.5 |
26.5 |
2.3 |
7.5 |
2.2 |
| Average earnings in 1999 ($) |
63,715.0 |
- |
63,838.0 |
- |
62,840.0 |
- |
57,362.0 |
- |
60,454.0 |
- |
67,950.0 |
- |
77,583.0 |
- |
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