Table 3. Labor Force Characteristics for Selected Ancestry Groups Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | |Percent in civilian labor force| | | | | |-------------------------------| |Persons | | | | |16 years | | | |Percent Ancestry |and over |Total |Females |Males |unemployed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All persons 191,829,271 64.4 45.7 54.3 6.3 Albanian 29,935 64.4 39.5 60.5 6.6 American 9,544,739 59.8 45.2 54.8 6.9 Armenian 216,553 60.5 42.2 57.8 7.2 Assyrian 34,382 64.1 40.0 60.0 9.1 Australian 27,995 67.5 45.0 55.0 5.1 Austrian 486,337 58.6 43.1 56.9 4.0 Barbadian 28,805 71.8 55.5 44.5 7.3 Basque 29,914 72.5 40.0 60.0 4.5 Belgian 204,130 65.5 44.1 55.9 4.1 Belizean 16,135 73.1 54.2 45.8 11.3 Brazilian 43,190 72.8 45.2 54.8 6.2 British West Indian 30,300 73.9 53.2 46.8 8.1 Bulgarian 17,614 64.5 39.5 60.5 5.6 Cajun 443,530 62.8 40.2 59.8 6.4 Canadian 300,242 59.2 45.5 54.5 5.1 Cape Verdean 33,976 66.1 50.1 49.9 11.2 Croatian 337,434 61.7 44.0 56.0 5.0 Czech 621,520 65.5 44.4 55.6 3.9 Czechoslovakian 220,947 63.3 45.4 54.6 3.9 Danish 797,947 64.5 45.2 54.8 3.9 Dutch 2,813,428 63.6 44.8 55.2 4.7 Dutch West Indian 27,325 66.8 44.8 55.2 6.4 Egyptian 53,210 72.4 30.5 69.5 6.5 English 18,703,335 61.8 45.3 54.7 4.3 Estonian 18,229 59.3 44.0 56.0 4.1 Ethiopian 26,386 73.9 34.0 66.0 8.8 Finnish 373,098 64.4 46.8 53.2 5.7 French 4,936,102 65.2 48.9 51.1 5.9 French Canadian 1,389,686 68.4 44.5 55.5 5.5 German 35,383,972 68.2 45.0 55.0 4.5 Greek 730,651 67.6 42.2 57.8 5.2 Guyanese 59,839 73.3 51.4 48.6 7.8 Haitian 201,968 75.9 46.6 53.4 12.1 Hungarian 842,426 63.4 45.0 55.0 4.7 Icelander 21,588 66.7 47.6 52.4 4.6 Iranian 166,848 69.3 30.1 69.9 6.2 Iraqi 15,345 66.4 30.3 69.7 8.1 Irish 18,242,421 65.3 47.6 52.4 5.2 Israeli 47,604 68.9 35.1 64.9 4.6 Italian 9,033,758 66.3 44.9 55.1 4.9 Jamaican 327,650 74.6 54.5 45.5 8.8 Latvian 66,344 60.0 42.8 57.2 4.2 Lebanese 244,387 67.3 39.9 60.1 4.8 Lithuanian 457,239 60.0 43.8 56.2 4.5 Luxemburger 25,010 62.5 40.4 59.6 3.1 Maltese 23,538 69.2 44.9 55.1 3.9 Nigerian 61,200 75.0 29.2 70.8 10.6 Norwegian 2,027,503 66.7 46.1 53.9 4.4 Palestinian 32,460 65.1 26.7 73.3 6.7 Pennsylvania German 208,427 55.9 49.2 50.8 5.2 Polish 5,301,099 65.3 46.0 54.0 4.8 Portuguese 710,521 68.6 44.8 55.2 6.5 Romanian 201,192 62.7 43.3 56.7 5.0 Russian 1,813,400 65.7 45.4 54.6 4.2 Scotch-Irish 3,679,937 59.2 46.9 53.1 4.4 Scottish 2,798,517 65.0 40.1 59.9 4.0 Serbian 75,259 61.4 42.5 57.5 5.0 Slavic 34,513 63.4 47.7 52.3 5.1 Slovak 1,024,984 61.3 45.0 55.0 4.4 Slovene 76,324 54.4 45.8 54.2 3.9 Swedish 2,347,151 65.6 47.2 52.8 4.2 Swiss 497,632 63.2 42.5 57.5 3.3 Syrian 75,734 66.1 39.7 60.3 5.0 Trinidadian and Tobagonian 58,644 75.6 55.9 44.1 8.9 Turkish 54,087 66.1 35.8 64.2 5.8 Ukrainian 437,681 59.5 43.5 56.5 4.8 Welsh 875,382 66.5 38.2 61.8 4.0 Yugoslavian 151,521 65.6 43.7 56.3 5.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------