Table 6. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by census region and division, 2010-2011 annual averages

Table 6. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by census region and division, 2010-2011 annual averages
[Numbers in thousands]
Census region and
division		 2010 2011
Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population		 Civilian labor force Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population		 Civilian labor force
Total Participa-
tion rate		 Employed Unemployed Total Participa-
tion rate		 Employed Unemployed
Number Unem-
ployment
rate		 Number Unem-
ployment
rate

FOREIGN BORN

Northeast

 7,740 5,221 67.5 4,782 439 8.4 7,997 5,218 65.3 4,816 402 7.7

New England

 1,465 1,013 69.2 923 90 8.9 1,525 1,025 67.2 946 78 7.7

Middle Atlantic

 6,275 4,208 67.1 3,859 349 8.3 6,471 4,194 64.8 3,870 323 7.7

South

 11,241 7,760 69.0 7,063 697 9.0 11,490 7,886 68.6 7,216 669 8.5

South Atlantic

 6,556 4,534 69.2 4,075 459 10.1 6,722 4,622 68.8 4,202 420 9.1

East South Central

 604 437 72.4 405 31 7.2 575 423 73.5 380 43 10.1

West South Central

 4,082 2,789 68.3 2,583 206 7.4 4,193 2,841 67.8 2,634 207 7.3

Midwest

 3,951 2,691 68.1 2,428 263 9.8 4,039 2,732 67.6 2,509 223 8.2

East North Central

 3,018 2,029 67.2 1,827 203 10.0 3,077 2,045 66.5 1,878 167 8.2

West North Central

 933 662 70.9 601 61 9.2 962 687 71.4 631 56 8.1

West

 12,937 8,684 67.1 7,696 988 11.4 12,895 8,555 66.3 7,641 914 10.7

Mountain

 2,216 1,463 66.0 1,300 163 11.1 2,257 1,517 67.2 1,368 149 9.8

Pacific

 10,721 7,221 67.3 6,395 825 11.4 10,638 7,038 66.2 6,273 765 10.9

NATIVE BORN

Northeast

 36,130 23,093 63.9 21,081 2,011 8.7 36,032 22,936 63.7 21,042 1,894 8.3

New England

 10,071 6,744 67.0 6,174 570 8.4 10,080 6,716 66.6 6,193 522 7.8

Middle Atlantic

 26,059 16,349 62.7 14,907 1,441 8.8 25,952 16,220 62.5 14,848 1,372 8.5

South

 75,818 47,446 62.6 42,984 4,462 9.4 76,459 47,613 62.3 43,387 4,226 8.9

South Atlantic

 39,475 24,735 62.7 22,286 2,449 9.9 39,759 24,741 62.2 22,449 2,292 9.3

East South Central

 13,529 8,176 60.4 7,337 839 10.3 13,645 8,284 60.7 7,489 796 9.6

West South Central

 22,814 14,535 63.7 13,361 1,174 8.1 23,055 14,588 63.3 13,449 1,139 7.8

Midwest

 47,955 31,840 66.4 28,843 2,996 9.4 48,066 31,586 65.7 28,939 2,647 8.4

East North Central

 33,128 21,572 65.1 19,313 2,259 10.5 33,149 21,261 64.1 19,285 1,976 9.3

West North Central

 14,827 10,268 69.2 9,530 737 7.2 14,917 10,325 69.2 9,653 672 6.5

West

 42,058 27,154 64.6 24,187 2,968 10.9 42,640 27,090 63.5 24,319 2,771 10.2

Mountain

 14,628 9,614 65.7 8,699 914 9.5 14,783 9,533 64.5 8,694 839 8.8

Pacific

 27,429 17,541 63.9 15,487 2,053 11.7 27,856 17,557 63.0 15,625 1,932 11.0

NOTE: The states (plus the Distric of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont); Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania); South Atlantic (Delaware, Distric of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia); East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee); West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas); East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin); West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota); Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming); Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington). Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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