16. REMITTANCE FLOWS TO MEXICO AND EMPLOYMENT OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS
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TABLE 16.14 Total Employed and Unemployed Labor Force and Mexican Immigrants, First and Second Semesters, 2009 and 2010 Employed Worker category and year
Unemployed
Semester I
Semester II
Semester I
Semester II
2009
140,358,203
139,396,720
13,819,860
14,709,230
2010
138,446,156
139,681,781
15,279,901
14,369,642
Total labor force
Annual % change
−1.4
0.2
10.6
−2.3
% change I to II: 2009
−0.7
6.4
% change I to II: 2010
0.9
−6.0
Mexican immigrant workers 2009
6,697,550
6,874,891
899,883
2010
6,738,138
7,011,080
919,903
Annual % change
0.6
2.0
881,962 812,455
2.2
−7.9
% change I to II: 2009
2.6
−2.0
% change I to II: 2010
4.1
−11.7
Labor force without Mexican immigrant workers 2009
133,660,654
132,521,830
12,919,977
13,827,268
2010
131,708,018
132,670,701
14,359,998
13,557,186
Annual % change
−1.5
0.1
11.1
−2.0
% change I to II: 2009
−0.9
7.0
% change I to II: 2010
0.7
−5.6
Source: Authors’ estimates with data from U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey.
FIGURE 16.5 Annual Percentage Variations of Wage and Salary Mexican Immigrant Workers in the United States, 2008–10 b. Employment
8
female
4
male
50 38 percent
percent
a. Gender
0 −4
part time
24 12 0 full time
total
−8 2008
I
II
2009 I II semesters
−12 2010 I
2008 II
I
II
2009 I II semesters
Source: Authors’ estimates with data from U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey.
2010 I
II