Figure 8 Annual Percentage Increase in Employment of Foreign Born Hispanics in the Construction Industry Measured on a Quarterly Basis 2004 to 2007
Likewise, the percentage annual growth in construction employment measured on a quarterly basis was lower in the first quarter of 2007 than it had been in the three previous years (Figure 8). From the beginning of 2004 through the end of 2006, the employment of foreign-born Latinos in the construction industry increased by an average of 17.4%. In the first quarter of 2007, it was up 10.9% compared to the first quarter of 2006. That is indicative of substantial ongoing growth of employment for immigrant Latinos in the construction industry but at a somewhat slower rate than in the previous three years.
Figure 8  | Annual Percentage Increase in Employment of Foreign Born Hispanics in the  | Construction Industry Measured on a Quarterly Basis 2004 to 2007  | Average 2004 2006 : 17.4%  | 26.8%  | 23.8%  | 22:1%  | 20.4%  | 17.8% 18.4%  | 16.2%  | 14.8%  | 14.0%  | 14.1%  | 12.3%  | 10. _9%  | 8.2%  | Jan.- Apr.- July Oct.- Jan.- Apr. July- Oct.- Jan.- Apr.- July. Oct. Jan.-  | Mar. June Sep Dec. Mar. Apr. June Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. Dec  | Mar.  | 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007  | Note: The Pew annual percentage Center increase is the Current increase Population in employment from the same quarter the previous year.  | Source: Pew Hispanic percentage Center tabulations of Current Population Survey data 