Units: person, %

Total of places of business with 50 foreign employees or more 50 to 99 people 100 to 299 people 300 to 499 people 500 to 999 people 1,000 people or more No. of people Composition ratio No. of people Composition ratio No. of people Composition ratio No. of people Composition ratio No. of people Composition ratio No. of people Composition ratio Total 156,549 100.0 26,638 [17.0] 54,416 [34.8] 23,130 [14.8] 24,520 [15.7] 27,845 [17.8]    Men 88,350 56.4 14,089 52.9 29,274 53.8 13,355 57.7 14,566 59.4 17,066 61.3 Women 68,199 43.6 12,549 47.1 25,142 46.2 9,775 42.3 9,954 40.6 10,779 38.7 By Vocation a Specialized, technical, or management position 31,726 20.3 3,430 12.9 7,734 14.2 3,970 17.2 5,530 22.6 11,062 39.7 b Business or administration 6,540 4.2 1,121 4.2 1,806 3.3 878 3.8 977 4.0 1,758 6.3 c Sales, cooking, service, or reception 20,752 13.3 1,502 5.6 4,662 8.6 2,304 10.0 3,701 15.1 8,583 30.8 d Production worker 87,234 55.7 18,663 70.1 36,521 67.1 14,843 64.2 13,105 53.4 4,102 14.7 e Construction or civil engineering worker 974 0.6 290 1.1 181 0.3 62 0.3 302 1.2 139 0.5 f Transport labor 2,127 1.4 501 1.9 893 1.6 208 0.9 142 0.6 383 1.4 g Other 7,196 4.6 1,131 4.2 2,619 4.8 865 3.7 763 3.1 1,818 6.5 By Region of Origin a East Asia 57,454 36.7 10,991 41.3 17,953 33.0 6,443 27.9 7,334 29.9 14,733 52.9 b Southeast Asia 19,643 12.5 4,769 17.9 7,820 14.4 2,107 9.1 2,210 9.0 2,737 9.8 c Other Asia and Middle East 3,403 2.2 798 3.0 921 1.7 282 1.2 501 2.0 901 3.2 d North America 8,063 5.2 701 2.6 2,164 4.0 1,104 4.8 1,657 6.8 2,437 8.8 e Latin America 58,561 37.4 8,504 31.9 23,272 42.8 11,956 51.7 11,125 45.4 3,704 13.3    Of these, persons having Japanese ancestry 52,321 <89.3> 7,487 <88.0> 20,639 <88.7> 10,828 <90.6> 10,124 <91.0> 3,243 <87.6> f Europe 6,435 4.1 531 2.0 1,475 2.7 858 3.7 1,159 4.7 2,412 8.7 g Other 2,990 1.9 344 1.3 811 1.5 380 1.6 534 2.2 921 3.3 By Status of Residence a Employment possible in specialized or technical fields 31,443 20.1 3,758 14.1 7,761 14.3 3,988 17.2 5,177 21.1 10,759 38.6    Of these, those having "skilled labor" or "specialist in humanities/international services" 18,622 (59.2) 2,506 (66.7) 4,716 (60.8) 2,223 (55.7) 3,121 (60.3) 6,056 (56.3) b No limitations on employment 84,943 54.3 14,573 54.7 33,729 62.0 15,077 65.2 14,113 57.6 7,451 26.8 c Overseas study or school attendance (part-time job) 24,188 15.5 2,284 8.6 6,602 12.1 2,654 11.5 3,974 16.2 8,674 31.2 d Specific activities (technical trainee) 14,333 9.2 5,787 21.7 5,865 10.8 1,201 5.2 1,019 4.2 461 1.7 e Specific activities (Working Holiday) 415 0.3 28 0.1 95 0.2 52 0.2 93 0.4 147 0.5 f Other 1,227 0.8 208 0.8 364 0.7 158 0.7 144 0.6 353 1.3

Note 1: Figures inside [  ] are composition ratios by size of place of business among those that hire 50 foreign laborers or more.
Note 2: Figures inside <  > are the percentages of persons of Japanese decent of among all people from the Latin American region
Note 3: Figures inside (  ) are the percentage of people having "skilled labor" or "specialist in humanities/international services" status among all people who have status of residence allowing them to work in specialized or technical fields.