Unit: person, %

Total Hokkaido Tohoku North Kanto & Koshin South Kanto Hokuriku Tokai Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 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 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 179,966 100.0 2,055 [1.1] 5,954 [3.3] 16,200 [9.0] 56,092 [31.2] 6,590 [3.7] 51,035 [28.4] 20,600 [11.4] 9,134 [5.1] 4,913 [2.7] 7,393 [4.1]    Men 99,946 55.5 894 43.5 1,549 26.0 9,112 56.2 32,719 58.3 3,213 48.8 30,706 60.2 11,941 58.0 4,327 47.4 2,003 40.8 3,482 47.1 Women 80,020 44.5 1,161 56.5 4,405 74.0 7,088 43.8 23,373 41.7 3,377 51.2 20,329 39.8 8,659 42.0 4,807 52.6 2,910 59.2 3,911 52.9 By Vocation a Specialized, technical, or management position 34,292 19.1 697 33.9 975 16.4 1,313 8.1 16,243 29.0 550 8.3 3,820 7.5 6,844 33.2 1,317 14.4 677 13.8 1,856 25.1 b Business or administration 7,413 4.1 32 1.6 98 1.6 217 1.3 4,383 7.8 158 2.4 925 1.8 1,031 5.0 178 1.9 60 1.2 331 4.5 c Sales, cooking, service, or reception 21,694 12.1 239 11.6 493 8.3 552 3.4 12,384 22.1 343 5.2 2,281 4.5 2,508 12.2 1,214 13.3 216 4.4 1,464 19.8 d Production worker 104,235 57.9 962 46.8 3,999 67.2 13,478 83.2 17,469 31.1 5,034 76.4 42,210 82.7 8,804 42.7 5,891 64.5 3,528 71.8 2,860 38.7 e Construction or civil engineering worker 1,687 0.9 21 1.0 53 0.9 169 1.0 284 0.5 195 3.0 546 1.1 114 0.6 67 0.7 158 3.2 80 1.1 f Transport labor 2,469 1.4 12 0.6 81 1.4 143 0.9 1,186 2.1 82 1.2 339 0.7 403 2.0 108 1.2 15 0.3 100 1.4 g Other 8,176 4.5 92 4.5 255 4.3 328 2.0 4,143 7.4 228 3.5 914 1.8 896 4.3 359 3.9 259 5.3 702 9.5 By Region of Origin a East Asia 69,078 38.4 1,421 69.1 4,326 72.7 3,394 21.0 25,981 46.3 3,203 48.6 8,245 16.2 9,275 45.0 5,089 55.7 3,572 72.7 4,572 61.8 b Southeast Asia 23,770 13.2 185 9.0 902 15.1 2,297 14.2 8,627 15.4 695 10.5 5,239 10.3 2,457 11.9 1,268 13.9 712 14.5 1,388 18.8 c Other Asia and Middle East 4,023 2.2 53 2.6 108 1.8 390 2.4 1,923 3.4 83 1.3 578 1.1 382 1.9 201 2.2 69 1.4 236 3.2 d North America 8,588 4.8 145 7.1 174 2.9 178 1.1 4,369 7.8 113 1.7 909 1.8 1,807 8.8 272 3.0 136 2.8 485 6.6 e Latin America 64,405 35.8 57 2.8 225 3.8 9,732 60.1 9,844 17.5 2,391 36.3 35,194 69.0 4,537 22.0 1,998 21.9 254 5.2 173 2.3    Of these, persons having Japanese ancestry 57,301 <89.0> 34 <59.6> 153 <68.0> 8,537 <87.7> 8,328 <84.6> 2,254 <94.3> 31,829 <90.4> 4,121 <90.8> 1,763 <88.2> 206 <81.1> 76 <43.9> f Europe 6,785 3.8 126 6.1 150 2.5 134 0.8 3,923 7.0 79 1.2 468 0.9 1,316 6.4 209 2.3 87 1.8 293 4.0 g Other 3,317 1.8 68 3.3 69 1.2 75 0.5 1,425 2.5 26 0.4 402 0.8 826 4.0 97 1.1 83 1.7 246 3.3 By Status of Residence a Employment possible in specialized or technical fields 34,143 19.0 445 21.7 720 12.1 1,379 8.5 18,001 32.1 572 8.7 3,836 7.5 6,122 29.7 1,128 12.3 545 11.1 1,395 18.9    Of these, those having "skilled labor" or "specialist in humanities/ international services" 20,432 (59.8) 166 (37.3) 228 (31.7) 690 (50.0) 12,268 (68.2) 220 (38.5) 2,043 (53.3) 3,448 (56.3) 470 (41.7) 216 (39.6) 683 (49.0) b No limitations on employment 94,860 52.7 364 17.7 1,698 28.5 12,519 77.3 24,035 42.8 3,070 46.6 39,607 77.6 7,935 38.5 3,331 36.5 774 15.8 1,527 20.7 c Overseas study or school attendance (part-time job) 25,330 14.1 419 20.4 691 11.6 749 4.6 11,772 21.0 622 9.4 2,828 5.5 3,920 19.0 1,772 19.4 323 6.6 2,234 30.2 d Specific activities (technical trainee) 23,753 13.2 773 37.6 2,744 46.1 1,371 8.5 1,388 2.5 2,304 35.0 4,578 9.0 2,394 11.6 2,859 31.3 3,230 65.7 2,112 28.6 e Specific activities (Working Holiday) 476 0.3 19 0.9 20 0.3 6 0.0 148 0.3 3 0.0 83 0.2 132 0.6 15 0.2 25 0.5 25 0.3 f Other 1,404 0.8 35 1.7 81 1.4 176 1.1 748 1.3 19 0.3 103 0.2 97 0.5 29 0.3 16 0.3 100 1.4