After a day of roping Marcos' uncle Chino Barrillas hand got a bit hurt. Chino is one of the Hispanics in the U.S. that works in the construction industry. Hispanics comprise 30% of the U.S. construction workforce. Hispanic workers play a large role in the U.S. workforce, especially in industries with a high proportion of production or blue-collar occupations. In 2008, Hispanic production workers made up 36% and 30% of the workforce in agriculture and construction respectively, and encompassed 22% of the employees in all industries.