Table 6.  Foreign Born Population Age 55 Years and Over by Year of Entry, Sex, and Age: March 1999

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Foreign Born Population Age 55 Years and Over   |               |                                      Age                                      |

|                                                |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                |               |               |               |               |               | 85 years and  |

|                                                |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |75 to 84 years |     over      |

|                                                |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                                |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|------------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total Foreign Born                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                         |  5,532|  100.0|  1,432|  100.0|  1,092|  100.0|  1,703|  100.0|    958|  100.0|    347|  100.0|

|  1990 - 1999                                   |    711|   12.9|    222|   15.5|    123|   11.3|    253|   14.9|     75|    7.9|     37|   10.6|

|  1980 - 1989                                   |    880|   15.9|    260|   18.2|    178|   16.3|    268|   15.7|    138|   14.4|     35|   10.1|

|  1970 - 1979                                   |    952|   17.2|    400|   27.9|    218|   19.9|    211|   12.4|    101|   10.6|     22|    6.4|

|  Before 1970                                   |  2,989|   54.0|    549|   38.4|    574|   52.5|    971|   57.0|    643|   67.1|    253|   72.9|

|Male                                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                         |  2,383|  100.0|    642|  100.0|    466|  100.0|    759|  100.0|    376|  100.0|    140|  100.0|

|  1990 - 1999                                   |    334|   14.0|    128|   20.0|     49|   10.6|    103|   13.6|     44|   11.7|      9|    6.6|

|  1980 - 1989                                   |    377|   15.8|    126|   19.6|     81|   17.5|    101|   13.3|     51|   13.4|     18|   12.9|

|  1970 - 1979                                   |    400|   16.8|    154|   24.0|     98|   21.0|    102|   13.5|     34|    9.1|     11|    8.1|

|  Before 1970                                   |  1,273|   53.4|    234|   36.4|    237|   50.9|    453|   59.7|    247|   65.8|    101|   72.4|

|Female                                          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                                         |  3,149|  100.0|    789|  100.0|    626|  100.0|    945|  100.0|    582|  100.0|    206|  100.0|

|  1990 - 1999                                   |    377|   12.0|     94|   11.9|     74|   11.8|    150|   15.9|     31|    5.4|     27|   13.3|

|  1980 - 1989                                   |    503|   16.0|    134|   17.0|     96|   15.4|    168|   17.7|     88|   15.1|     17|    8.2|

|  1970 - 1979                                   |    552|   17.5|    246|   31.1|    120|   19.1|    109|   11.5|     67|   11.6|     11|    5.3|

|  Before 1970                                   |  1,717|   54.5|    315|   39.9|    336|   53.7|    518|   54.9|    396|   68.0|    151|   73.2|

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SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000