Table 2.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      | 24,493|  100.0|  5,896|  100.0|  8,603|  100.0|  4,940|  100.0|  5,054|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  5,809|   23.7|  1,336|   22.7|  1,914|   22.3|  1,009|   20.4|  1,550|   30.7|

|  Midwest       |  2,421|    9.9|    579|    9.8|    634|    7.4|    488|    9.9|    720|   14.2|

|  South         |  6,018|   24.6|  1,500|   25.4|  2,109|   24.5|  1,272|   25.8|  1,136|   22.5|

|  West          | 10,245|   41.8|  2,481|   42.1|  3,945|   45.9|  2,171|   43.9|  1,647|   32.6|

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

|  Total 1/      | 12,040|  100.0|  2,979|  100.0|  4,443|  100.0|  2,417|  100.0|  2,200|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  2,763|   22.9|    642|   21.6|    949|   21.4|    476|   19.7|    696|   31.6|

|  Midwest       |  1,173|    9.7|    293|    9.8|    348|    7.8|    222|    9.2|    310|   14.1|

|  South         |  2,985|   24.8|    802|   26.9|  1,067|   24.0|    647|   26.8|    470|   21.4|

|  West          |  5,119|   42.5|  1,242|   41.7|  2,080|   46.8|  1,073|   44.4|    724|   32.9|

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

|  Total 1/      | 12,453|  100.0|  2,917|  100.0|  4,160|  100.0|  2,522|  100.0|  2,854|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  3,046|   24.5|    693|   23.8|    965|   23.2|    534|   21.2|    854|   29.9|

|  Midwest       |  1,248|   10.0|    286|    9.8|    287|    6.9|    266|   10.5|    410|   14.4|

|  South         |  3,033|   24.4|    698|   23.9|  1,042|   25.1|    625|   24.8|    667|   23.4|

|  West          |  5,126|   41.2|  1,239|   42.5|  1,866|   44.9|  1,097|   43.5|    923|   32.4|

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1/ For geographic definitions see 'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1997.' (P23-195)



SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1995

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000