Table 2.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 10,989|   44.9|  3,019|   51.2|  4,078|   47.4|  1,975|   40.0|  1,916|   37.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 12,255|   50.0|  2,590|   43.9|  4,157|   48.3|  2,722|   55.1|  2,786|   55.1|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |  1,250|    5.1|    288|    4.9|    368|    4.3|    242|    4.9|    352|    7.0|

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  5,511|   45.8|  1,540|   51.7|  2,155|   48.5|    984|   40.7|    831|   37.8|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  5,901|   49.0|  1,277|   42.9|  2,069|   46.6|  1,320|   54.6|  1,235|   56.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    628|    5.2|    162|    5.5|    219|    4.9|    113|    4.7|    134|    6.1|

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  5,478|   44.0|  1,479|   50.7|  1,923|   46.2|    991|   39.3|  1,085|   38.0|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  6,353|   51.0|  1,313|   45.0|  2,088|   50.2|  1,402|   55.6|  1,550|   54.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    622|    5.0|    125|    4.3|    149|    3.6|    129|    5.1|    218|    7.6|

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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