Table 3.5  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|               |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|               |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total        |24,493|  100.0| 3,937|  100.0| 6,121|  100.0| 8,225|  100.0| 2,326|  100.0| 1,226|  100.0| 2,658|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 5,896|   24.1|   761|   19.3| 1,734|   28.3| 2,133|   25.9|   377|   16.2|   301|   24.5|   590|   22.2|

|  1980 - 1989  | 8,603|   35.1|   648|   16.5| 2,443|   39.9| 3,325|   40.4|   865|   37.2|   509|   41.5|   813|   30.6|

|  1970 - 1979  | 4,940|   20.2|   496|   12.6| 1,413|   23.1| 1,785|   21.7|   544|   23.4|   263|   21.4|   439|   16.5|

|  Before 1970  | 5,054|   20.6| 2,032|   51.6|   531|    8.7|   981|   11.9|   539|   23.2|   154|   12.5|   817|   30.7|

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

|  Total        |12,040|  100.0| 1,692|  100.0| 2,919|  100.0| 4,497|  100.0| 1,041|  100.0|   569|  100.0| 1,322|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 2,979|   24.7|   355|   21.0|   799|   27.4| 1,199|   26.7|   170|   16.3|   141|   24.7|   316|   23.9|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,443|   36.9|   319|   18.8| 1,160|   39.7| 1,914|   42.6|   381|   36.6|   233|   41.0|   437|   33.0|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,417|   20.1|   226|   13.4|   694|   23.8|   909|   20.2|   241|   23.1|   119|   20.8|   228|   17.2|

|  Before 1970  | 2,200|   18.3|   793|   46.9|   265|    9.1|   475|   10.6|   249|   23.9|    76|   13.4|   341|   25.8|

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

|  Total        |12,453|  100.0| 2,245|  100.0| 3,202|  100.0| 3,728|  100.0| 1,285|  100.0|   657|  100.0| 1,336|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 2,917|   23.4|   406|   18.1|   935|   29.2|   934|   25.1|   208|   16.2|   160|   24.3|   274|   20.5|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,160|   33.4|   329|   14.7| 1,284|   40.1| 1,411|   37.8|   484|   37.7|   276|   42.0|   376|   28.2|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,522|   20.3|   270|   12.0|   718|   22.4|   876|   23.5|   303|   23.6|   144|   21.9|   211|   15.8|

|  Before 1970  | 2,854|   22.9| 1,239|   55.2|   266|    8.3|   507|   13.6|   290|   22.6|    77|   11.7|   475|   35.6|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.



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