Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Northeast     | 5,809|   23.7| 1,711|   43.5| 1,211|   19.8|   365|    4.4| 1,131|   48.6|   583|   47.6|   808|   30.4|

|  Midwest       | 2,421|    9.9|   710|   18.0|   670|   10.9|   613|    7.5|    52|    2.2|    57|    4.7|   319|   12.0|

|  South         | 6,018|   24.6|   598|   15.2| 1,076|   17.6| 2,239|   27.2| 1,066|   45.8|   395|   32.2|   644|   24.2|

|  West          |10,245|   41.8|   918|   23.3| 3,164|   51.7| 5,007|   60.9|    78|    3.3|   191|   15.6|   887|   33.4|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 2,763|   22.9|   790|   46.7|   593|   20.3|   195|    4.3|   497|   47.7|   275|   48.3|   413|   31.3|

|  Midwest       | 1,173|    9.7|   283|   16.7|   309|   10.6|   373|    8.3|    24|    2.3|    26|    4.5|   158|   12.0|

|  South         | 2,985|   24.8|   225|   13.3|   481|   16.5| 1,286|   28.6|   487|   46.7|   183|   32.2|   323|   24.4|

|  West          | 5,119|   42.5|   395|   23.4| 1,535|   52.6| 2,643|   58.8|    33|    3.2|    86|   15.0|   427|   32.3|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 3,046|   24.5|   922|   41.1|   618|   19.3|   170|    4.6|   634|   49.3|   308|   46.9|   395|   29.5|

|  Midwest       | 1,248|   10.0|   427|   19.0|   360|   11.3|   240|    6.4|    27|    2.1|    32|    4.9|   160|   12.0|

|  South         | 3,033|   24.4|   373|   16.6|   594|   18.6|   953|   25.6|   579|   45.1|   212|   32.2|   321|   24.0|

|  West          | 5,126|   41.2|   522|   23.3| 1,630|   50.9| 2,364|   63.4|    44|    3.4|   105|   16.0|   460|   34.4|

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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.

2/ 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