Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |10,989|   44.9| 1,602|   40.7| 2,701|   44.1| 4,012|   48.8| 1,166|   50.1|   586|   47.8|   922|   34.7|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |12,255|   50.0| 2,076|   52.7| 3,217|   52.6| 3,589|   43.6| 1,129|   48.6|   628|   51.2| 1,616|   60.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,250|    5.1|   259|    6.6|   203|    3.3|   625|    7.6|    31|    1.3|    12|    1.0|   121|    4.5|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,511|   45.8|   704|   41.6| 1,309|   44.9| 2,227|   49.5|   512|   49.2|   276|   48.6|   482|   36.4|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 5,901|   49.0|   900|   53.2| 1,513|   51.8| 1,900|   42.3|   512|   49.2|   289|   50.8|   788|   59.6|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   628|    5.2|    89|    5.3|    97|    3.3|   369|    8.2|    16|    1.6|     4|    0.6|    52|    4.0|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,478|   44.0|   899|   40.0| 1,392|   43.5| 1,784|   47.9|   654|   50.9|   309|   47.1|   440|   32.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 6,353|   51.0| 1,176|   52.4| 1,705|   53.2| 1,689|   45.3|   617|   48.0|   339|   51.6|   828|   62.0|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   622|    5.0|   170|    7.6|   106|    3.3|   255|    6.9|    14|    1.1|     9|    1.3|    68|    5.1|

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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