Table 4.5  Year of Entry of and Sex of Latin American Foreign Born: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|               |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|               |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        |11,777|  100.0| 8,225|  100.0| 2,326|  100.0| 1,226|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 2,811|   23.9| 2,133|   25.9|   377|   16.2|   301|   24.5|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,699|   39.9| 3,325|   40.4|   865|   37.2|   509|   41.5|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,592|   22.0| 1,785|   21.7|   544|   23.4|   263|   21.4|

|  Before 1970  | 1,674|   14.2|   981|   11.9|   539|   23.2|   154|   12.5|

|Male           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,107|  100.0| 4,497|  100.0| 1,041|  100.0|   569|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 1,509|   24.7| 1,199|   26.7|   170|   16.3|   141|   24.7|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,528|   41.4| 1,914|   42.6|   381|   36.6|   233|   41.0|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,269|   20.8|   909|   20.2|   241|   23.1|   119|   20.8|

|  Before 1970  |   800|   13.1|   475|   10.6|   249|   23.9|    76|   13.4|

|Female         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 5,670|  100.0| 3,728|  100.0| 1,285|  100.0|   657|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 1,302|   23.0|   934|   25.1|   208|   16.2|   160|   24.3|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,171|   38.3| 1,411|   37.8|   484|   37.7|   276|   42.0|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,323|   23.3|   876|   23.5|   303|   23.6|   144|   21.9|

|  Before 1970  |   874|   15.4|   507|   13.6|   290|   22.6|    77|   11.7|

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



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