Table 4.15  Latin American Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence: 
		March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,763|   48.9| 4,012|   48.8| 1,166|   50.1|   586|   47.8|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 5,346|   45.4| 3,589|   43.6| 1,129|   48.6|   628|   51.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   668|    5.7|   625|    7.6|    31|    1.3|    12|    1.0|

|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,016|   49.4| 2,227|   49.5|   512|   49.2|   276|   48.6|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 2,701|   44.2| 1,900|   42.3|   512|   49.2|   289|   50.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   389|    6.4|   369|    8.2|    16|    1.6|     4|    0.6|

|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 2,747|   48.4| 1,784|   47.9|   654|   50.9|   309|   47.1|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 2,644|   46.6| 1,689|   45.3|   617|   48.0|   339|   51.6|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   278|    4.9|   255|    6.9|    14|    1.1|     9|    1.3|

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

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