Table 1.5 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1996

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |

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

|               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|               |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 24,557|  100.0|  7,904|  100.0| 16,653|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  6,579|   26.8|    329|    4.2|  6,250|   37.5|

|  1980 - 1989  |  8,416|   34.3|  1,929|   24.4|  6,487|   39.0|

|  1970 - 1979  |  4,756|   19.4|  2,203|   27.9|  2,553|   15.3|

|  Before 1970  |  4,806|   19.6|  3,443|   43.6|  1,363|    8.2|

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,025|  100.0|  3,728|  100.0|  8,297|  100.0|

|  1990  +      |  3,305|   27.5|    192|    5.2|  3,112|   37.5|

|  1980 - 1989  |  4,357|   36.2|    973|   26.1|  3,384|   40.8|

|  1970 - 1979  |  2,293|   19.1|  1,052|   28.2|  1,241|   15.0|

|  Before 1970  |  2,070|   17.2|  1,510|   40.5|    560|    6.7|

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,532|  100.0|  4,176|  100.0|  8,356|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  3,275|   26.1|    137|    3.3|  3,138|   37.6|

|  1980 - 1989  |  4,059|   32.4|    956|   22.9|  3,103|   37.1|

|  1970 - 1979  |  2,463|   19.7|  1,151|   27.6|  1,312|   15.7|

|  Before 1970  |  2,736|   21.8|  1,932|   46.3|    803|    9.6|

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SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000