Table 1.14  Population in U.S. Regions by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|                |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      |264,314|  100.0|239,757|  100.0|  7,904|  100.0| 16,653|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 51,534|   19.5| 45,629|   19.0|  2,293|   29.0|  3,612|   21.7|

|  Midwest       | 61,923|   23.4| 59,363|   24.8|  1,052|   13.3|  1,508|    9.1|

|  South         | 92,225|   34.9| 86,237|   36.0|  1,872|   23.7|  4,116|   24.7|

|  West          | 58,632|   22.2| 48,527|   20.2|  2,687|   34.0|  7,417|   44.5|

|Male            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      |129,143|  100.0|117,118|  100.0|  3,728|  100.0|  8,297|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 24,979|   19.3| 22,160|   18.9|  1,068|   28.7|  1,751|   21.1|

|  Midwest       | 30,184|   23.4| 29,026|   24.8|    480|   12.9|    678|    8.2|

|  South         | 44,649|   34.6| 41,708|   35.6|    890|   23.9|  2,051|   24.7|

|  West          | 29,331|   22.7| 24,225|   20.7|  1,290|   34.6|  3,817|   46.0|

|Female          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      |135,171|  100.0|122,639|  100.0|  4,176|  100.0|  8,356|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 26,555|   19.6| 23,470|   19.1|  1,225|   29.3|  1,861|   22.3|

|  Midwest       | 31,740|   23.5| 30,338|   24.7|    572|   13.7|    830|    9.9|

|  South         | 47,576|   35.2| 44,529|   36.3|    982|   23.5|  2,065|   24.7|

|  West          | 29,300|   21.7| 24,302|   19.8|  1,398|   33.5|  3,600|   43.1|

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1/ 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 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000