Table 1.15  Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 79,242|   30.0| 67,865|   28.3|  3,160|   40.0|  8,217|   49.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |133,212|   50.4|121,301|   50.6|  4,271|   54.0|  7,640|   45.9|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 51,860|   19.6| 50,590|   21.1|    474|    6.0|    796|    4.8|

|Male                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 38,352|   29.7| 32,676|   27.9|  1,547|   41.5|  4,128|   49.8|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 65,346|   50.6| 59,629|   50.9|  1,958|   52.5|  3,759|   45.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 25,445|   19.7| 24,813|   21.2|    223|    6.0|    409|    4.9|

|Female                                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 40,890|   30.3| 35,189|   28.7|  1,613|   38.6|  4,088|   48.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 67,866|   50.2| 61,672|   50.3|  2,313|   55.4|  3,881|   46.4|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 26,415|   19.5| 25,777|   21.0|    251|    6.0|    387|    4.6|

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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