Table 2.5 Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1996

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|               |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 24,557|  100.0|  6,579|  100.0|  8,416|  100.0|  4,756|  100.0|  4,806|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  7,904|   32.2|    329|    5.0|  1,929|   22.9|  2,203|   46.3|  3,443|   71.6|

|  Not a citizen| 16,653|   67.8|  6,250|   95.0|  6,487|   77.1|  2,553|   53.7|  1,363|   28.4|

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,025|  100.0|  3,305|  100.0|  4,357|  100.0|  2,293|  100.0|  2,070|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  3,728|   31.0|    192|    5.8|    973|   22.3|  1,052|   45.9|  1,510|   73.0|

|  Not a citizen|  8,297|   69.0|  3,112|   94.2|  3,384|   77.7|  1,241|   54.1|    560|   27.0|

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,532|  100.0|  3,275|  100.0|  4,059|  100.0|  2,463|  100.0|  2,736|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  4,176|   33.3|    137|    4.2|    956|   23.6|  1,151|   46.7|  1,932|   70.6|

|  Not a citizen|  8,356|   66.7|  3,138|   95.8|  3,103|   76.4|  1,312|   53.3|    803|   29.4|

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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