Table 2.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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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 1/      | 24,557|  100.0|  6,579|  100.0|  8,416|  100.0|  4,756|  100.0|  4,806|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  5,905|   24.0|  1,531|   23.3|  1,938|   23.0|    989|   20.8|  1,447|   30.1|

|  Midwest       |  2,560|   10.4|    735|   11.2|    660|    7.8|    520|   10.9|    645|   13.4|

|  South         |  5,988|   24.4|  1,659|   25.2|  2,029|   24.1|  1,146|   24.1|  1,155|   24.0|

|  West          | 10,105|   41.1|  2,654|   40.3|  3,790|   45.0|  2,101|   44.2|  1,559|   32.4|

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

|  Total 1/      | 12,025|  100.0|  3,305|  100.0|  4,357|  100.0|  2,293|  100.0|  2,070|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  2,820|   23.4|    760|   23.0|    986|   22.6|    452|   19.7|    622|   30.0|

|  Midwest       |  1,158|    9.6|    316|    9.6|    318|    7.3|    242|   10.5|    282|   13.6|

|  South         |  2,941|   24.5|    856|   25.9|  1,047|   24.0|    550|   24.0|    488|   23.6|

|  West          |  5,106|   42.5|  1,373|   41.5|  2,006|   46.0|  1,050|   45.8|    678|   32.8|

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

|  Total 1/      | 12,532|  100.0|  3,275|  100.0|  4,059|  100.0|  2,463|  100.0|  2,736|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  3,085|   24.6|    771|   23.6|    951|   23.4|    538|   21.8|    825|   30.2|

|  Midwest       |  1,402|   11.2|    419|   12.8|    341|    8.4|    278|   11.3|    363|   13.3|

|  South         |  3,047|   24.3|    803|   24.5|    982|   24.2|    595|   24.2|    667|   24.4|

|  West          |  4,998|   39.9|  1,282|   39.1|  1,784|   44.0|  1,052|   42.7|    881|   32.2|

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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