Table 2.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 11,376|   46.3|  3,456|   52.5|  4,070|   48.4|  2,029|   42.7|  1,820|   37.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 11,911|   48.5|  2,804|   42.6|  3,967|   47.1|  2,490|   52.4|  2,650|   55.1|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |  1,270|    5.2|    319|    4.8|    379|    4.5|    237|    5.0|    336|    7.0|

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  5,675|   47.2|  1,730|   52.3|  2,150|   49.3|  1,002|   43.7|    794|   38.4|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  5,718|   47.5|  1,392|   42.1|  1,998|   45.9|  1,182|   51.6|  1,145|   55.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    632|    5.3|    183|    5.5|    209|    4.8|    109|    4.8|    130|    6.3|

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  5,701|   45.5|  1,727|   52.7|  1,921|   47.3|  1,028|   41.7|  1,026|   37.5|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  6,193|   49.4|  1,413|   43.1|  1,969|   48.5|  1,307|   53.1|  1,505|   55.0|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    638|    5.1|    135|    4.1|    169|    4.2|    128|    5.2|    205|    7.5|

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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