Table 3.5  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|               |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|               |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total        |24,557|  100.0| 4,126|  100.0| 6,572|  100.0| 8,380|  100.0| 2,499|  100.0| 1,295|  100.0| 1,685|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 6,579|   26.8|   867|   21.0| 2,085|   31.7| 2,284|   27.3|   564|   22.6|   328|   25.3|   452|   26.8|

|  1980 - 1989  | 8,416|   34.3|   681|   16.5| 2,629|   40.0| 3,300|   39.4|   868|   34.7|   507|   39.1|   431|   25.6|

|  1970 - 1979  | 4,756|   19.4|   539|   13.1| 1,305|   19.9| 1,813|   21.6|   544|   21.8|   259|   20.0|   297|   17.6|

|  Before 1970  | 4,806|   19.6| 2,039|   49.4|   553|    8.4|   984|   11.7|   523|   20.9|   202|   15.6|   505|   30.0|

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

|  Total        |12,025|  100.0| 1,800|  100.0| 3,252|  100.0| 4,455|  100.0| 1,120|  100.0|   599|  100.0|   799|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 3,305|   27.5|   428|   23.8| 1,000|   30.8| 1,201|   27.0|   265|   23.6|   168|   28.1|   242|   30.2|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,357|   36.2|   323|   17.9| 1,306|   40.1| 1,861|   41.8|   402|   35.9|   228|   38.1|   238|   29.7|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,293|   19.1|   227|   12.6|   657|   20.2|   937|   21.0|   228|   20.4|   105|   17.6|   139|   17.4|

|  Before 1970  | 2,070|   17.2|   821|   45.6|   289|    8.9|   455|   10.2|   225|   20.1|    98|   16.3|   181|   22.7|

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

|  Total        |12,532|  100.0| 2,326|  100.0| 3,320|  100.0| 3,925|  100.0| 1,379|  100.0|   697|  100.0|   885|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 3,275|   26.1|   438|   18.8| 1,085|   32.7| 1,083|   27.6|   299|   21.7|   160|   23.0|   210|   23.7|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,059|   32.4|   359|   15.4| 1,324|   39.9| 1,438|   36.6|   466|   33.8|   279|   40.1|   193|   21.8|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,463|   19.7|   312|   13.4|   648|   19.5|   876|   22.3|   316|   22.9|   153|   22.0|   158|   17.9|

|  Before 1970  | 2,736|   21.8| 1,217|   52.3|   264|    7.9|   528|   13.5|   298|   21.6|   104|   14.9|   324|   36.6|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.



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