Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Northeast     | 5,905|   24.0| 1,683|   40.8| 1,402|   21.3|   502|    6.0| 1,207|   48.3|   615|   47.5|   496|   29.4|

|  Midwest       | 2,560|   10.4|   718|   17.4|   859|   13.1|   557|    6.7|    66|    2.6|    75|    5.8|   284|   16.9|

|  South         | 5,988|   24.4|   695|   16.8| 1,100|   16.7| 2,204|   26.3| 1,156|   46.3|   411|   31.7|   422|   25.1|

|  West          |10,105|   41.1| 1,030|   25.0| 3,211|   48.9| 5,116|   61.1|    70|    2.8|   195|   15.0|   482|   28.6|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 2,820|   23.4|   765|   42.5|   741|   22.8|   260|    5.8|   513|   45.8|   292|   48.8|   248|   31.1|

|  Midwest       | 1,158|    9.6|   303|   16.8|   363|   11.2|   313|    7.0|    26|    2.3|    29|    4.9|   124|   15.6|

|  South         | 2,941|   24.5|   272|   15.1|   511|   15.7| 1,177|   26.4|   558|   49.8|   190|   31.8|   233|   29.1|

|  West          | 5,106|   42.5|   460|   25.5| 1,637|   50.3| 2,706|   60.7|    24|    2.1|    87|   14.5|   193|   24.2|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 3,085|   24.6|   918|   39.5|   660|   19.9|   242|    6.2|   695|   50.4|   323|   46.3|   247|   27.9|

|  Midwest       | 1,402|   11.2|   415|   17.8|   496|   14.9|   244|    6.2|    40|    2.9|    46|    6.6|   160|   18.0|

|  South         | 3,047|   24.3|   422|   18.2|   589|   17.7| 1,028|   26.2|   598|   43.4|   221|   31.7|   189|   21.4|

|  West          | 4,998|   39.9|   571|   24.5| 1,574|   47.4| 2,411|   61.4|    46|    3.3|   107|   15.4|   289|   32.6|

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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.

2/ 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