Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |11,376|   46.3| 1,696|   41.1| 3,144|   47.8| 4,035|   48.1| 1,303|   52.1|   616|   47.6|   582|   34.6|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |11,911|   48.5| 2,185|   53.0| 3,222|   49.0| 3,710|   44.3| 1,167|   46.7|   638|   49.2|   989|   58.7|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,270|    5.2|   245|    5.9|   206|    3.1|   636|    7.6|    29|    1.2|    41|    3.2|   113|    6.7|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,675|   47.2|   791|   43.9| 1,613|   49.6| 2,127|   47.7|   559|   49.9|   286|   47.7|   300|   37.6|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 5,718|   47.5|   927|   51.5| 1,535|   47.2| 1,966|   44.1|   545|   48.6|   294|   49.2|   451|   56.5|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   632|    5.3|    82|    4.6|   104|    3.2|   363|    8.1|    17|    1.5|    19|    3.1|    48|    6.0|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,701|   45.5|   905|   38.9| 1,531|   46.1| 1,908|   48.6|   745|   54.0|   331|   47.5|   282|   31.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 6,193|   49.4| 1,258|   54.1| 1,687|   50.8| 1,744|   44.4|   622|   45.1|   344|   49.3|   538|   60.7|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   638|    5.1|   163|    7.0|   101|    3.0|   273|    7.0|    12|    0.9|    22|    3.2|    66|    7.4|

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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