Table 4.5  Year of Entry of and Sex of Latin American Foreign Born: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|               |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|               |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        |12,175|  100.0| 8,380|  100.0| 2,499|  100.0| 1,295|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 3,176|   26.1| 2,284|   27.3|   564|   22.6|   328|   25.3|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,675|   38.4| 3,300|   39.4|   868|   34.7|   507|   39.1|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,615|   21.5| 1,813|   21.6|   544|   21.8|   259|   20.0|

|  Before 1970  | 1,709|   14.0|   984|   11.7|   523|   20.9|   202|   15.6|

|Male           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,174|  100.0| 4,455|  100.0| 1,120|  100.0|   599|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 1,634|   26.5| 1,201|   27.0|   265|   23.6|   168|   28.1|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,491|   40.4| 1,861|   41.8|   402|   35.9|   228|   38.1|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,271|   20.6|   937|   21.0|   228|   20.4|   105|   17.6|

|  Before 1970  |   778|   12.6|   455|   10.2|   225|   20.1|    98|   16.3|

|Female         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,001|  100.0| 3,925|  100.0| 1,379|  100.0|   697|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 1,542|   25.7| 1,083|   27.6|   299|   21.7|   160|   23.0|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,183|   36.4| 1,438|   36.6|   466|   33.8|   279|   40.1|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,345|   22.4|   876|   22.3|   316|   22.9|   153|   22.0|

|  Before 1970  |   931|   15.5|   528|   13.5|   298|   21.6|   104|   14.9|

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

 

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