Table 4.14  U.S. Region of Residence of the Latin American Foreign-Born 

             Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Northeast     | 2,324|   19.1|   502|    6.0| 1,207|   48.3|   615|   47.5|

|  Midwest       |   699|    5.7|   557|    6.7|    66|    2.6|    75|    5.8|

|  South         | 3,771|   31.0| 2,204|   26.3| 1,156|   46.3|   411|   31.7|

|  West          | 5,381|   44.2| 5,116|   61.1|    70|    2.8|   195|   15.0|

|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Northeast     | 1,065|   17.2|   260|    5.8|   513|   45.8|   292|   48.8|

|  Midwest       |   368|    6.0|   313|    7.0|    26|    2.3|    29|    4.9|

|  South         | 1,925|   31.2| 1,177|   26.4|   558|   49.8|   190|   31.8|

|  West          | 2,817|   45.6| 2,706|   60.7|    24|    2.1|    87|   14.5|

|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Northeast     | 1,260|   21.0|   242|    6.2|   695|   50.4|   323|   46.3|

|  Midwest       |   331|    5.5|   244|    6.2|    40|    2.9|    46|    6.6|

|  South         | 1,846|   30.8| 1,028|   26.2|   598|   43.4|   221|   31.7|

|  West          | 2,564|   42.7| 2,411|   61.4|    46|    3.3|   107|   15.4|

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

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