Table 4.15  Latin American Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence: 

		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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,954|   48.9| 4,035|   48.1| 1,303|   52.1|   616|   47.6|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 5,515|   45.3| 3,710|   44.3| 1,167|   46.7|   638|   49.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   706|    5.8|   636|    7.6|    29|    1.2|    41|    3.2|

|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 2,971|   48.1| 2,127|   47.7|   559|   49.9|   286|   47.7|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 2,805|   45.4| 1,966|   44.1|   545|   48.6|   294|   49.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   398|    6.4|   363|    8.1|    17|    1.5|    19|    3.1|

|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 2,983|   49.7| 1,908|   48.6|   745|   54.0|   331|   47.5|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 2,710|   45.2| 1,744|   44.4|   622|   45.1|   344|   49.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   308|    5.1|   273|    7.0|    12|    0.9|    22|    3.2|

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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