Table 1.5 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1997

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |

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

|               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|               |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 25,779|  100.0|  9,043|  100.0| 16,736|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  7,539|   29.2|    526|    5.8|  7,013|   41.9|

|  1980 - 1989  |  8,555|   33.2|  2,414|   26.7|  6,141|   36.7|

|  1970 - 1979  |  4,935|   19.1|  2,580|   28.5|  2,356|   14.1|

|  Before 1970  |  4,749|   18.4|  3,523|   39.0|  1,226|    7.3|

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,946|  100.0|  4,391|  100.0|  8,555|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  3,937|   30.4|    276|    6.3|  3,661|   42.8|

|  1980 - 1989  |  4,476|   34.6|  1,283|   29.2|  3,193|   37.3|

|  1970 - 1979  |  2,453|   18.9|  1,248|   28.4|  1,205|   14.1|

|  Before 1970  |  2,081|   16.1|  1,585|   36.1|    496|    5.8|

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,832|  100.0|  4,651|  100.0|  8,181|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  3,602|   28.1|    250|    5.4|  3,351|   41.0|

|  1980 - 1989  |  4,079|   31.8|  1,131|   24.3|  2,949|   36.0|

|  1970 - 1979  |  2,482|   19.3|  1,332|   28.6|  1,150|   14.1|

|  Before 1970  |  2,669|   20.8|  1,938|   41.7|    731|    8.9|

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SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1997

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000