Table 1.14  Population in U.S. Regions by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|                |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      |266,792|  100.0|241,014|  100.0|  9,043|  100.0| 16,736|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 51,541|   19.3| 45,412|   18.8|  2,434|   26.9|  3,695|   22.1|

|  Midwest       | 62,092|   23.3| 59,419|   24.7|  1,109|   12.3|  1,563|    9.3|

|  South         | 93,327|   35.0| 86,859|   36.0|  2,261|   25.0|  4,206|   25.1|

|  West          | 59,833|   22.4| 49,324|   20.5|  3,238|   35.8|  7,271|   43.4|

|Male            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      |130,636|  100.0|117,690|  100.0|  4,391|  100.0|  8,555|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 25,012|   19.1| 22,007|   18.7|  1,144|   26.0|  1,861|   21.8|

|  Midwest       | 30,333|   23.2| 29,075|   24.7|    502|   11.4|    757|    8.8|

|  South         | 45,213|   34.6| 41,952|   35.6|  1,120|   25.5|  2,141|   25.0|

|  West          | 30,078|   23.0| 24,656|   20.9|  1,626|   37.0|  3,796|   44.4|

|Female          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total 1/      |136,156|  100.0|123,324|  100.0|  4,651|  100.0|  8,181|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 26,529|   19.5| 23,405|   19.0|  1,290|   27.7|  1,834|   22.4|

|  Midwest       | 31,758|   23.3| 30,344|   24.6|    608|   13.1|    806|    9.9|

|  South         | 48,114|   35.3| 44,907|   36.4|  1,141|   24.5|  2,065|   25.2|

|  West          | 29,755|   21.9| 24,668|   20.0|  1,612|   34.7|  3,475|   42.5|

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1/ 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 1997

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000