Table 1.15  Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 79,943|   30.0| 67,895|   28.2|  3,731|   41.3|  8,317|   49.7|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |134,461|   50.4|122,163|   50.7|  4,821|   53.3|  7,477|   44.7|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 52,389|   19.6| 50,956|   21.1|    491|    5.4|    942|    5.6|

|Male                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 38,724|   29.6| 32,629|   27.7|  1,825|   41.6|  4,270|   49.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 66,377|   50.8| 60,231|   51.2|  2,339|   53.3|  3,807|   44.5|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 25,535|   19.5| 24,830|   21.1|    228|    5.2|    478|    5.6|

|Female                                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 41,219|   30.3| 35,266|   28.6|  1,906|   41.0|  4,047|   49.5|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 68,084|   50.0| 61,931|   50.2|  2,482|   53.4|  3,670|   44.9|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 26,853|   19.7| 26,127|   21.2|    263|    5.7|    464|    5.7|

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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