Table 2.5 Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1997

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|               |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 25,779|  100.0|  7,539|  100.0|  8,555|  100.0|  4,935|  100.0|  4,749|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  9,043|   35.1|    526|    7.0|  2,414|   28.2|  2,580|   52.3|  3,523|   74.2|

|  Not a citizen| 16,736|   64.9|  7,013|   93.0|  6,141|   71.8|  2,356|   47.7|  1,226|   25.8|

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,946|  100.0|  3,937|  100.0|  4,476|  100.0|  2,453|  100.0|  2,081|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  4,391|   33.9|    276|    7.0|  1,283|   28.7|  1,248|   50.9|  1,585|   76.2|

|  Not a citizen|  8,555|   66.1|  3,661|   93.0|  3,193|   71.3|  1,205|   49.1|    496|   23.8|

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 12,832|  100.0|  3,602|  100.0|  4,079|  100.0|  2,482|  100.0|  2,669|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  4,651|   36.2|    250|    7.0|  1,131|   27.7|  1,332|   53.7|  1,938|   72.6|

|  Not a citizen|  8,181|   63.8|  3,351|   93.0|  2,949|   72.3|  1,150|   46.3|    731|   27.4|

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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