Table 2.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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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 1/      | 25,779|  100.0|  7,539|  100.0|  8,555|  100.0|  4,935|  100.0|  4,749|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  6,129|   23.8|  1,763|   23.4|  1,870|   21.9|  1,135|   23.0|  1,361|   28.7|

|  Midwest       |  2,673|   10.4|    948|   12.6|    611|    7.1|    486|    9.8|    628|   13.2|

|  South         |  6,468|   25.1|  1,914|   25.4|  2,162|   25.3|  1,139|   23.1|  1,252|   26.4|

|  West          | 10,509|   40.8|  2,913|   38.6|  3,913|   45.7|  2,175|   44.1|  1,508|   31.8|

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

|  Total 1/      | 12,946|  100.0|  3,937|  100.0|  4,476|  100.0|  2,453|  100.0|  2,081|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  3,005|   23.2|    917|   23.3|    951|   21.3|    553|   22.5|    584|   28.1|

|  Midwest       |  1,259|    9.7|    457|   11.6|    315|    7.0|    237|    9.7|    250|   12.0|

|  South         |  3,261|   25.2|  1,018|   25.9|  1,130|   25.2|    554|   22.6|    559|   26.9|

|  West          |  5,422|   41.9|  1,545|   39.3|  2,080|   46.5|  1,109|   45.2|    687|   33.0|

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

|  Total 1/      | 12,832|  100.0|  3,602|  100.0|  4,079|  100.0|  2,482|  100.0|  2,669|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  3,125|   24.3|    846|   23.5|    918|   22.5|    582|   23.5|    778|   29.1|

|  Midwest       |  1,414|   11.0|    492|   13.7|    296|    7.3|    249|   10.0|    377|   14.1|

|  South         |  3,206|   25.0|    896|   24.9|  1,032|   25.3|    586|   23.6|    693|   26.0|

|  West          |  5,087|   39.6|  1,368|   38.0|  1,833|   44.9|  1,065|   42.9|    821|   30.8|

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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