Table 2.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 12,048|   46.7|  3,892|   51.6|  4,117|   48.1|  2,242|   45.4|  1,797|   37.8|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 12,298|   47.7|  3,171|   42.1|  4,039|   47.2|  2,467|   50.0|  2,620|   55.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |  1,432|    5.6|    475|    6.3|    398|    4.7|    226|    4.6|    332|    7.0|

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  6,095|   47.1|  2,043|   51.9|  2,165|   48.4|  1,101|   44.9|    785|   37.7|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  6,146|   47.5|  1,650|   41.9|  2,098|   46.9|  1,227|   50.0|  1,169|   56.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    706|    5.5|    243|    6.2|    212|    4.7|    124|    5.0|    126|    6.1|

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  5,953|   46.4|  1,849|   51.3|  1,952|   47.9|  1,140|   45.9|  1,011|   37.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  6,153|   47.9|  1,521|   42.2|  1,941|   47.6|  1,240|   49.9|  1,451|   54.4|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    727|    5.7|    232|    6.4|    186|    4.6|    103|    4.1|    206|    7.7|

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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