Table 3.5  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|               |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|               |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total        |25,779|  100.0| 4,297|  100.0| 6,822|  100.0| 8,769|  100.0| 2,777|  100.0| 1,530|  100.0| 1,584|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 7,539|   29.2|   990|   23.0| 2,295|   33.6| 2,659|   30.3|   622|   22.4|   506|   33.1|   466|   29.4|

|  1980 - 1989  | 8,555|   33.2|   754|   17.5| 2,485|   36.4| 3,426|   39.1|   918|   33.1|   530|   34.6|   443|   28.0|

|  1970 - 1979  | 4,935|   19.1|   549|   12.8| 1,462|   21.4| 1,775|   20.2|   592|   21.3|   285|   18.6|   273|   17.3|

|  Before 1970  | 4,749|   18.4| 2,005|   46.7|   580|    8.5|   909|   10.4|   645|   23.2|   210|   13.7|   401|   25.3|

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

|  Total        |12,946|  100.0| 1,895|  100.0| 3,394|  100.0| 4,785|  100.0| 1,337|  100.0|   748|  100.0|   788|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 3,937|   30.4|   456|   24.0| 1,149|   33.9| 1,475|   30.8|   327|   24.4|   273|   36.5|   258|   32.7|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,476|   34.6|   365|   19.3| 1,254|   36.9| 1,910|   39.9|   461|   34.5|   239|   32.0|   246|   31.2|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,453|   18.9|   263|   13.9|   677|   20.0|   991|   20.7|   247|   18.5|   132|   17.7|   143|   18.2|

|  Before 1970  | 2,081|   16.1|   811|   42.8|   314|    9.3|   409|    8.6|   301|   22.5|   104|   13.9|   141|   17.9|

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

|  Total        |12,832|  100.0| 2,403|  100.0| 3,428|  100.0| 3,984|  100.0| 1,441|  100.0|   782|  100.0|   795|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 3,602|   28.1|   534|   22.2| 1,146|   33.4| 1,184|   29.7|   296|   20.5|   233|   29.8|   208|   26.2|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,079|   31.8|   389|   16.2| 1,231|   35.9| 1,515|   38.0|   457|   31.7|   290|   37.1|   197|   24.8|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,482|   19.3|   286|   11.9|   785|   22.9|   784|   19.7|   344|   23.9|   153|   19.5|   130|   16.4|

|  Before 1970  | 2,669|   20.8| 1,193|   49.7|   266|    7.7|   500|   12.5|   344|   23.9|   106|   13.6|   260|   32.7|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

  

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