Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Northeast     | 6,129|   23.8| 1,656|   38.5| 1,338|   19.6|   565|    6.4| 1,359|   48.9|   742|   48.5|   469|   29.6|

|  Midwest       | 2,673|   10.4|   769|   17.9|   835|   12.2|   701|    8.0|    49|    1.8|    92|    6.0|   227|   14.3|

|  South         | 6,468|   25.1|   819|   19.1| 1,297|   19.0| 2,230|   25.4| 1,251|   45.1|   488|   31.9|   382|   24.1|

|  West          |10,509|   40.8| 1,053|   24.5| 3,351|   49.1| 5,274|   60.1|   118|    4.2|   208|   13.6|   506|   31.9|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 3,005|   23.2|   754|   39.8|   693|   20.4|   322|    6.7|   621|   46.5|   355|   47.5|   260|   33.0|

|  Midwest       | 1,259|    9.7|   309|   16.3|   398|   11.7|   380|    7.9|    26|    2.0|    53|    7.1|    92|   11.7|

|  South         | 3,261|   25.2|   340|   17.9|   636|   18.7| 1,204|   25.2|   636|   47.6|   239|   31.9|   208|   26.4|

|  West          | 5,422|   41.9|   492|   26.0| 1,666|   49.1| 2,880|   60.2|    53|    4.0|   101|   13.5|   229|   29.0|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 3,125|   24.3|   903|   37.6|   645|   18.8|   242|    6.1|   738|   51.3|   387|   49.5|   209|   26.3|

|  Midwest       | 1,414|   11.0|   460|   19.1|   437|   12.7|   321|    8.1|    22|    1.5|    39|    4.9|   135|   17.0|

|  South         | 3,206|   25.0|   479|   19.9|   661|   19.3| 1,026|   25.8|   615|   42.7|   250|   32.0|   174|   21.9|

|  West          | 5,087|   39.6|   561|   23.3| 1,685|   49.1| 2,394|   60.1|    64|    4.5|   107|   13.7|   277|   34.8|

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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.

2/ 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