Table 4.5  Year of Entry of and Sex of Latin American Foreign Born: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|               |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|               |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        |13,076|  100.0| 8,769|  100.0| 2,777|  100.0| 1,530|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 3,788|   29.0| 2,659|   30.3|   622|   22.4|   506|   33.1|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,873|   37.3| 3,426|   39.1|   918|   33.1|   530|   34.6|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,651|   20.3| 1,775|   20.2|   592|   21.3|   285|   18.6|

|  Before 1970  | 1,764|   13.5|   909|   10.4|   645|   23.2|   210|   13.7|

|Male           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,870|  100.0| 4,785|  100.0| 1,337|  100.0|   748|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 2,074|   30.2| 1,475|   30.8|   327|   24.4|   273|   36.5|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,611|   38.0| 1,910|   39.9|   461|   34.5|   239|   32.0|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,370|   19.9|   991|   20.7|   247|   18.5|   132|   17.7|

|  Before 1970  |   815|   11.9|   409|    8.6|   301|   22.5|   104|   13.9|

|Female         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,206|  100.0| 3,984|  100.0| 1,441|  100.0|   782|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 1,713|   27.6| 1,184|   29.7|   296|   20.5|   233|   29.8|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,262|   36.5| 1,515|   38.0|   457|   31.7|   290|   37.1|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,281|   20.6|   784|   19.7|   344|   23.9|   153|   19.5|

|  Before 1970  |   949|   15.3|   500|   12.5|   344|   23.9|   106|   13.6|

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



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