Table 4.14  U.S. Region of Residence of the Latin American Foreign-Born 

             Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Northeast     | 2,666|   20.4|   565|    6.4| 1,359|   48.9|   742|   48.5|

|  Midwest       |   841|    6.4|   701|    8.0|    49|    1.8|    92|    6.0|

|  South         | 3,970|   30.4| 2,230|   25.4| 1,251|   45.1|   488|   31.9|

|  West          | 5,599|   42.8| 5,274|   60.1|   118|    4.2|   208|   13.6|

|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Northeast     | 1,298|   18.9|   322|    6.7|   621|   46.5|   355|   47.5|

|  Midwest       |   459|    6.7|   380|    7.9|    26|    2.0|    53|    7.1|

|  South         | 2,078|   30.3| 1,204|   25.2|   636|   47.6|   239|   31.9|

|  West          | 3,034|   44.2| 2,880|   60.2|    53|    4.0|   101|   13.5|

|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Northeast     | 1,367|   22.0|   242|    6.1|   738|   51.3|   387|   49.5|

|  Midwest       |   382|    6.2|   321|    8.1|    22|    1.5|    39|    4.9|

|  South         | 1,892|   30.5| 1,026|   25.8|   615|   42.7|   250|   32.0|

|  West          | 2,565|   41.3| 2,394|   60.1|    64|    4.5|   107|   13.7|

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

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