Table 4.15  Latin American Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence: 

		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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,371|   48.7| 4,187|   47.8| 1,492|   53.7|   691|   45.2|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 5,853|   44.8| 3,783|   43.1| 1,265|   45.6|   805|   52.6|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   852|    6.5|   799|    9.1|    20|    0.7|    33|    2.2|

|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,301|   48.0| 2,260|   47.2|   710|   53.1|   331|   44.2|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,094|   45.0| 2,074|   43.3|   618|   46.2|   403|   53.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   475|    6.9|   452|    9.5|     8|    0.6|    15|    2.0|

|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,070|   49.5| 1,928|   48.4|   782|   54.3|   361|   46.1|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 2,759|   44.5| 1,709|   42.9|   647|   44.9|   403|   51.5|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   377|    6.1|   347|    8.7|    12|    0.8|    19|    2.4|

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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