Table 1.5 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1998

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |

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

|               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|               |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 26,281|  100.0|  9,739|  100.0| 16,542|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  8,628|   32.8|    794|    8.2|  7,833|   47.4|

|  1980 - 1989  |  8,236|   31.3|  2,670|   27.4|  5,566|   33.6|

|  1970 - 1979  |  4,605|   17.5|  2,543|   26.1|  2,063|   12.5|

|  Before 1970  |  4,812|   18.3|  3,732|   38.3|  1,081|    6.5|

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 13,080|  100.0|  4,681|  100.0|  8,398|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  4,442|   34.0|    395|    8.4|  4,046|   48.2|

|  1980 - 1989  |  4,194|   32.1|  1,345|   28.7|  2,849|   33.9|

|  1970 - 1979  |  2,294|   17.5|  1,242|   26.5|  1,052|   12.5|

|  Before 1970  |  2,150|   16.4|  1,699|   36.3|    451|    5.4|

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total        | 13,201|  100.0|  5,058|  100.0|  8,144|  100.0|

|  1990 +       |  4,186|   31.7|    399|    7.9|  3,787|   46.5|

|  1980 - 1989  |  4,042|   30.6|  1,325|   26.2|  2,717|   33.4|

|  1970 - 1979  |  2,311|   17.5|  1,301|   25.7|  1,010|   12.4|

|  Before 1970  |  2,662|   20.2|  2,033|   40.2|    629|    7.7|

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SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000