Table 2.5 Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1998 

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |                         Year of Entry                         | 

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

|               |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  | 

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

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

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

|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  Total        | 26,281|  100.0|  8,628|  100.0|  8,236|  100.0|  4,605|  100.0|  4,812|  100.0| 

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  citizen      |  9,739|   37.1|    794|    9.2|  2,670|   32.4|  2,543|   55.2|  3,732|   77.5| 

|  Not a citizen| 16,542|   62.9|  7,833|   90.8|  5,566|   67.6|  2,063|   44.8|  1,081|   22.5| 

|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  Total        | 13,080|  100.0|  4,442|  100.0|  4,194|  100.0|  2,294|  100.0|  2,150|  100.0| 

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  citizen      |  4,681|   35.8|    395|    8.9|  1,345|   32.1|  1,242|   54.1|  1,699|   79.0| 

|  Not a citizen|  8,398|   64.2|  4,046|   91.1|  2,849|   67.9|  1,052|   45.9|    451|   21.0| 

|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  Total        | 13,201|  100.0|  4,186|  100.0|  4,042|  100.0|  2,311|  100.0|  2,662|  100.0| 

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

|  citizen      |  5,058|   38.3|    399|    9.5|  1,325|   32.8|  1,301|   56.3|  2,033|   76.4| 

|  Not a citizen|  8,144|   61.7|  3,787|   90.5|  2,717|   67.2|  1,010|   43.7|    629|   23.6| 

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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