Table 2.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1998 

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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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 1/      | 26,281|  100.0|  8,628|  100.0|  8,236|  100.0|  4,605|  100.0|  4,812|  100.0| 

|  Northeast     |  6,416|   24.4|  2,115|   24.5|  1,771|   21.5|  1,052|   22.8|  1,477|   30.7| 

|  Midwest       |  2,843|   10.8|  1,031|   11.9|    727|    8.8|    435|    9.5|    649|   13.5| 

|  South         |  6,697|   25.5|  2,340|   27.1|  1,888|   22.9|  1,111|   24.1|  1,358|   28.2| 

|  West          | 10,325|   39.3|  3,141|   36.4|  3,849|   46.7|  2,007|   43.6|  1,328|   27.6| 

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

|  Total 1/      | 13,080|  100.0|  4,442|  100.0|  4,194|  100.0|  2,294|  100.0|  2,150|  100.0| 

|  Northeast     |  3,119|   23.8|  1,111|   25.0|    878|   20.9|    501|   21.9|    629|   29.2| 

|  Midwest       |  1,408|   10.8|    556|   12.5|    342|    8.2|    231|   10.0|    279|   13.0| 

|  South         |  3,302|   25.2|  1,197|   26.9|    941|   22.4|    541|   23.6|    624|   29.0| 

|  West          |  5,251|   40.1|  1,578|   35.5|  2,033|   48.5|  1,022|   44.5|    619|   28.8| 

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

|  Total 1/      | 13,201|  100.0|  4,186|  100.0|  4,042|  100.0|  2,311|  100.0|  2,662|  100.0| 

|  Northeast     |  3,296|   25.0|  1,004|   24.0|    893|   22.1|    551|   23.8|    848|   31.8| 

|  Midwest       |  1,435|   10.9|    475|   11.3|    385|    9.5|    205|    8.9|    370|   13.9| 

|  South         |  3,395|   25.7|  1,144|   27.3|    947|   23.4|    570|   24.7|    734|   27.6| 

|  West          |  5,075|   38.4|  1,563|   37.3|  1,816|   44.9|    985|   42.6|    710|   26.7| 

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1/ 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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000