Table 2.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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| 

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 12,210|   46.5|  4,213|   48.8|  4,124|   50.1|  2,012|   43.7|  1,860|   38.7| 

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 12,627|   48.0|  3,916|   45.4|  3,759|   45.6|  2,365|   51.4|  2,586|   53.7| 

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |  1,445|    5.5|    499|    5.8|    352|    4.3|    228|    4.9|    366|    7.6| 

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  6,065|   46.4|  2,150|   48.4|  2,089|   49.8|    998|   43.5|    827|   38.5| 

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  6,295|   48.1|  2,036|   45.8|  1,912|   45.6|  1,167|   50.9|  1,181|   54.9| 

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    720|    5.5|    256|    5.8|    192|    4.6|    129|    5.6|    142|    6.6| 

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

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  6,145|   46.5|  2,063|   49.3|  2,035|   50.4|  1,014|   43.9|  1,033|   38.8| 

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  6,331|   48.0|  1,880|   44.9|  1,847|   45.7|  1,198|   51.9|  1,406|   52.8| 

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    725|    5.5|    243|    5.8|    160|    4.0|     98|    4.3|    223|    8.4| 

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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