Table 3.5  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|               |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|               |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total        |26,281|  100.0| 4,343|  100.0| 7,015|  100.0| 8,920|  100.0| 2,823|  100.0| 1,609|  100.0| 1,571|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 8,628|   32.8| 1,129|   26.0| 2,544|   36.3| 3,085|   34.6|   794|   28.1|   553|   34.4|   523|   33.3|

|  1980 - 1989  | 8,236|   31.3|   772|   17.8| 2,495|   35.6| 3,289|   36.9|   786|   27.8|   534|   33.2|   361|   22.9|

|  1970 - 1979  | 4,605|   17.5|   520|   12.0| 1,363|   19.4| 1,682|   18.9|   526|   18.6|   286|   17.8|   227|   14.5|

|  Before 1970  | 4,812|   18.3| 1,922|   44.2|   613|    8.7|   864|    9.7|   717|   25.4|   236|   14.7|   460|   29.3|

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

|  Total        |13,080|  100.0| 1,976|  100.0| 3,405|  100.0| 4,804|  100.0| 1,352|  100.0|   791|  100.0|   752|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 4,442|   34.0|   522|   26.4| 1,249|   36.7| 1,704|   35.5|   418|   30.9|   278|   35.2|   270|   36.0|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,194|   32.1|   397|   20.1| 1,191|   35.0| 1,785|   37.2|   370|   27.4|   259|   32.8|   191|   25.4|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,294|   17.5|   260|   13.1|   653|   19.2|   913|   19.0|   219|   16.2|   126|   15.9|   124|   16.5|

|  Before 1970  | 2,150|   16.4|   797|   40.3|   312|    9.2|   402|    8.4|   345|   25.5|   127|   16.1|   167|   22.2|

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

|  Total        |13,201|  100.0| 2,367|  100.0| 3,610|  100.0| 4,116|  100.0| 1,471|  100.0|   818|  100.0|   819|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 4,186|   31.7|   607|   25.6| 1,294|   35.9| 1,381|   33.6|   376|   25.5|   274|   33.5|   253|   30.9|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,042|   30.6|   375|   15.8| 1,305|   36.1| 1,503|   36.5|   415|   28.2|   275|   33.6|   169|   20.7|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,311|   17.5|   261|   11.0|   710|   19.7|   769|   18.7|   307|   20.9|   160|   19.6|   103|   12.6|

|  Before 1970  | 2,662|   20.2| 1,125|   47.5|   300|    8.3|   462|   11.2|   372|   25.3|   109|   13.3|   293|   35.8|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

    

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