Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1998 

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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| 

|  Northeast     | 6,416|   24.4| 1,757|   40.5| 1,377|   19.6|   635|    7.1| 1,362|   48.2|   844|   52.4|   441|   28.1| 

|  Midwest       | 2,843|   10.8|   827|   19.0|   881|   12.6|   783|    8.8|    73|    2.6|    79|    4.9|   200|   12.7| 

|  South         | 6,697|   25.5|   770|   17.7| 1,446|   20.6| 2,344|   26.3| 1,286|   45.6|   459|   28.5|   392|   25.0| 

|  West          |10,325|   39.3|   989|   22.8| 3,311|   47.2| 5,159|   57.8|   102|    3.6|   227|   14.1|   538|   34.2| 

|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| 

|  Northeast     | 3,119|   23.8|   833|   42.2|   702|   20.6|   370|    7.7|   595|   44.0|   412|   52.1|   208|   27.6| 

|  Midwest       | 1,408|   10.8|   324|   16.4|   455|   13.4|   446|    9.3|    43|    3.2|    46|    5.9|    93|   12.4| 

|  South         | 3,302|   25.2|   345|   17.4|   681|   20.0| 1,203|   25.0|   666|   49.3|   213|   26.9|   194|   25.8| 

|  West          | 5,251|   40.1|   474|   24.0| 1,567|   46.0| 2,786|   58.0|    47|    3.5|   120|   15.1|   258|   34.3| 

|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| 

|  Northeast     | 3,296|   25.0|   924|   39.0|   674|   18.7|   265|    6.4|   767|   52.1|   432|   52.8|   234|   28.5| 

|  Midwest       | 1,435|   10.9|   503|   21.3|   426|   11.8|   337|    8.2|    29|    2.0|    33|    4.0|   107|   13.0| 

|  South         | 3,395|   25.7|   425|   18.0|   765|   21.2| 1,140|   27.7|   620|   42.2|   246|   30.1|   198|   24.2| 

|  West          | 5,075|   38.4|   515|   21.8| 1,744|   48.3| 2,373|   57.6|    55|    3.7|   108|   13.2|   280|   34.2| 

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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. 

2/ 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