Table 4.5  Year of Entry of and Sex of Latin American Foreign Born: March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|               |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|               |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        |13,352|  100.0| 8,920|  100.0| 2,823|  100.0| 1,609|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 4,432|   33.2| 3,085|   34.6|   794|   28.1|   553|   34.4|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,608|   34.5| 3,289|   36.9|   786|   27.8|   534|   33.2|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,494|   18.7| 1,682|   18.9|   526|   18.6|   286|   17.8|

|  Before 1970  | 1,818|   13.6|   864|    9.7|   717|   25.4|   236|   14.7|

|Male           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,947|  100.0| 4,804|  100.0| 1,352|  100.0|   791|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 2,400|   34.6| 1,704|   35.5|   418|   30.9|   278|   35.2|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,415|   34.8| 1,785|   37.2|   370|   27.4|   259|   32.8|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,258|   18.1|   913|   19.0|   219|   16.2|   126|   15.9|

|  Before 1970  |   874|   12.6|   402|    8.4|   345|   25.5|   127|   16.1|

|Female         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total        | 6,405|  100.0| 4,116|  100.0| 1,471|  100.0|   818|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 2,032|   31.7| 1,381|   33.6|   376|   25.5|   274|   33.5|

|  1980 - 1989  | 2,193|   34.2| 1,503|   36.5|   415|   28.2|   275|   33.6|

|  1970 - 1979  | 1,237|   19.3|   769|   18.7|   307|   20.9|   160|   19.6|

|  Before 1970  |   944|   14.7|   462|   11.2|   372|   25.3|   109|   13.3|

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



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