Table 4.14  U.S. Region of Residence of the Latin American Foreign-Born  

            Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1998 

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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| 

|  Northeast     | 2,840|   21.3|   635|    7.1| 1,362|   48.2|   844|   52.4| 

|  Midwest       |   935|    7.0|   783|    8.8|    73|    2.6|    79|    4.9| 

|  South         | 4,089|   30.6| 2,344|   26.3| 1,286|   45.6|   459|   28.5| 

|  West          | 5,488|   41.1| 5,159|   57.8|   102|    3.6|   227|   14.1| 

|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|  Northeast     | 1,376|   19.8|   370|    7.7|   595|   44.0|   412|   52.1| 

|  Midwest       |   535|    7.7|   446|    9.3|    43|    3.2|    46|    5.9| 

|  South         | 2,083|   30.0| 1,203|   25.0|   666|   49.3|   213|   26.9| 

|  West          | 2,953|   42.5| 2,786|   58.0|    47|    3.5|   120|   15.1| 

|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|  Northeast     | 1,464|   22.9|   265|    6.4|   767|   52.1|   432|   52.8| 

|  Midwest       |   399|    6.2|   337|    8.2|    29|    2.0|    33|    4.0| 

|  South         | 2,007|   31.3| 1,140|   27.7|   620|   42.2|   246|   30.1| 

|  West          | 2,535|   39.6| 2,373|   57.6|    55|    3.7|   108|   13.2| 

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

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