Table 4.15  Latin American Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence: 

		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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,633|   49.7| 4,462|   50.0| 1,424|   50.5|   747|   46.4|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 5,891|   44.1| 3,685|   41.3| 1,382|   49.0|   825|   51.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   828|    6.2|   774|    8.7|    16|    0.6|    37|    2.3|

|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,390|   48.8| 2,359|   49.1|   658|   48.7|   374|   47.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,105|   44.7| 2,023|   42.1|   681|   50.4|   401|   50.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   451|    6.5|   423|    8.8|    13|    0.9|    16|    2.0|

|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,243|   50.6| 2,103|   51.1|   766|   52.1|   373|   45.6|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 2,786|   43.5| 1,662|   40.4|   701|   47.6|   424|   51.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   376|    5.9|   351|    8.5|     4|    0.3|    21|    2.6|

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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