Table 2.5 Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1999

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|               |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|               |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total        | 26,448|  100.0|  9,290|  100.0|  7,928|  100.0|  4,600|  100.0|  4,629|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  9,868|   37.3|    850|    9.1|  2,668|   33.6|  2,705|   58.8|  3,646|   78.8|

|  Not a citizen| 16,579|   62.7|  8,441|   90.9|  5,261|   66.4|  1,895|   41.2|    983|   21.2|

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

|  Total        | 13,108|  100.0|  4,764|  100.0|  4,001|  100.0|  2,272|  100.0|  2,071|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  4,662|   35.6|    437|    9.2|  1,271|   31.8|  1,315|   57.9|  1,640|   79.2|

|  Not a citizen|  8,446|   64.4|  4,327|   90.8|  2,730|   68.2|    957|   42.1|    431|   20.8|

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

|  Total        | 13,339|  100.0|  4,526|  100.0|  3,927|  100.0|  2,328|  100.0|  2,558|  100.0|

|  Naturalized  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  citizen      |  5,206|   39.0|    413|    9.1|  1,397|   35.6|  1,390|   59.7|  2,007|   78.4|

|  Not a citizen|  8,133|   61.0|  4,113|   90.9|  2,530|   64.4|    938|   40.3|    551|   21.6|

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SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

	Current Population Survey, March 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000