Table 2.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1999

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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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 1/      | 26,448|  100.0|  9,290|  100.0|  7,928|  100.0|  4,600|  100.0|  4,629|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  6,317|   23.9|  2,080|   22.4|  1,901|   24.0|    968|   21.1|  1,368|   29.6|

|  Midwest       |  2,720|   10.3|  1,178|   12.7|    606|    7.6|    362|    7.9|    573|   12.4|

|  South         |  7,004|   26.5|  2,670|   28.7|  1,832|   23.1|  1,241|   27.0|  1,261|   27.2|

|  West          | 10,407|   39.3|  3,362|   36.2|  3,589|   45.3|  2,029|   44.1|  1,427|   30.8|

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

|  Total 1/      | 13,108|  100.0|  4,764|  100.0|  4,001|  100.0|  2,272|  100.0|  2,071|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  3,002|   22.9|  1,026|   21.5|    940|   23.5|    446|   19.6|    590|   28.5|

|  Midwest       |  1,426|   10.9|    658|   13.8|    327|    8.2|    200|    8.8|    240|   11.6|

|  South         |  3,505|   26.7|  1,425|   29.9|    876|   21.9|    616|   27.1|    588|   28.4|

|  West          |  5,176|   39.5|  1,655|   34.7|  1,858|   46.4|  1,010|   44.5|    653|   31.5|

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

|  Total 1/      | 13,339|  100.0|  4,526|  100.0|  3,927|  100.0|  2,328|  100.0|  2,558|  100.0|

|  Northeast     |  3,315|   24.8|  1,054|   23.3|    961|   24.5|    523|   22.4|    778|   30.4|

|  Midwest       |  1,295|    9.7|    520|   11.5|    279|    7.1|    162|    7.0|    333|   13.0|

|  South         |  3,499|   26.2|  1,245|   27.5|    956|   24.4|    625|   26.8|    673|   26.3|

|  West          |  5,231|   39.2|  1,707|   37.7|  1,731|   44.1|  1,019|   43.7|    774|   30.3|

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1/ 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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000