Table 3.5  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1999

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|               |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|               |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|               |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total        |26,448|  100.0| 4,247|  100.0| 7,161|  100.0| 9,016|  100.0| 2,779|  100.0| 1,602|  100.0| 1,642|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 9,290|   35.1| 1,149|   27.1| 2,706|   37.8| 3,349|   37.1|   820|   29.5|   580|   36.2|   686|   41.8|

|  1980 - 1989  | 7,928|   30.0|   694|   16.3| 2,453|   34.2| 3,137|   34.8|   849|   30.5|   521|   32.5|   275|   16.8|

|  1970 - 1979  | 4,600|   17.4|   576|   13.6| 1,383|   19.3| 1,641|   18.2|   505|   18.2|   274|   17.1|   222|   13.5|

|  Before 1970  | 4,629|   17.5| 1,829|   43.1|   620|    8.7|   889|    9.9|   606|   21.8|   226|   14.1|   459|   28.0|

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

|  Total        |13,108|  100.0| 1,991|  100.0| 3,433|  100.0| 4,817|  100.0| 1,257|  100.0|   766|  100.0|   844|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 4,764|   36.3|   564|   28.3| 1,320|   38.4| 1,824|   37.9|   389|   30.9|   290|   37.9|   377|   44.6|

|  1980 - 1989  | 4,001|   30.5|   357|   17.9| 1,162|   33.8| 1,709|   35.5|   377|   30.0|   246|   32.1|   151|   17.8|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,272|   17.3|   279|   14.0|   660|   19.2|   853|   17.7|   227|   18.1|   113|   14.8|   141|   16.7|

|  Before 1970  | 2,071|   15.8|   791|   39.7|   292|    8.5|   431|    9.0|   264|   21.0|   117|   15.2|   176|   20.8|

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

|  Total        |13,339|  100.0| 2,256|  100.0| 3,728|  100.0| 4,199|  100.0| 1,522|  100.0|   836|  100.0|   798|  100.0|

|  1990 +       | 4,526|   33.9|   585|   25.9| 1,386|   37.2| 1,525|   36.3|   431|   28.3|   289|   34.6|   309|   38.7|

|  1980 - 1989  | 3,927|   29.4|   337|   14.9| 1,291|   34.6| 1,428|   34.0|   471|   30.9|   275|   32.9|   125|   15.6|

|  1970 - 1979  | 2,328|   17.5|   297|   13.2|   723|   19.4|   788|   18.8|   278|   18.3|   161|   19.3|    81|   10.2|

|  Before 1970  | 2,558|   19.2| 1,037|   46.0|   328|    8.8|   458|   10.9|   342|   22.5|   110|   13.1|   283|   35.5|

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

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

  

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