Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1999

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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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|

|  Northeast     | 6,317|   23.9| 1,693|   39.8| 1,428|   19.9|   600|    6.7| 1,350|   48.6|   798|   49.8|   448|   27.3|

|  Midwest       | 2,720|   10.3|   746|   17.6|   825|   11.5|   777|    8.6|    78|    2.8|    84|    5.2|   210|   12.8|

|  South         | 7,004|   26.5|   790|   18.6| 1,537|   21.5| 2,462|   27.3| 1,263|   45.5|   480|   30.0|   471|   28.7|

|  West          |10,407|   39.3| 1,019|   24.0| 3,371|   47.1| 5,177|   57.4|    88|    3.2|   240|   15.0|   512|   31.2|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 3,002|   22.9|   785|   39.4|   722|   21.0|   334|    6.9|   557|   44.3|   388|   50.6|   217|   25.8|

|  Midwest       | 1,426|   10.9|   348|   17.5|   415|   12.1|   458|    9.5|    40|    3.2|    39|    5.1|   126|   14.9|

|  South         | 3,505|   26.7|   383|   19.2|   711|   20.7| 1,296|   26.9|   622|   49.5|   227|   29.7|   266|   31.6|

|  West          | 5,176|   39.5|   476|   23.9| 1,586|   46.2| 2,729|   56.7|    38|    3.0|   112|   14.6|   234|   27.7|

|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|

|  Northeast     | 3,315|   24.8|   908|   40.2|   706|   18.9|   266|    6.3|   793|   52.1|   410|   49.1|   231|   28.9|

|  Midwest       | 1,295|    9.7|   398|   17.6|   411|   11.0|   319|    7.6|    38|    2.5|    45|    5.4|    84|   10.5|

|  South         | 3,499|   26.2|   407|   18.1|   826|   22.2| 1,166|   27.8|   642|   42.2|   253|   30.2|   205|   25.7|

|  West          | 5,231|   39.2|   543|   24.1| 1,785|   47.9| 2,447|   58.3|    50|    3.3|   128|   15.3|   278|   34.8|

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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.

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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000