Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |12,030|   45.5| 1,552|   36.5| 3,379|   47.2| 4,413|   48.9| 1,378|   49.6|   693|   43.3|   614|   37.4|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |13,182|   49.8| 2,462|   58.0| 3,600|   50.3| 3,997|   44.3| 1,377|   49.6|   874|   54.6|   870|   53.0|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,236|    4.7|   233|    5.5|   182|    2.5|   606|    6.7|    24|    0.9|    34|    2.1|   157|    9.6|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 5,999|   45.8|   748|   37.6| 1,655|   48.2| 2,345|   48.7|   602|   47.9|   339|   44.2|   311|   36.9|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 6,502|   49.6| 1,159|   58.2| 1,695|   49.4| 2,134|   44.3|   644|   51.2|   412|   53.8|   458|   54.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   607|    4.6|    84|    4.2|    83|    2.4|   339|    7.0|    11|    0.9|    15|    1.9|    75|    8.9|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,031|   45.2|   804|   35.6| 1,724|   46.3| 2,069|   49.3|   776|   51.0|   355|   42.4|   303|   38.0|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 6,680|   50.1| 1,303|   57.8| 1,905|   51.1| 1,863|   44.4|   733|   48.2|   462|   55.3|   412|   51.7|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   629|    4.7|   149|    6.6|    99|    2.7|   267|    6.3|    13|    0.9|    19|    2.3|    83|   10.3|

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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