Table 4.14  U.S. Region of Residence of the Latin American Foreign-Born 
             Population by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1999

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total         |13,397|  100.0| 9,016|  100.0| 2,779|  100.0| 1,602|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 2,748|   20.5|   600|    6.7| 1,350|   48.6|   798|   49.8|

|  Midwest       |   939|    7.0|   777|    8.6|    78|    2.8|    84|    5.2|

|  South         | 4,205|   31.4| 2,462|   27.3| 1,263|   45.5|   480|   30.0|

|  West          | 5,505|   41.1| 5,177|   57.4|    88|    3.2|   240|   15.0|

|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total         | 6,840|  100.0| 4,817|  100.0| 1,257|  100.0|   766|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 1,278|   18.7|   334|    6.9|   557|   44.3|   388|   50.6|

|  Midwest       |   537|    7.9|   458|    9.5|    40|    3.2|    39|    5.1|

|  South         | 2,145|   31.4| 1,296|   26.9|   622|   49.5|   227|   29.7|

|  West          | 2,879|   42.1| 2,729|   56.7|    38|    3.0|   112|   14.6|

|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|  Total         | 6,557|  100.0| 4,199|  100.0| 1,522|  100.0|   836|  100.0|

|  Northeast     | 1,470|   22.4|   266|    6.3|   793|   52.1|   410|   49.1|

|  Midwest       |   402|    6.1|   319|    7.6|    38|    2.5|    45|    5.4|

|  South         | 2,061|   31.4| 1,166|   27.8|   642|   42.2|   253|   30.2|

|  West          | 2,625|   40.0| 2,447|   58.3|    50|    3.3|   128|   15.3|

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

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