Table 4.15  Latin American Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence: 

            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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,484|   48.4| 4,413|   48.9| 1,378|   49.6|   693|   43.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 6,249|   46.6| 3,997|   44.3| 1,377|   49.6|   874|   54.6|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   664|    5.0|   606|    6.7|    24|    0.9|    34|    2.1|

|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,285|   48.0| 2,345|   48.7|   602|   47.9|   339|   44.2|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,190|   46.6| 2,134|   44.3|   644|   51.2|   412|   53.8|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   365|    5.3|   339|    7.0|    11|    0.9|    15|    1.9|

|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,199|   48.8| 2,069|   49.3|   776|   51.0|   355|   42.4|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,059|   46.7| 1,863|   44.4|   733|   48.2|   462|   55.3|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   299|    4.6|   267|    6.3|    13|    0.9|    19|    2.3|

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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