Table 1.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY       |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |
|                    |               |-------------------------------|
|                    |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                    |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                    |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                    |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total               |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total             | 29,985|  100.0| 11,067|  100.0| 18,918|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  | 12,086|   40.3|  1,063|    9.6| 11,023|   58.3|
|  1980-1989         |  8,518|   28.4|  3,314|   29.9|  5,204|   27.5|
|  1970-1979         |  4,772|   15.9|  2,974|   26.9|  1,798|    9.5|
|  Before 1970       |  4,608|   15.4|  3,715|   33.6|    893|    4.7|
|Male                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total             | 15,140|  100.0|  5,283|  100.0|  9,857|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  |  6,233|   41.2|    530|   10.0|  5,702|   57.8|
|  1980-1989         |  4,477|   29.6|  1,686|   31.9|  2,791|   28.3|
|  1970-1979         |  2,332|   15.4|  1,388|   26.3|    944|    9.6|
|  Before 1970       |  2,098|   13.9|  1,678|   31.8|    420|    4.3|
|Female              |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total             | 14,845|  100.0|  5,784|  100.0|  9,061|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  |  5,853|   39.4|    533|    9.2|  5,320|   58.7|
|  1980-1989         |  4,041|   27.2|  1,628|   28.2|  2,413|   26.6|
|  1970-1979         |  2,440|   16.4|  1,586|   27.4|    854|    9.4|
|  Before 1970       |  2,510|   16.9|  2,037|   35.2|    473|    5.2|
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1/ Total column equivalent with total foreign born.
2/ The category '1990 or later' includes 1990-2000.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted)
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated 1/3/03)