Table 2.6 Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Citizenship and Year of Entry: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|WORLD REGION OF BIRTH BY         |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 29,985|  100.0| 12,086|  100.0|  8,518|  100.0|  4,772|  100.0|  4,608|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            | 11,067|   36.9|  1,063|    8.8|  3,314|   38.9|  2,974|   62.3|  3,715|   80.6|
|  Not a Citizen                  | 18,918|   63.1| 11,023|   91.2|  5,204|   61.1|  1,798|   37.7|    893|   19.4|
|Europe                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  4,382|  100.0|  1,268|  100.0|    657|  100.0|    542|  100.0|  1,914|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  2,296|   52.4|     83|    6.6|    274|   41.7|    352|   64.9|  1,586|   82.9|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  2,086|   47.6|  1,185|   93.4|    383|   58.3|    190|   35.1|    328|   17.1|
|Asia                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  7,916|  100.0|  3,141|  100.0|  2,668|  100.0|  1,502|  100.0|    605|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  3,719|   47.0|    435|   13.8|  1,539|   57.7|  1,207|   80.3|    538|   89.0|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  4,197|   53.0|  2,706|   86.2|  1,130|   42.3|    295|   19.7|     66|   11.0|
|Latin America                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 15,323|  100.0|  6,606|  100.0|  4,651|  100.0|  2,432|  100.0|  1,634|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  4,191|   27.4|    471|    7.1|  1,248|   26.8|  1,219|   50.1|  1,253|   76.7|
|  Not a Citizen                  | 11,131|   72.6|  6,135|   92.9|  3,403|   73.2|  1,213|   49.9|    381|   23.3|
|Other Areas                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  2,364|  100.0|  1,071|  100.0|    541|  100.0|    296|  100.0|    456|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |    861|   36.4|     74|    6.9|    253|   46.7|    196|   66.3|    338|   74.1|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  1,503|   63.6|    997|   93.1|    288|   53.3|    100|   33.7|    118|   25.9|
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 1/ The majority of those born in Latin America are from Mexico. Those born in
    Other Areas are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
 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