Table 3.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY      |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                   |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                   | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                   |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                   |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total              |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |29,985|  100.0| 4,382|  100.0| 7,916|  100.0|15,323|  100.0| 2,364|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ |12,086|   40.3| 1,268|   28.9| 3,141|   39.7| 6,606|   43.1| 1,071|   45.3|
|  1980-1989        | 8,518|   28.4|   657|   15.0| 2,668|   33.7| 4,651|   30.4|   541|   22.9|
|  1970-1979        | 4,772|   15.9|   542|   12.4| 1,502|   19.0| 2,432|   15.9|   296|   12.5|
|  Before 1970      | 4,608|   15.4| 1,914|   43.7|   605|    7.6| 1,634|   10.7|   456|   19.3|
|Male               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |15,140|  100.0| 2,110|  100.0| 3,754|  100.0| 7,999|  100.0| 1,277|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ | 6,233|   41.2|   669|   31.7| 1,468|   39.1| 3,504|   43.8|   592|   46.4|
|  1980-1989        | 4,477|   29.6|   329|   15.6| 1,308|   34.8| 2,524|   31.6|   315|   24.7|
|  1970-1979        | 2,332|   15.4|   263|   12.5|   681|   18.1| 1,223|   15.3|   165|   12.9|
|  Before 1970      | 2,098|   13.9|   849|   40.2|   297|    7.9|   747|    9.3|   205|   16.0|
|Female             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |14,845|  100.0| 2,272|  100.0| 4,162|  100.0| 7,324|  100.0| 1,087|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ | 5,853|   39.4|   599|   26.4| 1,673|   40.2| 3,102|   42.3|   479|   44.1|
|  1980-1989        | 4,041|   27.2|   328|   14.4| 1,360|   32.7| 2,127|   29.0|   226|   20.8|
|  1970-1979        | 2,440|   16.4|   279|   12.3|   821|   19.7| 1,209|   16.5|   131|   12.0|
|  Before 1970      | 2,510|   16.9| 1,065|   46.9|   308|    7.4|   886|   12.1|   251|   23.1|
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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 to 2000.

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

              (Last updated 12/18/02)