Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |                   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|
|  Northeast     | 6,798|   22.7| 1,739|   39.7| 1,565|   19.8| 2,817|   18.4|   677|   28.6|
|  Midwest       | 3,245|   10.8|   732|   16.7| 1,032|   13.0| 1,103|    7.2|   378|   16.0|
|  South         | 8,116|   27.1|   878|   20.0| 1,609|   20.3| 5,038|   32.9|   591|   25.0|
|  West          |11,826|   39.4| 1,033|   23.6| 3,711|   46.9| 6,365|   41.5|   718|   30.4|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |15,140|  100.0| 2,110|  100.0| 3,754|  100.0| 7,999|  100.0| 1,277|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,255|   21.5|   826|   39.1|   739|   19.7| 1,341|   16.8|   349|   27.3|
|  Midwest       | 1,725|   11.4|   360|   17.0|   524|   14.0|   623|    7.8|   219|   17.1|
|  South         | 4,166|   27.5|   409|   19.4|   794|   21.1| 2,613|   32.7|   349|   27.3|
|  West          | 5,994|   39.6|   515|   24.4| 1,697|   45.2| 3,422|   42.8|   360|   28.2|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |14,845|  100.0| 2,272|  100.0| 4,162|  100.0| 7,324|  100.0| 1,087|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,543|   23.9|   913|   40.2|   826|   19.8| 1,476|   20.1|   328|   30.2|
|  Midwest       | 1,520|   10.2|   372|   16.4|   508|   12.2|   480|    6.6|   159|   14.6|
|  South         | 3,950|   26.6|   468|   20.6|   815|   19.6| 2,425|   33.1|   242|   22.3|
|  West          | 5,832|   39.3|   518|   22.8| 2,014|   48.4| 2,943|   40.2|   357|   32.9|
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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/ U.S. Regions and World Regions are different.  For definitions of these and other geographic terms see
   'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2000.' (P23-206)

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

              (Last updated 12/18/02)