Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                          | 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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |13,554|   45.2| 1,621|   37.0| 3,804|   48.1| 7,157|   46.7|   972|   41.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |14,895|   49.7| 2,499|   57.0| 3,895|   49.2| 7,268|   47.4| 1,233|   52.2|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,536|    5.1|   262|    6.0|   217|    2.7|   898|    5.9|   158|    6.7|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |15,140|  100.0| 2,110|  100.0| 3,754|  100.0| 7,999|  100.0| 1,277|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,907|   45.6|   794|   37.6| 1,851|   49.3| 3,722|   46.5|   539|   42.2|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,477|   49.4| 1,219|   57.8| 1,812|   48.3| 3,797|   47.5|   650|   50.9|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   756|    5.0|    97|    4.6|    91|    2.4|   480|    6.0|    88|    6.9|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |14,845|  100.0| 2,272|  100.0| 4,162|  100.0| 7,324|  100.0| 1,087|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,647|   44.8|   826|   36.4| 1,953|   46.9| 3,436|   46.9|   433|   39.8|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,417|   50.0| 1,280|   56.4| 2,083|   50.0| 3,470|   47.4|   583|   53.7|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   780|    5.3|   165|    7.3|   127|    3.0|   418|    5.7|    71|    6.5|
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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/ For geographic definitions 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)