Table 4.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY       |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                    |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                    |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                    |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                    |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                    |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|--------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total             |15,323|  100.0| 2,915|  100.0|10,436|  100.0| 1,972|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  | 6,606|   43.1|   981|   33.7| 4,727|   45.3|   898|   45.5|
|  1980-1989         | 4,651|   30.4|   830|   28.5| 3,255|   31.2|   567|   28.7|
|  1970-1979         | 2,432|   15.9|   509|   17.5| 1,632|   15.6|   291|   14.7|
|  Before 1970       | 1,634|   10.7|   595|   20.4|   822|    7.9|   217|   11.0|
|Male                |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total             | 7,999|  100.0| 1,359|  100.0| 5,684|  100.0|   956|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  | 3,504|   43.8|   462|   34.0| 2,594|   45.6|   448|   46.9|
|  1980-1989         | 2,524|   31.6|   449|   33.0| 1,796|   31.6|   280|   29.3|
|  1970-1979         | 1,223|   15.3|   208|   15.3|   890|   15.7|   125|   13.0|
|  Before 1970       |   747|    9.3|   240|   17.6|   404|    7.1|   104|   10.8|
|Female              |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total             | 7,324|  100.0| 1,556|  100.0| 4,752|  100.0| 1,016|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  | 3,102|   42.3|   519|   33.3| 2,133|   44.9|   450|   44.3|
|  1980-1989         | 2,127|   29.0|   381|   24.5| 1,459|   30.7|   287|   28.3|
|  1970-1979         | 1,209|   16.5|   301|   19.3|   742|   15.6|   166|   16.3|
|  Before 1970       |   886|   12.1|   355|   22.8|   418|    8.8|   113|   11.1|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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

              (Last updated 1/6/03)