Table 4.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |              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|
|  Northeast     | 2,817|   18.4| 1,327|   45.5|   574|    5.5|   915|   46.4|
|  Midwest       | 1,103|    7.2|    62|    2.1|   954|    9.1|    88|    4.5|
|  South         | 5,038|   32.9| 1,426|   48.9| 2,911|   27.9|   701|   35.5|
|  West          | 6,365|   41.5|   100|    3.4| 5,997|   57.5|   267|   13.6|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         | 7,999|  100.0| 1,359|  100.0| 5,684|  100.0|   956|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 1,341|   16.8|   582|   42.9|   303|    5.3|   456|   47.7|
|  Midwest       |   623|    7.8|    28|    2.0|   557|    9.8|    38|    4.0|
|  South         | 2,613|   32.7|   703|   51.7| 1,583|   27.8|   327|   34.3|
|  West          | 3,422|   42.8|    46|    3.4| 3,241|   57.0|   134|   14.1|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         | 7,324|  100.0| 1,556|  100.0| 4,752|  100.0| 1,016|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 1,476|   20.1|   744|   47.8|   272|    5.7|   459|   45.2|
|  Midwest       |   480|    6.6|    34|    2.2|   396|    8.3|    50|    4.9|
|  South         | 2,425|   33.1|   723|   46.5| 1,328|   28.0|   374|   36.8|
|  West          | 2,943|   40.2|    54|    3.5| 2,756|   58.0|   133|   13.1|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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 1/6/03)