Table 4.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and Region of Birth: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                          |              |              |   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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 7,157|   46.7| 1,443|   49.5| 4,905|   47.0|   810|   41.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,268|   47.4| 1,432|   49.1| 4,733|   45.3| 1,103|   55.9|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   898|    5.9|    40|    1.4|   799|    7.7|    59|    3.0|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   | 7,999|  100.0| 1,359|  100.0| 5,684|  100.0|   956|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,722|   46.5|   659|   48.5| 2,659|   46.8|   403|   42.2|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,797|   47.5|   678|   49.9| 2,597|   45.7|   522|   54.7|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   480|    6.0|    22|    1.6|   428|    7.5|    30|    3.1|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   | 7,324|  100.0| 1,556|  100.0| 4,752|  100.0| 1,016|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,436|   46.9|   784|   50.4| 2,245|   47.2|   406|   40.0|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,470|   47.4|   754|   48.4| 2,136|   45.0|   580|   57.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   418|    5.7|    18|    1.2|   371|    7.8|    30|    2.9|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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 1/6/03)