Table 1.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2001
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY       |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |
|                    |               |-------------------------------|
|                    |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                    |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                    |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                    |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total               |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total             | 31,811|  100.0| 11,785|  100.0| 20,026|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  | 14,546|   45.7|  1,685|   14.3| 12,861|   64.2|
|  1980-1989         |  8,485|   26.7|  3,743|   31.8|  4,742|   23.7|
|  1970-1979         |  4,514|   14.2|  2,956|   25.1|  1,557|    7.8|
|  Before 1970       |  4,266|   13.4|  3,400|   28.9|    865|    4.3|
|Male                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total             | 16,068|  100.0|  5,562|  100.0| 10,506|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  |  7,646|   47.6|    828|   14.9|  6,818|   64.9|
|  1980-1989         |  4,280|   26.6|  1,806|   32.5|  2,473|   23.5|
|  1970-1979         |  2,229|   13.9|  1,425|   25.6|    803|    7.6|
|  Before 1970       |  1,914|   11.9|  1,502|   27.0|    412|    3.9|
|Female              |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total             | 15,743|  100.0|  6,223|  100.0|  9,520|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/  |  6,901|   43.8|    857|   13.8|  6,043|   63.5|
|  1980-1989         |  4,206|   26.7|  1,937|   31.1|  2,269|   23.8|
|  1970-1979         |  2,285|   14.5|  1,531|   24.6|    754|    7.9|
|  Before 1970       |  2,352|   14.9|  1,898|   30.5|    454|    4.8|
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 1/ Total column equivalent with total foreign born.
 2/ The category '1990 or later' includes 1990-2001.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --12/31/02)