Table 3.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2001
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY      |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                   |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                   | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                   |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                   |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total              |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |31,811|  100.0| 4,476|  100.0| 8,509|  100.0|15,987|  100.0| 2,839|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ |14,546|   45.7| 1,665|   37.2| 3,688|   43.3| 7,710|   48.2| 1,483|   52.2|
|  1980-1989        | 8,485|   26.7|   576|   12.9| 2,766|   32.5| 4,541|   28.4|   603|   21.2|
|  1970-1979        | 4,514|   14.2|   522|   11.7| 1,427|   16.8| 2,247|   14.1|   318|   11.2|
|  Before 1970      | 4,266|   13.4| 1,713|   38.3|   628|    7.4| 1,489|    9.3|   435|   15.3|
|Male               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |16,068|  100.0| 2,056|  100.0| 4,062|  100.0| 8,441|  100.0| 1,509|  100.0|
|  1990 or later    | 7,646|   47.6|   817|   39.8| 1,806|   44.5| 4,205|   49.8|   817|   54.1|
|  1980-1989        | 4,280|   26.6|   255|   12.4| 1,304|   32.1| 2,401|   28.4|   320|   21.2|
|  1970-1979        | 2,229|   13.9|   256|   12.4|   661|   16.3| 1,133|   13.4|   179|   11.9|
|  Before 1970      | 1,914|   11.9|   728|   35.4|   291|    7.2|   702|    8.3|   193|   12.8|
|Female             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |15,743|  100.0| 2,420|  100.0| 4,447|  100.0| 7,546|  100.0| 1,330|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ | 6,901|   43.8|   847|   35.0| 1,882|   42.3| 3,505|   46.5|   666|   50.1|
|  1980-1989        | 4,206|   26.7|   321|   13.3| 1,462|   32.9| 2,140|   28.4|   283|   21.3|
|  1970-1979        | 2,285|   14.5|   267|   11.0|   766|   17.2| 1,114|   14.8|   139|   10.4|
|  Before 1970      | 2,352|   14.9|   986|   40.7|   337|    7.6|   787|   10.4|   242|   18.2|
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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/ The category '1990 or later' includes 1990 to 2001.

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