Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2001
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |                   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|
|  Northeast     | 7,380|   23.2| 1,788|   40.0| 1,793|   21.1| 3,017|   18.9|   782|   27.5|
|  Midwest       | 3,508|   11.0|   723|   16.2| 1,196|   14.1| 1,131|    7.1|   457|   16.1|
|  South         | 8,824|   27.7|   826|   18.5| 1,619|   19.0| 5,565|   34.8|   814|   28.7|
|  West          |12,098|   38.0| 1,138|   25.4| 3,902|   45.9| 6,274|   39.2|   785|   27.7|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |16,068|  100.0| 2,056|  100.0| 4,062|  100.0| 8,441|  100.0| 1,509|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,635|   22.6|   841|   40.9|   921|   22.7| 1,474|   17.5|   399|   26.5|
|  Midwest       | 1,824|   11.4|   326|   15.8|   607|   14.9|   652|    7.7|   239|   15.8|
|  South         | 4,593|   28.6|   367|   17.9|   780|   19.2| 2,991|   35.4|   454|   30.1|
|  West          | 6,015|   37.4|   522|   25.4| 1,753|   43.2| 3,324|   39.4|   416|   27.6|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |15,743|  100.0| 2,420|  100.0| 4,447|  100.0| 7,546|  100.0| 1,330|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,745|   23.8|   948|   39.2|   871|   19.6| 1,544|   20.5|   383|   28.8|
|  Midwest       | 1,684|   10.7|   398|   16.4|   589|   13.2|   479|    6.3|   218|   16.4|
|  South         | 4,231|   26.9|   459|   19.0|   839|   18.9| 2,574|   34.1|   360|   27.0|
|  West          | 6,083|   38.6|   616|   25.4| 2,148|   48.3| 2,950|   39.1|   370|   27.8|
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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/ 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, 1997.' (P23-195)


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