Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2001
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                          | 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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |14,299|   45.0| 1,764|   39.4| 3,765|   44.2| 7,593|   47.5| 1,178|   41.5|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |15,977|   50.2| 2,468|   55.1| 4,507|   53.0| 7,501|   46.9| 1,501|   52.9|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,535|    4.8|   244|    5.4|   238|    2.8|   894|    5.6|   160|    5.6|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |16,068|  100.0| 2,056|  100.0| 4,062|  100.0| 8,441|  100.0| 1,509|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 7,340|   45.7|   845|   41.1| 1,827|   45.0| 4,023|   47.7|   645|   42.7|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,968|   49.6| 1,122|   54.6| 2,138|   52.6| 3,923|   46.5|   785|   52.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   760|    4.7|    89|    4.3|    98|    2.4|   495|    5.9|    78|    5.2|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |15,743|  100.0| 2,420|  100.0| 4,447|  100.0| 7,546|  100.0| 1,330|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,960|   44.2|   919|   38.0| 1,938|   43.6| 3,570|   47.3|   533|   40.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 8,009|   50.9| 1,346|   55.6| 2,369|   53.3| 3,578|   47.4|   715|   53.8|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   775|    4.9|   155|    6.4|   140|    3.1|   399|    5.3|    82|    6.2|
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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/ For geographic definitions 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