Table 4.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2001
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY      |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                   |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                   |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                   |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                   |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                   |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total              |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            |15,987|  100.0| 2,899|  100.0|11,066|  100.0| 2,022|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ | 7,710|   48.2| 1,043|   36.0| 5,621|   50.8| 1,046|   51.7|
|  1980-1989        | 4,541|   28.4|   854|   29.4| 3,154|   28.5|   534|   26.4|
|  1970-1979        | 2,247|   14.1|   474|   16.4| 1,503|   13.6|   269|   13.3|
|  Before 1970      | 1,489|    9.3|   528|   18.2|   788|    7.1|   173|    8.6|
|Male               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            | 8,441|  100.0| 1,355|  100.0| 6,091|  100.0|   995|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ | 4,205|   49.8|   494|   36.5| 3,199|   52.5|   512|   51.4|
|  1980-1989        | 2,401|   28.4|   406|   30.0| 1,722|   28.3|   273|   27.5|
|  1970-1979        | 1,133|   13.4|   229|   16.9|   776|   12.7|   128|   12.8|
|  Before 1970      |   702|    8.3|   225|   16.6|   394|    6.5|    82|    8.3|
|Female             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total            | 7,546|  100.0| 1,545|  100.0| 4,974|  100.0| 1,027|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/ | 3,505|   46.5|   549|   35.5| 2,422|   48.7|   534|   52.0|
|  1980-1989        | 2,140|   28.4|   447|   29.0| 1,432|   28.8|   260|   25.3|
|  1970-1979        | 1,114|   14.8|   246|   15.9|   726|   14.6|   142|   13.8|
|  Before 1970      |   787|   10.4|   303|   19.6|   394|    7.9|    91|    8.9|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
2/ The category '1990 or later' includes 1990-2002.

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

              (Last updated --1/2/03)