Table 4.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2001
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |              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|
|  Northeast     | 3,017|   18.9| 1,375|   47.4|   683|    6.2|   959|   47.4|
|  Midwest       | 1,131|    7.1|    53|    1.8|   965|    8.7|   113|    5.6|
|  South         | 5,565|   34.8| 1,373|   47.3| 3,528|   31.9|   665|   32.9|
|  West          | 6,274|   39.2|    99|    3.4| 5,890|   53.2|   285|   14.1|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         | 8,441|  100.0| 1,355|  100.0| 6,091|  100.0|   995|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 1,474|   17.5|   595|   43.9|   396|    6.5|   482|   48.5|
|  Midwest       |   652|    7.7|    25|    1.8|   570|    9.4|    58|    5.8|
|  South         | 2,991|   35.4|   683|   50.4| 1,991|   32.7|   318|   31.9|
|  West          | 3,324|   39.4|    53|    3.9| 3,134|   51.5|   137|   13.8|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         | 7,546|  100.0| 1,545|  100.0| 4,974|  100.0| 1,027|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 1,544|   20.5|   780|   50.5|   287|    5.8|   476|   46.4|
|  Midwest       |   479|    6.3|    28|    1.8|   395|    7.9|    56|    5.4|
|  South         | 2,574|   34.1|   690|   44.7| 1,537|   30.9|   348|   33.8|
|  West          | 2,950|   39.1|    46|    3.0| 2,756|   55.4|   148|   14.4|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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, 2000.' (P23-206)

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

              (Last updated --1/2/03)