Table 4.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and Region of Birth: March 2001
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                          |              |              |   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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 7,593|   47.5| 1,292|   44.5| 5,423|   49.0|   878|   43.4|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,501|   46.9| 1,587|   54.7| 4,816|   43.5| 1,099|   54.3|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   894|    5.6|    21|    0.7|   827|    7.5|    46|    2.3|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   | 8,441|  100.0| 1,355|  100.0| 6,091|  100.0|   995|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 4,023|   47.7|   566|   41.8| 3,009|   49.4|   448|   45.0|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,923|   46.5|   775|   57.2| 2,626|   43.1|   522|   52.4|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   495|    5.9|    13|    1.0|   456|    7.5|    26|    2.6|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   | 7,546|  100.0| 1,545|  100.0| 4,974|  100.0| 1,027|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,570|   47.3|   725|   47.0| 2,414|   48.5|   430|   41.9|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,578|   47.4|   811|   52.5| 2,189|   44.0|   577|   56.2|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   399|    5.3|     8|    0.5|   371|    7.4|    20|    2.0|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
2/ For geographic definitions 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)