Table 1.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY     |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |
|                  |               |-------------------------------|
|                  |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                  |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total             |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 32,453|  100.0| 11,962|  100.0| 20,491|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/| 15,781|   48.6|  2,002|   16.7| 13,779|   67.2|
|  1980-1989       |  7,960|   24.5|  3,584|   30.0|  4,376|   21.4|
|  1970-1979       |  4,605|   14.2|  3,069|   25.7|  1,536|    7.5|
|  Before 1970     |  4,107|   12.7|  3,307|   27.6|    799|    3.9|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 16,352|  100.0|  5,564|  100.0| 10,787|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/|  8,191|   50.1|    936|   16.8|  7,255|   67.3|
|  1980-1989       |  4,106|   25.1|  1,755|   31.5|  2,351|   21.8|
|  1970-1979       |  2,283|   14.0|  1,487|   26.7|    796|    7.4|
|  Before 1970     |  1,772|   10.8|  1,386|   24.9|    386|    3.6|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 16,101|  100.0|  6,398|  100.0|  9,703|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/|  7,591|   47.1|  1,066|   16.7|  6,525|   67.2|
|  1980-1989       |  3,854|   23.9|  1,829|   28.6|  2,025|   20.9|
|  1970-1979       |  2,322|   14.4|  1,582|   24.7|    740|    7.6|
|  Before 1970     |  2,334|   14.5|  1,921|   30.0|    414|    4.3|
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1/ Total column equivalent with total foreign born.
2/ The category '1990 or later' includes 1990-2002.


SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --9/26/02)