Table 2.6 Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Citizenship and Year of Entry: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|WORLD REGION OF BIRTH BY         |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 32,453|  100.0| 15,781|  100.0|  7,960|  100.0|  4,605|  100.0|  4,107|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            | 11,962|   36.9|  2,002|   12.7|  3,584|   45.0|  3,069|   66.6|  3,307|   80.5|
|  Not a Citizen                  | 20,491|   63.1| 13,779|   87.3|  4,376|   55.0|  1,536|   33.4|    799|   19.5|
|Europe                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  4,548|  100.0|  1,757|  100.0|    606|  100.0|    594|  100.0|  1,590|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  2,426|   53.3|    347|   19.7|    314|   51.8|    420|   70.7|  1,345|   84.6|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  2,122|   46.7|  1,410|   80.3|    292|   48.2|    174|   29.3|    245|   15.4|
|Asia                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  8,281|  100.0|  4,010|  100.0|  2,368|  100.0|  1,330|  100.0|    573|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  3,983|   48.1|    788|   19.7|  1,542|   65.1|  1,132|   85.1|    520|   90.7|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  4,299|   51.9|  3,222|   80.3|    825|   34.9|    198|   14.9|     53|    9.3|
|Latin America                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 16,943|  100.0|  8,636|  100.0|  4,459|  100.0|  2,375|  100.0|  1,473|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  4,590|   27.1|    689|    8.0|  1,484|   33.3|  1,319|   55.5|  1,098|   74.6|
|  Not a Citizen                  | 12,353|   72.9|  7,947|   92.0|  2,975|   66.7|  1,056|   44.5|    375|   25.4|
|Other Areas                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  2,680|  100.0|  1,378|  100.0|    527|  100.0|    305|  100.0|    469|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |    963|   35.9|    178|   12.9|    244|   46.2|    198|   65.0|    344|   73.2|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  1,717|   64.1|  1,201|   87.1|    283|   53.8|    107|   35.0|    126|   26.8|
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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/ 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