Table 3.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY     |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                  |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                  | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                  |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                  |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total           |32,453|  100.0| 4,548|  100.0| 8,281|  100.0|16,943|  100.0| 2,680|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/|15,781|   48.6| 1,757|   38.6| 4,010|   48.4| 8,636|   51.0| 1,378|   51.4|
|  1980-1989       | 7,960|   24.5|   606|   13.3| 2,368|   28.6| 4,459|   26.3|   527|   19.7|
|  1970-1979       | 4,605|   14.2|   594|   13.1| 1,330|   16.1| 2,375|   14.0|   305|   11.4|
|  Before 1970     | 4,107|   12.7| 1,590|   35.0|   573|    6.9| 1,473|    8.7|   469|   17.5|
|Male              |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total           |16,352|  100.0| 2,097|  100.0| 3,975|  100.0| 8,919|  100.0| 1,360|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/| 8,191|   50.1|   856|   40.8| 1,950|   49.0| 4,673|   52.4|   712|   52.3|
|  1980-1989       | 4,106|   25.1|   295|   14.1| 1,158|   29.1| 2,364|   26.5|   288|   21.2|
|  1970-1979       | 2,283|   14.0|   294|   14.0|   632|   15.9| 1,192|   13.4|   165|   12.1|
|  Before 1970     | 1,772|   10.8|   652|   31.1|   235|    5.9|   689|    7.7|   195|   14.4|
|Female            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total           |16,101|  100.0| 2,450|  100.0| 4,306|  100.0| 8,024|  100.0| 1,320|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/| 7,591|   47.1|   901|   36.8| 2,060|   47.8| 3,963|   49.4|   666|   50.5|
|  1980-1989       | 3,854|   23.9|   310|   12.7| 1,209|   28.1| 2,095|   26.1|   239|   18.1|
|  1970-1979       | 2,322|   14.4|   300|   12.3|   699|   16.2| 1,182|   14.7|   141|   10.7|
|  Before 1970     | 2,334|   14.5|   938|   38.3|   338|    7.8|   785|    9.8|   274|   20.8|
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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 to 2002.



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

              (Last updated (9/26/02))