Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |                   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|
|  Northeast     | 7,500|   23.1| 1,767|   38.9| 1,795|   21.7| 3,263|   19.3|   675|   25.2|
|  Midwest       | 3,427|   10.6|   807|   17.8| 1,081|   13.1| 1,143|    6.7|   395|   14.7|
|  South         | 9,152|   28.2|   832|   18.3| 1,712|   20.7| 5,658|   33.4|   950|   35.4|
|  West          |12,374|   38.1| 1,141|   25.1| 3,694|   44.6| 6,880|   40.6|   660|   24.6|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |16,352|  100.0| 2,097|  100.0| 3,975|  100.0| 8,919|  100.0| 1,360|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,718|   22.7|   845|   40.3|   944|   23.7| 1,598|   17.9|   331|   24.3|
|  Midwest       | 1,719|   10.5|   341|   16.3|   540|   13.6|   639|    7.2|   199|   14.6|
|  South         | 4,766|   29.1|   383|   18.2|   827|   20.8| 3,059|   34.3|   497|   36.6|
|  West          | 6,148|   37.6|   529|   25.2| 1,664|   41.9| 3,623|   40.6|   333|   24.4|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |16,101|  100.0| 2,450|  100.0| 4,306|  100.0| 8,024|  100.0| 1,320|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,782|   23.5|   922|   37.6|   851|   19.8| 1,664|   20.7|   344|   26.1|
|  Midwest       | 1,707|   10.6|   466|   19.0|   541|   12.6|   504|    6.3|   196|   14.9|
|  South         | 4,386|   27.2|   449|   18.3|   885|   20.5| 2,599|   32.4|   453|   34.3|
|  West          | 6,226|   38.7|   612|   25.0| 2,030|   47.1| 3,257|   40.6|   327|   24.8|
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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/ 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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated (9/26/02))