Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                          | 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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |14,040|   43.3| 1,706|   37.5| 3,504|   42.3| 7,853|   46.3|   977|   36.5|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |16,572|   51.1| 2,615|   57.5| 4,471|   54.0| 7,983|   47.1| 1,503|   56.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,840|    5.7|   227|    5.0|   306|    3.7| 1,107|    6.5|   200|    7.5|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |16,352|  100.0| 2,097|  100.0| 3,975|  100.0| 8,919|  100.0| 1,360|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 7,144|   43.7|   806|   38.4| 1,710|   43.0| 4,117|   46.2|   512|   37.6|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 8,274|   50.6| 1,206|   57.5| 2,132|   53.6| 4,182|   46.9|   754|   55.4|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   934|    5.7|    86|    4.1|   133|    3.3|   621|    7.0|    95|    7.0|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |16,101|  100.0| 2,450|  100.0| 4,306|  100.0| 8,024|  100.0| 1,320|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,896|   42.8|   900|   36.7| 1,794|   41.7| 3,736|   46.6|   466|   35.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 8,298|   51.5| 1,409|   57.5| 2,338|   54.3| 3,801|   47.4|   749|   56.8|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   907|    5.6|   141|    5.8|   174|    4.0|   487|    6.1|   105|    8.0|
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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/ 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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

              (Last updated (9/26/02))