Table 4.6 Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2002
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY     |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                  |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                  |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                  |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                  |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                  |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total           |16,943|  100.0| 3,102|  100.0|11,819|  100.0| 2,022|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/| 8,636|   51.0| 1,216|   39.2| 6,341|   53.6| 1,079|   53.3|
|  1980-1989       | 4,459|   26.3|   825|   26.6| 3,141|   26.6|   493|   24.4|
|  1970-1979       | 2,375|   14.0|   519|   16.7| 1,602|   13.6|   253|   12.5|
|  Before 1970     | 1,473|    8.7|   542|   17.5|   735|    6.2|   197|    9.7|
|Male              |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total           | 8,919|  100.0| 1,435|  100.0| 6,504|  100.0|   980|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/| 4,673|   52.4|   565|   39.4| 3,585|   55.1|   523|   53.4|
|  1980-1989       | 2,364|   26.5|   395|   27.6| 1,731|   26.6|   237|   24.2|
|  1970-1979       | 1,192|   13.4|   237|   16.5|   825|   12.7|   130|   13.2|
|  Before 1970     |   689|    7.7|   237|   16.5|   361|    5.6|    90|    9.2|
|Female            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total           | 8,024|  100.0| 1,667|  100.0| 5,316|  100.0| 1,042|  100.0|
|  1990 or later 2/| 3,963|   49.4|   651|   39.1| 2,756|   51.8|   556|   53.3|
|  1980-1989       | 2,095|   26.1|   430|   25.8| 1,410|   26.5|   256|   24.6|
|  1970-1979       | 1,182|   14.7|   282|   16.9|   777|   14.6|   124|   11.9|
|  Before 1970     |   785|    9.8|   304|   18.2|   374|    7.0|   107|   10.3|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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

              (Last updated -- 9/24/02)