Table 4.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |              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|
|  Northeast     | 3,263|   19.3| 1,567|   50.5|   775|    6.6|   920|   45.5|
|  Midwest       | 1,143|    6.7|    44|    1.4| 1,021|    8.6|    77|    3.8|
|  South         | 5,658|   33.4| 1,377|   44.4| 3,552|   30.1|   729|   36.0|
|  West          | 6,880|   40.6|   114|    3.7| 6,470|   54.7|   296|   14.6|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         | 8,919|  100.0| 1,435|  100.0| 6,504|  100.0|   980|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 1,598|   17.9|   692|   48.2|   455|    7.0|   452|   46.1|
|  Midwest       |   639|    7.2|    20|    1.4|   584|    9.0|    35|    3.6|
|  South         | 3,059|   34.3|   668|   46.6| 2,032|   31.3|   358|   36.5|
|  West          | 3,623|   40.6|    56|    3.9| 3,432|   52.8|   135|   13.8|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         | 8,024|  100.0| 1,667|  100.0| 5,316|  100.0| 1,042|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 1,664|   20.7|   875|   52.5|   321|    6.0|   468|   44.9|
|  Midwest       |   504|    6.3|    25|    1.5|   437|    8.2|    42|    4.0|
|  South         | 2,599|   32.4|   709|   42.5| 1,520|   28.6|   371|   35.6|
|  West          | 3,257|   40.6|    58|    3.5| 3,038|   57.2|   161|   15.4|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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 -- 9/24/02)