Table 4.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and Region of Birth: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                          |              |              |   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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 7,853|   46.3| 1,438|   46.4| 5,537|   46.8|   878|   43.4|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,983|   47.1| 1,639|   52.8| 5,249|   44.4| 1,095|   54.2|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,107|    6.5|    25|    0.8| 1,033|    8.7|    49|    2.4|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   | 8,919|  100.0| 1,435|  100.0| 6,504|  100.0|   980|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 4,117|   46.2|   642|   44.7| 3,040|   46.7|   434|   44.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 4,182|   46.9|   781|   54.4| 2,880|   44.3|   521|   53.2|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   621|    7.0|    12|    0.9|   584|    9.0|    25|    2.5|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   | 8,024|  100.0| 1,667|  100.0| 5,316|  100.0| 1,042|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 3,736|   46.6|   796|   47.8| 2,497|   47.0|   444|   42.6|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 3,801|   47.4|   858|   51.5| 2,369|   44.6|   574|   55.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   487|    6.1|    13|    0.8|   450|    8.5|    24|    2.3|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico.
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 -- 9/24/02)