Table 6.1  Foreign Born Population by Year of Entry, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Foreign Born Population|               |          Hispanic Origin and Race 1/          |

|                       |               |-----------------------------------------------|

|                       |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |

|                       |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |

|                       |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                       |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|-----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                | 26,281|  100.0| 11,641|  100.0|  6,683|  100.0|  7,956|  100.0|

|  1990 - 1998          |  8,628|   32.8|  3,842|   33.0|  1,901|   28.4|  2,885|   36.3|

|  1980 - 1989          |  8,236|   31.3|  4,072|   35.0|  1,242|   18.6|  2,921|   36.7|

|  1970 - 1979          |  4,605|   17.5|  2,152|   18.5|    969|   14.5|  1,484|   18.6|

|  Before 1970          |  4,812|   18.3|  1,575|   13.5|  2,571|   38.5|    666|    8.4|

|Male                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                | 13,080|  100.0|  6,114|  100.0|  3,105|  100.0|  3,862|  100.0|

|  1990 - 1998          |  4,442|   34.0|  2,087|   34.1|    916|   29.5|  1,439|   37.3|

|  1980 - 1989          |  4,194|   32.1|  2,178|   35.6|    613|   19.7|  1,403|   36.3|

|  1970 - 1979          |  2,294|   17.5|  1,102|   18.0|    503|   16.2|    689|   17.8|

|  Before 1970          |  2,150|   16.4|    747|   12.2|  1,073|   34.6|    330|    8.5|

|Female                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                | 13,201|  100.0|  5,528|  100.0|  3,579|  100.0|  4,095|  100.0|

|  1990 - 1998          |  4,186|   31.7|  1,755|   31.7|    985|   27.5|  1,446|   35.3|

|  1980 - 1989          |  4,042|   30.6|  1,894|   34.3|    630|   17.6|  1,518|   37.1|

|  1970 - 1979          |  2,311|   17.5|  1,050|   19.0|    466|   13.0|    795|   19.4|

|  Before 1970          |  2,662|   20.2|    828|   15.0|  1,498|   41.9|    336|    8.2|

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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or 

   Central American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic 

        Statistics Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000