Table 1-1.  Nativity, Place of Birth of the Native Population, and Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population:  1997
                                                                                            (Last revised, 5/4/99:A:table1-1)
(Numbers in thousands.  Data are for civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their 
families on post)
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                              |                      Number                      |           Percent distribution
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                              |           |          |         90-percent        |            |            |
                              |           |          |      confidence level     |            |            | Of foreign-born
                              |     Point | Standard |---------------------------|   Of total |  Of native |     population,
Nativity                      |  estimate |    error | Lower bound | Upper bound | population | population | region reported
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      Total...................    266,792          -       266,792       266,792        100.0          (X)               (X)

Native........................    241,014        307       240,509       241,519         90.3        100.0               (X)
  Born in the United States...    237,220        369       236,613       237,828         88.9         98.4               (X)
  Born abroad.................      3,794        144         3,556         4,031          1.4          1.6               (X)
    In outlying areas.........      1,479         90         1,330         1,628          0.6          0.6               (X)
      Puerto Rico.............      1,364        122         1,163         1,566          0.5          0.6               (X)
      Other...................        115         36            56           173            -            -               (X)
    Of American parents.......      2,314        113         2,129         2,500          0.9          1.0               (X)

Foreign born..................     25,779        398        25,125        26,432          9.7          (X)               (X)
  Region reported.............     25,478        395        24,828        26,129          9.5          (X)             100.0
    Europe....................      4,297        164         4,028         4,567          1.6          (X)              16.9
    Asia......................      6,822        262         6,390         7,253          2.6          (X)              26.8
    Africa....................        558         76           433           683          0.2          (X)               2.2
    Oceania...................        176         43           105           246          0.1          (X)               0.7
    Latin America.............     13,076        371        12,466        13,686          4.9          (X)              51.3
      Caribbean...............      2,777        174         2,490         3,064          1.0          (X)              10.9
      Central America.........      8,769        306         8,265         9,273          3.3          (X)              34.4
        Mexico................      7,017        275         6,565         7,469          2.6          (X)              27.5
        Other.................      1,751        139         1,523         1,980          0.7          (X)               6.9
      South America...........      1,530        130         1,317         1,743          0.6          (X)               6.0
    Northern America..........        550         78           421           678          0.2          (X)               2.2
  Region not reported.........        300         45           226           374          0.1          (X)               (X)
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- Represents zero or rounds to zero.
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey.
Internet Release date:  October 15, 1999