Table 3-2.  Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population from Asia:  1997
                                                                                                                                           (Last revised, 5/6/99:A:table3-2)
(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                  ||                                         |                    Number
                                        |--------------------------------------------||                                         |-------------------------------------------- 
                                        |           |          |      90-percent     ||                                         |           |          |     90-percent
                                        |           |          |   confidence level  ||                                         |           |          |  confidence level
                                        |           |          |---------------------||                                         |           |          |--------------------- 
                                        |     Point | Standard |    Lower |    Upper ||                                         |     Point | Standard |    Lower |    Upper
Country or area (CPS code) 1/           |  estimate |    error | bound 2/ |    bound || Country or area (CPS code) 1/           |  estimate |    error | bound 2/ |    bound
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     Asia...............................      6,822        262      6,390      7,253    South Eastern Asia......................      2,511        160      2,247      2,775
Eastern Asia............................      2,363        156      2,107      2,620      Burma (205)...........................          6          8          -         20
  China (207, 209)......................      1,107        106        931      1,282      Cambodia (206)........................        150         39         85        215
    Hong Kong (209).....................        166         41         98        234      Indonesia (211).......................         61         25         20        103
  Japan (215)...........................        305         56        213        397      Laos (221)............................        174         42        104        244
  Korea (total).........................        591         78        463        720      Malaysia (224)........................         51         23         13         89
    Korea (217).........................          -          -          -          -      Philippines (231).....................      1,132        108        955      1,310
    South Korea (218)...................        591         78        463        720      Singapore (234).......................         31         18          2         61
  Macau (-).............................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      Thailand (239)........................        136         37         74        197
  Taiwan (238)..........................        360         61        260        461      Vietnam (242).........................        770         89        623        916

South Central Asia......................      1,298        116      1,108      1,488    Western Asia............................        499         72        381        617
  Afghanistan (200).....................         41         21          7         74      Cyprus (-)............................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  Bangladesh (202)......................         47         22         11         83      Iraq (213)............................         84         29         36        133
  India (210)...........................        748         88        604        893      Israel (214)..........................         90         31         40        141
  Iran (212)............................        290         55        200        380      Jordan (216)..........................         41         21          7         74
  Nepal (-).............................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      Kuwait (-)............................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  Pakistan (229)........................        172         42        103        241      Lebanon (222).........................         98         32         46        150
  Sri Lanka (-).........................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      Palestine (253).......................         30         18          1         59
                                                                                          Saudi Arabia (233)....................         16         13          -         37
                                                                                          Syria (237)...........................         50         23         13         88
                                                                                          Turkey (240)..........................         50         23         13         88
                                                                                          United Arab Emirates (-)..............       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
                                                                                          Yemen (-).............................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
                                                                                          Middle East n.e.c. (252)..............         39         20          6         72
                                                                                        Asia n.e.c. (245).......................        150         39         85        215
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(-) No country code in March 1997 CPS.
- Represents zero or rounds to zero.
(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.
1/ Countries or areas listed are those shown in U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999a, Table 3.
2/ Lower bound truncated at zero.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey.
Internet Release date:  October 15, 1999