Table 3-4.  Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population from Latin America and Northern America:  1997
                                                                                                                                           (Last revised, 5/6/99:A:table3-4)
(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
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                                        |           |          |      90-percent     ||                                         |           |          |     90-percent
                                        |           |          |   confidence level  ||                                         |           |          |  confidence level
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                                        |     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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     Latin America......................     13,076        371     12,466     13,686    South America...........................      1,530        130      1,317      1,743
Caribbean...............................      2,777        174      2,490      3,064      Argentina (375).......................         95         32         42        149
  Antigua & Barbuda (-).................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      Bolivia (376).........................         46         23          9         83
  Aruba (-).............................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      Brazil (377)..........................        135         39         72        199
  Bahamas (333).........................          7          9          -         22      Chile (378)...........................         90         32         38        142
  Barbados (334)........................         52         24         12         91      Colombia (379)........................        364         63        260        468
  Cuba (337)............................        913        100        748      1,078      Ecuador (380).........................        246         52        160        332
  Dominica (338)........................          6          8          -         19      Guyana (383)..........................        199         47        122        276
  Dominican Republic (339)..............        632         83        495        769      Paraguay (-)..........................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  Grenada (340).........................         26         17          -         54      Peru (385)............................        225         50        143        307
  Haiti (342)...........................        440         70        325        554      Suriname (-)..........................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  Jamaica (343).........................        397         66        288        505      Uruguay (387).........................         19         15          -         44
  Montserrat (-)........................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      Venezuela (388).......................         78         29         30        127
  Netherlands Antilles (-)..............       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)      South America n.e.c. (389)............         32         19          1         63
  St. Kitts-Nevis (-)...................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  St. Lucia (-).........................       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  St. Vincent & the Grenadines (-)......       (NA)        (X)        (X)        (X)
  Trinidad & Tobago (351)...............        197         47        120        274
  Other Caribbean (353).................        108         35         51        165

Central America.........................      8,769        306      8,265      9,273         Northern America...................        550         78        421        678
  Mexico (315)..........................      7,017        275      6,565      7,469    Canada (301)............................        542         77        415        669
  Other Central America.................      1,751        139      1,523      1,980    Other Northern America..................          8          9          -         23
    Belize (310)........................         27         17          -         55      Bermuda (300).........................          4          7          -         16
    Costa Rica (311)....................         50         23         11         88      Northern America n.e.c. (304).........          4          6          -         14
    El Salvador (312)...................        607         82        472        742
    Guatemala (313).....................        446         70        330        561
    Honduras (314)......................        212         48        132        291
    Nicaragua (316).....................        239         51        155        324
    Panama (317)........................        104         34         48        160
    Central America n.e.c. (318)........         67         27         22        112
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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