Table 4-1B. Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population for Regions and Selected States: 1997 (Last revised, 4/2/99:A:table4-1B) (Numbers in thousands. States with 1 million or more foreign-born population in 1997. Data are for civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 5-year periods | Selected periods | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------- | Total | | | | | Before 1977 | | | foreign- | | | | |---------------------------------------------------------| | | born | 1992 to | 1987 to | 1982 to | 1977 to | | 1972 to | 1967 to | 1962 to | 1957 to | Before | 1990 to | 1980 to Region and state | population | 1997 | 1991 | 1986 | 1981 | Total | 1976 | 1971 | 1966 | 1961 | 1957 | 1997 | 1989 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER United States....... 25,779 5,422 5,040 3,642 3,862 7,812 2,214 1,766 1,167 816 1,848 7,539 8,555 Northeast................ 6,129 1,279 1,149 808 759 2,133 535 536 284 221 557 1,763 1,870 New York............... 3,602 785 731 511 455 1,120 285 325 158 106 246 1,102 1,149 New Jersey............. 1,208 270 226 188 138 385 103 93 47 32 109 356 414 Midwest.................. 2,673 696 439 259 312 966 256 167 111 117 315 948 611 Illinois............... 1,100 250 192 104 149 405 123 76 37 47 122 362 255 South.................... 6,468 1,499 1,108 995 958 1,908 460 448 334 211 455 1,914 2,162 Florida................ 2,351 464 296 341 383 867 138 227 188 102 212 556 768 Texas.................. 2,169 514 404 351 379 521 188 106 60 50 118 682 753 West..................... 10,509 1,948 2,344 1,580 1,833 2,804 964 615 438 266 521 2,913 3,913 California............. 8,074 1,290 1,833 1,271 1,525 2,155 784 471 358 196 347 1,998 3,175 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION United States....... 100.0 21.0 19.6 14.1 15.0 30.3 8.6 6.9 4.5 3.2 7.2 29.2 33.2 Northeast................ 100.0 20.9 18.8 13.2 12.4 34.8 8.7 8.7 4.6 3.6 9.1 28.8 30.5 New York............... 100.0 21.8 20.3 14.2 12.6 31.1 7.9 9.0 4.4 2.9 6.8 30.6 31.9 New Jersey............. 100.0 22.4 18.7 15.6 11.5 31.8 8.5 7.7 3.9 2.6 9.0 29.5 34.3 Midwest.................. 100.0 26.0 16.4 9.7 11.7 36.2 9.6 6.3 4.1 4.4 11.8 35.5 22.9 Illinois............... 100.0 22.7 17.5 9.4 13.6 36.8 11.2 6.9 3.4 4.3 11.1 32.9 23.2 South.................... 100.0 23.2 17.1 15.4 14.8 29.5 7.1 6.9 5.2 3.3 7.0 29.6 33.4 Florida................ 100.0 19.8 12.6 14.5 16.3 36.9 5.9 9.7 8.0 4.4 9.0 23.6 32.7 Texas.................. 100.0 23.7 18.6 16.2 17.5 24.0 8.7 4.9 2.8 2.3 5.4 31.5 34.7 West..................... 100.0 18.5 22.3 15.0 17.4 26.7 9.2 5.9 4.2 2.5 5.0 27.7 37.2 California............. 100.0 16.0 22.7 15.7 18.9 26.7 9.7 5.8 4.4 2.4 4.3 24.8 39.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey. Internet Release date: October 15, 1999