Table 4-1C. Citizenship Status and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population for Regions and Selected States: 1997 (Last revised, 7/14/99:A:table4-1C) (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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | Naturalized citizen | Not a U.S. citizen | foreign- |---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------- | born | | 1992 to | 1987 to | 1982 to | 1977 to | Before | | 1992 to | 1987 to | 1982 to | 1977 to | Before Region and state | population | Total | 1997 | 1991 | 1986 | 1981 | 1977 | Total | 1997 | 1991 | 1986 | 1981 | 1977 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER United States....... 25,779 9,043 267 808 1,101 1,632 5,235 16,736 5,155 4,233 2,542 2,230 2,577 Northeast................ 6,129 1,796 59 172 220 282 1,063 3,014 996 785 479 311 442 New York............... 3,602 1,267 31 122 164 204 747 2,335 754 609 347 251 373 New Jersey............. 1,208 529 29 50 57 78 316 679 242 177 132 60 69 Midwest.................. 2,673 1,109 31 77 104 165 732 1,563 665 362 155 147 234 Illinois............... 1,100 397 8 27 31 60 270 704 242 165 73 89 135 South.................... 6,468 2,261 77 190 285 407 1,301 4,206 1,422 918 710 551 606 Florida................ 2,351 952 12 40 80 154 666 1,399 452 255 261 229 202 Texas.................. 2,169 528 32 52 80 132 230 1,641 482 352 270 246 291 West..................... 10,509 3,238 77 322 457 693 1,689 7,271 1,871 2,022 1,123 1,140 1,115 California............. 8,074 2,499 54 224 344 579 1,299 5,574 1,236 1,609 927 946 857 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION United States....... 100.0 35.1 1.0 3.1 4.3 6.3 20.3 64.9 20.0 16.4 9.9 8.7 10.0 Northeast................ 100.0 39.7 1.3 3.6 4.1 6.0 24.7 60.3 19.5 15.2 9.0 6.4 10.1 New York............... 100.0 35.2 0.8 3.4 4.5 5.7 20.7 64.8 20.9 16.9 9.6 7.0 10.4 New Jersey............. 100.0 43.8 2.4 4.1 4.7 6.5 26.1 56.2 20.0 14.6 10.9 5.0 5.7 Midwest.................. 100.0 41.5 1.2 2.9 3.9 6.2 27.4 58.5 24.9 13.5 5.8 5.5 8.8 Illinois............... 100.0 36.0 0.7 2.5 2.8 5.5 24.6 64.0 22.0 15.0 6.6 8.1 12.3 South.................... 100.0 35.0 1.2 2.9 4.4 6.3 20.1 65.0 22.0 14.2 11.0 8.5 9.4 Florida................ 100.0 40.5 0.5 1.7 3.4 6.5 28.3 59.5 19.2 10.9 11.1 9.7 8.6 Texas.................. 100.0 24.3 1.5 2.4 3.7 6.1 10.6 75.7 22.2 16.2 12.5 11.4 13.4 West..................... 100.0 30.8 0.7 3.1 4.3 6.6 16.1 69.2 17.8 19.2 10.7 10.8 10.6 California............. 100.0 31.0 0.7 2.8 4.3 7.2 16.1 69.0 15.3 19.9 11.5 11.7 10.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey. Internet Release date: October 15, 1999