Table 4-1D.  Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population for Regions and Selected States:  1997
                                                                                                                          (Last revised, 4/2/99:A:table4-1D)
(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)
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                          |            |        |        |        |         |                       Latin America                      |          |
                          |            |        |        |        |         |----------------------------------------------------------|          |
                          |            |        |        |        |         |        |           |      Central America      |         |          |
                          |      Total |        |        |        |         |        |           |---------------------------|         |          |
                          |   foreign- |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        |   Other |         |          |
                          |       born |        |        |        |         |        |           |        |        | Central |   South | Northern |      Not
Region and state          | population | Europe |   Asia | Africa | Oceania |  Total | Caribbean |  Total | Mexico | America | America |  America | reported
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NUMBER
     United States.......       25,779    4,297    6,822      558       176   13,076       2,777    8,769    7,017     1,751     1,530        550        300

Northeast................        6,129    1,656    1,338      201        20    2,666       1,359      565      240       325       742        147        101
  New York...............        3,602      871      665      110        10    1,867       1,040      365      160       206       462         39         39
  New Jersey.............        1,208      249      345       66         2      513         194      129       63        66       189         21         12

Midwest..................        2,673      769      835       79        15      841          49      701      633        67        92         76         56
  Illinois...............        1,100      312      239       30         -      483          18      432      412        20        33         19         18

South....................        6,468      819    1,297      163        25    3,970       1,251    2,230    1,669       561       488        119         76
  Florida................        2,351      332      209       27         9    1,704       1,091      355      101       254       258         62         10
  Texas..................        2,169      118      319       30         3    1,647          40    1,556    1,417       138        51         27         25

West.....................       10,509    1,053    3,351      115       115    5,599         118    5,274    4,475       798       208        208         67
  California.............        8,074      718    2,703       77        66    4,358         101    4,083    3,347       736       174        104         47

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
     United States.......        100.0     16.7     26.5      2.2       0.7     50.7        10.8     34.0     27.2       6.8       5.9        2.1        1.2

Northeast................        100.0     27.0     21.8      3.3       0.3     43.5        22.2      9.2      3.9       5.3      12.1        2.4        1.7
  New York...............        100.0     24.2     18.5      3.1       0.3     51.8        28.9     10.1      4.4       5.7      12.8        1.1        1.1
  New Jersey.............        100.0     20.6     28.5      5.4       0.2     42.5        16.1     10.7      5.2       5.5      15.7        1.7        1.0

Midwest..................        100.0     28.8     31.3      3.0       0.6     31.5         1.8     26.2     23.7       2.5       3.4        2.8        2.1
  Illinois...............        100.0     28.4     21.7      2.7         -     43.9         1.6     39.2     37.4       1.8       3.0        1.7        1.6

South....................        100.0     12.7     20.1      2.5       0.4     61.4        19.3     34.5     25.8       8.7       7.6        1.8        1.2
  Florida................        100.0     14.1      8.9      1.2       0.4     72.5        46.4     15.1      4.3      10.8      11.0        2.6        0.4
  Texas..................        100.0      5.4     14.7      1.4       0.1     75.9         1.8     71.7     65.3       6.4       2.4        1.2        1.1

West.....................        100.0     10.0     31.9      1.1       1.1     53.3         1.1     50.2     42.6       7.6       2.0        2.0        0.6
  California.............        100.0      8.9     33.5      0.9       0.8     54.0         1.2     50.6     41.5       9.1       2.2        1.3        0.6
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- Represents zero or rounds to zero.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey.
Internet Release date:  October 15, 1999