Table 5-1A. Nativity and Parentage of the Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence: 1997 (Last revised, 5/5/99:A:table5-1A) (Numbers in thousands. Metropolitan areas as defined June 30, 1993, classified by population size in 1990. Data are for civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Native population | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | Mixed parentage | Foreign parentage | Foreign-born population | | | | |--------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | | | | Parents born in - | | Parents born in - | | | | | | | | |---------------------| |---------------------| Type of residence and size of | Total | | Native | | Father | Mother | | Same | Different | | Same | Different | Foreign metropolitan area | population | Total | parentage | Total | foreign born | foreign born | Total | country | countries | Total | country | countries | stock ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER Total........................................ 266,792 241,014 212,077 13,899 7,456 6,443 15,038 12,792 2,246 25,779 24,177 1,602 54,716 Metropolitan areas................................ 214,404 190,058 164,000 12,162 6,509 5,653 13,895 11,796 2,099 24,346 22,829 1,517 50,404 In central cities........................... 79,943 67,895 57,544 4,353 2,370 1,983 5,998 5,159 839 12,048 11,455 593 22,399 Outside central cities...................... 134,461 122,163 106,456 7,809 4,139 3,670 7,897 6,637 1,260 12,298 11,374 924 28,005 1 million or more population.................... 143,689 123,496 103,521 8,855 4,714 4,141 11,120 9,381 1,740 20,193 18,959 1,234 40,168 In central cities........................... 51,393 41,431 33,832 2,855 1,531 1,324 4,744 4,073 671 9,962 9,495 467 17,561 Outside central cities...................... 92,296 82,066 69,689 6,000 3,182 2,818 6,376 5,308 1,069 10,231 9,464 767 22,607 5 million or more population.................. 74,958 61,178 48,383 5,075 2,814 2,261 7,720 6,560 1,161 13,780 12,956 824 26,575 In central cities........................... 27,166 19,976 14,990 1,542 870 672 3,444 2,949 494 7,191 6,868 322 12,176 Outside central cities...................... 47,791 41,202 33,393 3,533 1,944 1,589 4,277 3,610 666 6,589 6,088 501 14,399 1 million up to 5 million population.......... 68,731 62,318 55,138 3,780 1,899 1,881 3,400 2,821 579 6,413 6,003 410 13,593 In central cities........................... 24,226 21,455 18,841 1,313 661 652 1,300 1,124 176 2,771 2,627 145 5,385 Outside central cities...................... 44,505 40,863 36,297 2,467 1,238 1,229 2,100 1,697 403 3,642 3,376 265 8,208 Less than 1 million population.................. 70,715 66,561 60,479 3,308 1,796 1,512 2,775 2,415 359 4,153 3,870 283 10,236 In central cities........................... 28,550 26,464 23,712 1,498 839 660 1,254 1,086 168 2,086 1,960 126 4,838 Outside central cities...................... 42,165 40,097 36,767 1,809 957 852 1,521 1,330 191 2,067 1,910 157 5,398 Nonmetropolitan areas............................. 52,389 50,956 48,076 1,737 947 790 1,143 996 147 1,432 1,347 85 4,312 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total........................................ 100.0 90.3 79.5 5.2 2.8 2.4 5.6 4.8 0.8 9.7 9.1 0.6 20.5 Metropolitan areas................................ 100.0 88.6 76.5 5.7 3.0 2.6 6.5 5.5 1.0 11.4 10.6 0.7 23.5 In central cities........................... 100.0 84.9 72.0 5.4 3.0 2.5 7.5 6.5 1.0 15.1 14.3 0.7 28.0 Outside central cities...................... 100.0 90.9 79.2 5.8 3.1 2.7 5.9 4.9 0.9 9.1 8.5 0.7 20.8 1 million or more population.................... 100.0 85.9 72.0 6.2 3.3 2.9 7.7 6.5 1.2 14.1 13.2 0.9 28.0 In central cities........................... 100.0 80.6 65.8 5.6 3.0 2.6 9.2 7.9 1.3 19.4 18.5 0.9 34.2 Outside central cities...................... 100.0 88.9 75.5 6.5 3.4 3.1 6.9 5.8 1.2 11.1 10.3 0.8 24.5 5 million or more population.................. 100.0 81.6 64.5 6.8 3.8 3.0 10.3 8.8 1.5 18.4 17.3 1.1 35.5 In central cities........................... 100.0 73.5 55.2 5.7 3.2 2.5 12.7 10.9 1.8 26.5 25.3 1.2 44.8 Outside central cities...................... 100.0 86.2 69.9 7.4 4.1 3.3 8.9 7.6 1.4 13.8 12.7 1.0 30.1 1 million up to 5 million population.......... 100.0 90.7 80.2 5.5 2.8 2.7 4.9 4.1 0.8 9.3 8.7 0.6 19.8 In central cities........................... 100.0 88.6 77.8 5.4 2.7 2.7 5.4 4.6 0.7 11.4 10.8 0.6 22.2 Outside central cities...................... 100.0 91.8 81.6 5.5 2.8 2.8 4.7 3.8 0.9 8.2 7.6 0.6 18.4 Less than 1 million population.................. 100.0 94.1 85.5 4.7 2.5 2.1 3.9 3.4 0.5 5.9 5.5 0.4 14.5 In central cities........................... 100.0 92.7 83.1 5.2 2.9 2.3 4.4 3.8 0.6 7.3 6.9 0.4 16.9 Outside central cities...................... 100.0 95.1 87.2 4.3 2.3 2.0 3.6 3.2 0.5 4.9 4.5 0.4 12.8 Nonmetropolitan areas............................. 100.0 97.3 91.8 3.3 1.8 1.5 2.2 1.9 0.3 2.7 2.6 0.2 8.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey. Internet Release date: October 15, 1999