Table 5-2C.  Citizenship Status and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population for Selected Metropolitan Areas:  1997
                                                                                                                                                  (Last revised, 5/5/99:A:table5-2C)
(Numbers in thousands.  Metropolitan areas as defined June 30, 1993, with 1 million or more foreign-born population in 1990.  Data are for civilian noninstitutional population 
plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post)
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                                                   |       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
Metropolitan area                                  |  population |  Total |    1997 |    1991 |    1986 |    1981 |   1977 |  Total |    1997 |    1991 |    1986 |    1981 |   1977
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NUMBER
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA................        1,062      382         8        31        24        60      259      679       232       158        70        89      131
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA.......        4,778    1,303        27       134       157       339      645    3,475       714     1,035       548       635      542
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA.....................        1,440      562         7        31        45       103      376      878       254       167       182       163      113
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-
    CT-PA CMSA.....................................        4,582    1,644        60       162       201       267      954    2,938       979       763       457       288      451
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA............        1,356      696        12        32       133       160      359      660       185       189       108        74      104

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA................        100.0     36.0       0.7       2.9       2.3       5.7     24.4     64.0      21.9      14.8       6.6       8.4     12.3
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA.......        100.0     27.3       0.6       2.8       3.3       7.1     13.5     72.7      14.9      21.7      11.5      13.3     11.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA.....................        100.0     39.0       0.5       2.1       3.1       7.1     26.1     61.0      17.6      11.6      12.6      11.3      7.8
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-
    CT-PA CMSA.....................................        100.0     35.9       1.3       3.5       4.4       5.8     20.8     64.1      21.4      16.6      10.0       6.3      9.8
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA............        100.0     51.3       0.9       2.4       9.8      11.8     26.4     48.7      13.7      14.0       7.9       5.5      7.7
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey.
Internet Release date:  October 15, 1999