Table 7-1. Citizenship Status, Year of Entry, and Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 1997 (Last revised, 5/5/99:A:table7-1) (Numbers in thousands. 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 Metropolitan area | population | Total | 1997 | 1991 | 1986 | 1981 | 1977 | Total | 1997 | 1991 | 1986 | 1981 | 1977 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER Total............... 25,779 9,043 267 808 1,101 1,632 5,235 16,736 5,155 4,233 2,542 2,230 2,577 Europe................... 4,297 2,289 29 114 108 164 1,874 2,009 739 381 185 170 533 Asia..................... 6,822 3,023 102 320 535 839 1,227 3,799 1,567 1,062 535 392 243 Africa................... 558 194 2 28 62 45 58 364 182 70 54 30 27 Oceania.................. 176 65 - 4 13 3 45 110 37 21 24 6 23 Latin America............ 13,076 3,089 131 316 354 546 1,742 9,987 2,484 2,616 1,677 1,571 1,638 Caribbean.............. 2,777 1,147 29 68 123 186 741 1,630 442 306 290 304 289 Central America........ 8,769 1,460 82 185 176 266 750 7,309 1,710 2,059 1,210 1,124 1,206 Mexico............... 7,017 1,044 65 150 114 151 564 5,973 1,464 1,604 918 898 1,089 Other................ 1,751 415 17 35 62 114 187 1,336 246 455 292 227 117 South America.......... 1,530 483 20 63 54 94 251 1,047 332 252 177 143 142 Northern America......... 550 241 - 13 4 9 215 309 86 51 49 26 96 Region not reported...... 300 142 2 12 26 27 74 159 61 31 17 34 16 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total............... 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 Europe................... 100.0 53.3 0.7 2.7 2.5 3.8 43.6 46.7 17.2 8.9 4.3 4.0 12.4 Asia..................... 100.0 44.3 1.5 4.7 7.8 12.3 18.0 55.7 23.0 15.6 7.8 5.8 3.6 Africa................... 100.0 34.8 0.4 5.0 11.0 8.0 10.4 65.2 32.7 12.6 9.7 5.3 4.9 Oceania.................. 100.0 37.2 - 2.3 7.1 1.9 25.8 62.8 20.9 11.8 13.7 3.5 12.8 Latin America............ 100.0 23.6 1.0 2.4 2.7 4.2 13.3 76.4 19.0 20.0 12.8 12.0 12.5 Caribbean.............. 100.0 41.3 1.0 2.4 4.4 6.7 26.7 58.7 15.9 11.0 10.4 10.9 10.4 Central America........ 100.0 16.6 0.9 2.1 2.0 3.0 8.6 83.4 19.5 23.5 13.8 12.8 13.8 Mexico............... 100.0 14.9 0.9 2.1 1.6 2.2 8.0 85.1 20.9 22.9 13.1 12.8 15.5 Other................ 100.0 23.7 1.0 2.0 3.5 6.5 10.7 76.3 14.1 26.0 16.7 12.9 6.7 South America.......... 100.0 31.5 1.3 4.1 3.6 6.1 16.4 68.5 21.7 16.5 11.6 9.4 9.3 Northern America......... 100.0 43.8 0.1 2.4 0.7 1.6 39.1 56.2 15.6 9.4 8.9 4.8 17.5 Region not reported...... 100.0 47.2 0.7 4.0 8.7 9.1 24.7 52.8 20.2 10.2 5.7 11.2 5.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero or rounds to zero. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey. Internet Release date: October 15, 1999