Table 1.6  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and 
           Citizenship Status: March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands.) 
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|YEAR OF ENTRY  |               |      CITIZENSHIP STATUS       |
|               |               |-------------------------------|
|               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|               |     Total     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|               |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|               |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total          |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total        | 28,379|  100.0| 10,622|  100.0| 17,758|  100.0|
|  After 1990   | 11,206|   39.5|    997|    9.4| 10,209|   57.5|
|  1980-1989    |  8,022|   28.3|  3,118|   29.4|  4,904|   27.6|
|  1970-1979    |  4,605|   16.2|  2,851|   26.8|  1,754|    9.9|
|  Before 1970  |  4,547|   16.0|  3,655|   34.4|    892|    5.0|
|Male           |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total        | 14,200|  100.0|  5,077|  100.0|  9,123|  100.0|
|  After 1990   |  5,692|   40.1|    496|    9.8|  5,196|   57.0|
|  1980-1989    |  4,186|   29.5|  1,592|   31.3|  2,594|   28.4|
|  1970-1979    |  2,243|   15.8|  1,330|   26.2|    913|   10.0|
|  Before 1970  |  2,079|   14.6|  1,660|   32.7|    419|    4.6|
|Female         |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total        | 14,179|  100.0|  5,544|  100.0|  8,635|  100.0|
|  After 1990   |  5,514|   38.9|    501|    9.0|  5,013|   58.1|
|  1980-1989    |  3,836|   27.1|  1,526|   27.5|  2,310|   26.7|
|  1970-1979    |  2,362|   16.7|  1,522|   27.4|    840|    9.7|
|  Before 1970  |  2,468|   17.4|  1,995|   36.0|    472|    5.5|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division 

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001