Table 2.6 Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth, Citizenship and Year of Entry: March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|WORLD REGION OF BIRTH BY         |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 |     Total     |   1990-2000   |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 28,379|  100.0| 11,206|  100.0|  8,022|  100.0|  4,605|  100.0|  4,547|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            | 10,622|   37.4|    997|    8.9|  3,118|   38.9|  2,851|   61.9|  3,655|   80.4|
|  Not a Citizen                  | 17,758|   62.6| 10,209|   91.1|  4,904|   61.1|  1,754|   38.1|    892|   19.6|
|Europe                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  4,355|  100.0|  1,278|  100.0|    660|  100.0|    541|  100.0|  1,877|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  2,264|   52.0|     83|    6.5|    276|   41.8|    351|   64.9|  1,554|   82.8|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  2,090|   48.0|  1,194|   93.5|    384|   58.2|    190|   35.1|    323|   17.2|
|Asia                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  7,246|  100.0|  2,851|  100.0|  2,446|  100.0|  1,389|  100.0|    560|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  3,415|   47.1|    399|   14.0|  1,407|   57.5|  1,111|   80.0|    498|   89.0|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  3,831|   52.9|  2,452|   86.0|  1,039|   42.5|    278|   20.0|     62|   11.0|
|Latin America                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 14,477|  100.0|  6,039|  100.0|  4,393|  100.0|  2,383|  100.0|  1,663|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |  4,098|   28.3|    444|    7.3|  1,187|   27.0|  1,195|   50.2|  1,272|   76.5|
|  Not a Citizen                  | 10,379|   71.7|  5,595|   92.7|  3,206|   73.0|  1,188|   49.8|    391|   23.5|
|Other Areas                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          |  2,301|  100.0|  1,039|  100.0|    523|  100.0|    292|  100.0|    447|  100.0|
|  Naturalized Citizen            |    844|   36.7|     72|    6.9|    248|   47.5|    194|   66.3|    331|   73.9|
|  Not a Citizen                  |  1,457|   63.3|    967|   93.1|    275|   52.5|     99|   33.7|    117|   26.1|
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1/ The majority of those born in Latin America are from Mexico. Those born in 
    Other Areas are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.  
 
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001