Table 2.14  Foreign-Born Population in U.S. Regions by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                |     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|
|  Northeast     |  6,420|   22.6|  2,345|   20.9|  1,851|   23.1|    944|   20.5|  1,281|   28.2|
|  Midwest       |  3,036|   10.7|  1,452|   13.0|    618|    7.7|    410|    8.9|    557|   12.2|
|  South         |  7,596|   26.8|  3,351|   29.9|  1,834|   22.9|  1,214|   26.4|  1,197|   26.3|
|  West          | 11,327|   39.9|  4,058|   36.2|  3,719|   46.4|  2,037|   44.2|  1,512|   33.3|
|Male            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total         | 14,200|  100.0|  5,692|  100.0|  4,186|  100.0|  2,243|  100.0|  2,079|  100.0|
|  Northeast     |  3,063|   21.6|  1,114|   19.6|    964|   23.0|    419|   18.7|    566|   27.2|
|  Midwest       |  1,608|   11.3|    800|   14.0|    349|    8.3|    212|    9.4|    248|   11.9|
|  South         |  3,843|   27.1|  1,774|   31.2|    948|   22.7|    605|   27.0|    515|   24.8|
|  West          |  5,686|   40.0|  2,004|   35.2|  1,924|   46.0|  1,007|   44.9|    751|   36.1|
|Female          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total         | 14,179|  100.0|  5,514|  100.0|  3,836|  100.0|  2,362|  100.0|  2,468|  100.0|
|  Northeast     |  3,357|   23.7|  1,231|   22.3|    887|   23.1|    524|   22.2|    715|   29.0|
|  Midwest       |  1,427|   10.1|    652|   11.8|    268|    7.0|    198|    8.4|    308|   12.5|
|  South         |  3,753|   26.5|  1,577|   28.6|    886|   23.1|    609|   25.8|    682|   27.6|
|  West          |  5,642|   39.8|  2,055|   37.3|  1,795|   46.8|  1,030|   43.6|    762|   30.9|
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1/ U.S. Regions and World Regions are different.  For definitions of these and other geographic 
   terms see 'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1997.' (P23-195)
  
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001