Table 2.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|RESIDENCE                                 |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                          |     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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 12,801|   45.1|  5,407|   48.2|  3,868|   48.2|  2,001|   43.5|  1,526|   33.6|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 14,143|   49.8|  5,193|   46.3|  3,836|   47.8|  2,428|   52.7|  2,687|   59.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |  1,435|    5.1|    607|    5.4|    318|    4.0|    176|    3.8|    333|    7.3|
|Male                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                   | 14,200|  100.0|  5,692|  100.0|  4,186|  100.0|  2,243|  100.0|  2,079|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  6,453|   45.4|  2,740|   48.1|  2,045|   48.9|    964|   43.0|    705|   33.9|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  7,051|   49.7|  2,651|   46.6|  1,961|   46.8|  1,197|   53.4|  1,242|   59.7|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    696|    4.9|    301|    5.3|    180|    4.3|     82|    3.7|    132|    6.4|
|Female                                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                   | 14,179|  100.0|  5,514|  100.0|  3,836|  100.0|  2,362|  100.0|  2,468|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |  6,348|   44.8|  2,667|   48.4|  1,823|   47.5|  1,037|   43.9|    821|   33.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |  7,093|   50.0|  2,542|   46.1|  1,875|   48.9|  1,230|   52.1|  1,445|   58.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |    738|    5.2|    305|    5.5|    138|    3.6|     94|    4.0|    201|    8.2|
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1/ For geographic definitions as they relate to the foreign born, 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