Table 3.6  Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: 
           March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|YEAR OF ENTRY  |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|               |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|               | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|               |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|               |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|---------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total        |28,379|  100.0| 4,355|  100.0| 7,246|  100.0|14,477|  100.0| 2,301|  100.0|
|  After 1990   |11,206|   39.5| 1,278|   29.3| 2,851|   39.3| 6,039|   41.7| 1,039|   45.1|
|  1980-1989    | 8,022|   28.3|   660|   15.1| 2,446|   33.8| 4,393|   30.3|   523|   22.7|
|  1970-1979    | 4,605|   16.2|   541|   12.4| 1,389|   19.2| 2,383|   16.5|   292|   12.7|
|  Before 1970  | 4,547|   16.0| 1,877|   43.1|   560|    7.7| 1,663|   11.5|   447|   19.4|
|Male           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total        |14,200|  100.0| 2,118|  100.0| 3,466|  100.0| 7,373|  100.0| 1,244|  100.0|
|  After 1990   | 5,692|   40.1|   678|   32.0| 1,335|   38.5| 3,110|   42.2|   569|   45.8|
|  1980-1989    | 4,186|   29.5|   332|   15.7| 1,214|   35.0| 2,332|   31.6|   308|   24.8|
|  1970-1979    | 2,243|   15.8|   263|   12.4|   640|   18.5| 1,176|   16.0|   164|   13.2|
|  Before 1970  | 2,079|   14.6|   844|   39.9|   278|    8.0|   755|   10.2|   202|   16.3|
|Female         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total        |14,179|  100.0| 2,237|  100.0| 3,780|  100.0| 7,105|  100.0| 1,058|  100.0|
|  After 1990   | 5,514|   38.9|   600|   26.8| 1,516|   40.1| 2,929|   41.2|   470|   44.4|
|  1980-1989    | 3,836|   27.1|   327|   14.6| 1,232|   32.6| 2,062|   29.0|   215|   20.3|
|  1970-1979    | 2,362|   16.7|   277|   12.4|   749|   19.8| 1,207|   17.0|   128|   12.1|
|  Before 1970  | 2,468|   17.4| 1,033|   46.2|   282|    7.5|   908|   12.8|   245|   23.2|
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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, 2000