Table 3.14  Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and World Region of 
            Birth: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND REGION  |              |                   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|
|  Northeast     | 6,420|   22.6| 1,712|   39.3| 1,398|   19.3| 2,652|   18.3|   658|   28.6|
|  Midwest       | 3,036|   10.7|   729|   16.7|   930|   12.8| 1,012|    7.0|   365|   15.8|
|  South         | 7,596|   26.8|   857|   19.7| 1,457|   20.1| 4,718|   32.6|   564|   24.5|
|  West          |11,327|   39.9| 1,057|   24.3| 3,461|   47.8| 6,096|   42.1|   714|   31.0|
|Male            |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |14,200|  100.0| 2,118|  100.0| 3,466|  100.0| 7,373|  100.0| 1,244|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,063|   21.6|   823|   38.8|   670|   19.3| 1,229|   16.7|   341|   27.4|
|  Midwest       | 1,608|   11.3|   363|   17.1|   477|   13.8|   557|    7.6|   211|   17.0|
|  South         | 3,843|   27.1|   401|   19.0|   724|   20.9| 2,387|   32.4|   331|   26.6|
|  West          | 5,686|   40.0|   530|   25.0| 1,596|   46.0| 3,199|   43.4|   361|   29.0|
|Female          |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total         |14,179|  100.0| 2,237|  100.0| 3,780|  100.0| 7,105|  100.0| 1,058|  100.0|
|  Northeast     | 3,357|   23.7|   889|   39.7|   728|   19.3| 1,422|   20.0|   318|   30.0|
|  Midwest       | 1,427|   10.1|   366|   16.3|   453|   12.0|   455|    6.4|   154|   14.5|
|  South         | 3,753|   26.5|   456|   20.4|   733|   19.4| 2,332|   32.8|   233|   22.0|
|  West          | 5,642|   39.8|   526|   23.5| 1,865|   49.3| 2,897|   40.8|   354|   33.4|
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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.
2/ 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