Table 3.15  Foreign-Born Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex and World Region of Birth: 
            March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|RESIDENCE                                 |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                          | 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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  |12,801|   45.1| 1,615|   37.1| 3,473|   47.9| 6,774|   46.8|   939|   40.8|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |14,143|   49.8| 2,481|   57.0| 3,576|   49.4| 6,874|   47.5| 1,211|   52.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 1,435|    5.1|   258|    5.9|   196|    2.7|   829|    5.7|   152|    6.6|
|Male                                      |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |14,200|  100.0| 2,118|  100.0| 3,466|  100.0| 7,373|  100.0| 1,244|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,453|   45.4|   800|   37.8| 1,699|   49.0| 3,434|   46.6|   520|   41.8|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,051|   49.7| 1,220|   57.6| 1,685|   48.6| 3,506|   47.6|   640|   51.4|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   696|    4.9|    97|    4.6|    82|    2.4|   433|    5.9|    84|    6.7|
|Female                                    |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                                   |14,179|  100.0| 2,237|  100.0| 3,780|  100.0| 7,105|  100.0| 1,058|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 6,348|   44.8|   815|   36.4| 1,774|   46.9| 3,340|   47.0|   418|   39.6|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 7,093|   50.0| 1,261|   56.4| 1,892|   50.1| 3,368|   47.4|   572|   54.0|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    |   738|    5.2|   161|    7.2|   114|    3.0|   396|    5.6|    68|    6.4|
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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/ For geographic definitions 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