,Table 3-2.  Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population from Asia:  2000,,,,,,,,,
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,                       (Numbers in thousands.  Data are for civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post),,,,,,,,,
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,,Number,,,,,Number,,,
,,,,90-percent,,,,,90-percent,
,,,,confidence level,,,,,confidence level,
,,Point,Standard,Lower,Upper,,Point,Standard,Lower,Upper
,Country or area (CPS code) 1/,estimate,error, bound 2/,bound,Country or area (CPS code) 1/,estimate,error, bound 2/,bound
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,        Asia..............................................................................,"7,246",270,"6,801","7,690",South Eastern Asia.............................................................,"2,589",163,"2,321","2,857"
,Eastern Asia............................................................................,"2,366",156,"2,110","2,623",    Burma (205)....................................................................,35,19,4,66
,"    China (207, 209, 238)...................................................................","1,391",120,"1,195","1,588",    Cambodia (206)...................................................,122,36,64,181
,        People's Repulbic (207)...................................................,871,95,715,"1,027",    Indonesia (211)...................................................................,53,23,14,91
,        Hong Kong (209)...................................................,195,45,121,269,    Laos (221).........................................................................,74,28,28,119
,        Taiwan (238).............................................................,325,58,230,420,    Malaysia (224).................................................................,43,21,8,77
,    Japan (215)................................................................,274,53,186,361,    Philippines (231)...............................................................,"1,222",112,"1,038","1,407"
,"    Korea (217, 218)................................................................",701,85,561,841,    Singapore (234).................................................................,29,17,1,58
,        Korea (217)...................................................,-,-,-,-,    Thailand (239)...................................................................,147,39,83,212
,        South Korea (218)...................................................,701,85,561,841,    Vietnam (242).............................................................................,863,94,708,"1,019"
,    Macau (-)...........................................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X),,,,,
,,,,,,Western Asia......................................................................,540,75,417,663
,South Central Asia.............................................................,"1,621",129,"1,409","1,833",    Cyprus (-)....................................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X)
,    Afghanistan (200)...........................................................,27,17,-,54,    Iraq (213)........................................................................,81,29,34,129
,    Bangladesh (202)...................................................,85,30,36,133,    Israel (214).......................................................................,82,29,34,130
,    India (210)...............................................................,"1,007",102,839,"1,174",    Jordan (216)...................................................................,39,20,6,71
,    Iran (212).................................................................,306,56,214,399,    Kuwait (-)....................................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X)
,    Nepal (-).....................................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X),    Lebanon (222)..................................................................,127,36,67,186
,    Pakistan (229).................................................................,197,45,122,271,    Palestine (253)....................................................................,33,19,3,64
,    Sri Lanka (-)...................................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X),    Saudi Arabia (233)..............................................................,20,14,-,44
,,,,,,    Syria (237).....................................................................,45,22,9,80
,,,,,,    Turkey (240)....................................................................,97,32,45,149
,,,,,,    United Arab Emirates (-).........................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X)
,,,,,,    Yemen (-).....................................................................,(NA),(X),(X),(X)
,,,,,,    Middle East n.e.c. (252).......................................................................,16,13,-,37
,,,,,,Asia n.e.c. (245)..................................................,130,37,69,190
,(-) No country code in March 2000 CPS.,,,,,,,,,
,- Represents zero or rounds to zero.,,,,,,,,,
,(NA) Not available.,,,,,,,,,
,(X) Not applicable.,,,,,,,,,
,n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.,,,,,,,,,
,"1/ Countries or areas listed are those shown in U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999a, Table 3.",,,,,,,,,
,2/ Lower bound truncated at zero.,,,,,,,,,
,"Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 2000 Current Population Survey.",,,,,,,,,
,Internet Release date:  February 2002,,,,,,,,,