,Table 4-1C. Citizenship Status and Year of Entry of the Foreign-Born Population for Regions and Selected States: 2000,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,"(Last revised, 7/14/99:A:table4-1C)",, , (Numbers in thousands. States with 1 million or more foreign-born population in 1997. Data are for civilian noninstitutional population ,,,,,,,,, , plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post),,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,Total,Naturalized citizen,,,,Not a U.S. citizen,,, ,,foreign-,,,,,,,, ,,born,,1995 to,1990 to,Before,,1995 to,1990 to,Before ,Region and state,population,Total,2000,1994,1990,Total,2000,1994,1990 ,,,,,,,,,, ,NUMBER,,,,,,,,, , United States...........................................................................................,"28,379","10,622",343,654,"9,624","17,758","5,904","4,304","7,549" ,,,,,,,,,, ,Northeast.....................................................................................................,"6,420","2,642",56,156,"2,429","3,778","1,179",953,"1,646" , New York...........................................................................................,"3,634","1,437",34,98,"1,305","2,197",670,537,991 , New Jersey...........................................................................................,"1,208",508,4,27,477,700,224,188,289 ,,,,,,,,,, ,Midwest...................................................................................................,"3,036","1,165",43,118,"1,004","1,870",793,498,580 , Illinois..........................................................................................,"1,155",445,10,28,406,711,238,191,282 ,,,,,,,,,, ,South.............................................................................................,"7,596","2,782",136,143,"2,503","4,815","1,899","1,173","1,742" , Florida...........................................................................................,"2,768","1,130",28,45,"1,057","1,638",705,366,567 , Texas.........................................................................................,"2,443",762,46,44,671,"1,681",497,467,716 ,,,,,,,,,, ,West.............................................................................................,"11,327","4,033",108,237,"3,688","7,294","2,034","1,680","3,581" , California...........................................................................................,"8,781","3,183",60,174,"2,949","5,598","1,382","1,260","2,956" ,,,,,,,,,, ,PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,,,,,,,,, , United States...........................................................................................,100.0,38.5,0.9,2.4,35.2,61.5,20.6,16.5,24.4 ,,,,,,,,,, ,Northeast.....................................................................................................,100.0,36.6,1.8,1.9,32.9,63.4,25.0,15.4,22.9 , New York...........................................................................................,100.0,40.8,1.0,1.6,38.2,59.2,25.5,13.2,20.5 , New Jersey...........................................................................................,100.0,31.2,1.9,1.8,27.5,68.8,20.4,19.1,29.3 ,,,,,,,,,, ,Midwest...................................................................................................,100.0,35.6,1.0,2.1,32.6,64.4,18.0,14.8,31.6 , Illinois..........................................................................................,100.0,36.3,0.7,2.0,33.6,63.7,15.7,14.4,33.7 ,,,,,,,,,, ,South.............................................................................................,100.0,36.6,1.8,1.9,32.9,63.4,25.0,15.4,22.9 , Florida...........................................................................................,100.0,40.8,1.0,1.6,38.2,59.2,25.5,13.2,20.5 , Texas.........................................................................................,100.0,31.2,1.9,1.8,27.5,68.8,20.4,19.1,29.3 ,,,,,,,,,, ,West.............................................................................................,100.0,35.6,1.0,2.1,32.6,64.4,18.0,14.8,31.6 , California...........................................................................................,100.0,36.3,0.7,2.0,33.6,63.7,15.7,14.4,33.7 ,"Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 2000 Current Population Survey.",,,,,,,,, ,Internet Release date: February 2002,,,,,,,,,