Table 4-1D. Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population for Regions and Selected States: 2000,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,, (Numbers in thousands. States with 1 million or more foreign-born population in 2000. Data are for civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post. ),,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,Latin America,,,,,,, ,Total,,,,,,,Central America,,,,, ,foreign-,,,,,,,,,Other,,, ,born,,,,,,,,,Central,South,Northern,Other Region and state,population,Europe,Asia,Africa,Oceania,Total,Caribbean,Total,Mexico,America,America,America,reported ,,,,,,,,,,,,, NUMBER,,,,,,,,,,,,, United States...........................................................................................,"28,379","4,355","7,246",701,147,"14,477","2,813","9,789","7,841","1,948","1,876",698,755 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Northeast.....................................................................................................,"6,420","1,712","1,398",230,26,"2,652","1,281",508,183,326,862,169,234 New York...........................................................................................,"3,634",885,696,118,16,"1,758",927,302,147,155,529,54,107 New Jersey...........................................................................................,"1,208",225,352,47,7,536,207,104,27,76,225,8,32 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Midwest...................................................................................................,"3,036",729,930,67,4,"1,012",60,867,748,119,85,99,196 Illinois..........................................................................................,"1,155",257,268,13,0,557,15,511,464,47,31,27,35 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, South.............................................................................................,"7,596",857,"1,457",217,27,"4,718","1,370","2,686","1,982",704,662,158,161 Florida...........................................................................................,"2,768",331,213,29,18,"2,074","1,162",494,190,304,418,59,45 Texas...........................................................................................,"2,443",123,512,56,1,"1,706",28,"1,629","1,452",177,49,25,20 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, West.............................................................................................,"11,327","1,057","3,461",187,91,"6,096",101,"5,727","4,929",799,267,273,164 California...........................................................................................,"8,781",704,"2,845",134,58,"4,780",76,"4,497","3,784",714,207,130,130 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,,,,,,,,,,,,, United States...........................................................................................,100.0,15.3,25.5,2.5,0.5,51.0,9.9,34.5,27.6,6.9,6.6,2.5,2.7 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Northeast.....................................................................................................,100.0,26.7,21.8,3.6,0.4,41.3,20.0,7.9,2.8,5.1,13.4,2.6,3.7 New York...........................................................................................,100.0,24.4,19.1,3.2,0.4,48.4,25.5,8.3,4.0,4.3,14.6,1.5,2.9 New Jersey...........................................................................................,100.0,18.6,29.1,3.9,0.6,44.4,17.2,8.6,2.3,6.3,18.6,0.7,2.7 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Midwest...................................................................................................,100.0,24.0,30.6,2.2,0.1,33.3,2.0,28.6,24.6,3.9,2.8,3.3,6.4 Illinois..........................................................................................,100.0,22.2,23.2,1.1,0.0,48.2,1.3,44.2,40.1,4.1,2.7,2.3,3.0 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, South.............................................................................................,100.0,11.3,19.2,2.9,0.4,62.1,18.0,35.4,26.1,9.3,8.7,2.1,2.1 Florida...........................................................................................,100.0,12.0,7.7,1.1,0.6,74.9,42.0,17.9,6.9,11.0,15.1,2.1,1.6 Texas...........................................................................................,100.0,5.0,20.9,2.3,0.1,69.8,1.2,66.7,59.4,7.2,2.0,1.0,0.8 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, West.............................................................................................,100.0,9.3,30.6,1.7,0.8,53.8,0.9,50.6,43.5,7.1,2.4,2.4,1.4 California...........................................................................................,100.0,8.0,32.4,1.5,0.7,54.4,0.9,51.2,43.1,8.1,2.4,1.5,1.5 - Represents zero or rounds to zero.,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 2000 Current Population Survey.",,,,,,,,,,,,, Internet Release date: February 2002,,,,,,,,,,,,,