,Table 6-1.  Year of Entry and Region of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population:  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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,,Total,5-year periods,,,,,,,
,,foreign-,,,,,,,,
,,born,1995 to,1990 to,1985 to,1980 to,1975 to,1970 to,1965 to,Before
,Region,population,2000,1994,1989,1984,1979,1974,1969,1965
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,NUMBER,,,,,,,,,
,        Total....................................................................................................,"28,379","6,248","4,958","4,523","3,499","2,655","1,950","1,418","3,129"
,Europe....................................................................................................,"4,355",733,544,416,243,277,263,320,"1,557"
,Asia.....................................................................................................,"7,246","1,556","1,295","1,243","1,203",897,492,271,289
,Africa..............................................................................................,701,260,118,100,80,67,35,21,19
,Oceania..................................................................................................,147,62,31,6,15,6,11,4,13
,Latin America..................................................................................................,"14,477","3,259","2,780","2,571","1,822","1,299","1,084",705,957
,    Caribbean..................................................................................................,"2,813",476,455,404,391,247,248,280,311
,    Central America..................................................................................................,"9,789","2,289","1,980","1,871","1,193",907,696,332,520
,        Mexico...................................................................................................,"7,841","1,872","1,628","1,435",836,784,604,267,414
,        Other....................................................................................................,"1,948",417,352,436,357,122,92,65,106
,    South America..................................................................................................,"1,876",494,345,296,238,145,140,93,126
,Northern America...................................................................................................,698,147,56,44,47,57,28,68,250
,Region not reported...................................................................................................,755,230,133,144,88,51,37,28,43
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,PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,,,,,,,,,
,        Total....................................................................................................,100.0,22.0,17.5,15.9,12.3,9.4,6.9,5.0,11.0
,Europe....................................................................................................,100.0,16.8,12.5,9.6,5.6,6.4,6.0,7.3,35.8
,Asia.....................................................................................................,100.0,21.5,17.9,17.2,16.6,12.4,6.8,3.7,4.0
,Africa..............................................................................................,100.0,37.1,16.9,14.2,11.5,9.6,5.0,3.1,2.7
,Oceania..................................................................................................,100.0,42.4,20.9,3.8,10.0,4.4,7.3,2.8,8.5
,Latin America..................................................................................................,100.0,22.5,19.2,17.8,12.6,9.0,7.5,4.9,6.6
,    Caribbean..................................................................................................,100.0,16.9,16.2,14.4,13.9,8.8,8.8,10.0,11.1
,    Central America..................................................................................................,100.0,23.4,20.2,19.1,12.2,9.3,7.1,3.4,5.3
,        Mexico...................................................................................................,100.0,23.9,20.8,18.3,10.7,10.0,7.7,3.4,5.3
,        Other....................................................................................................,100.0,21.4,18.1,22.4,18.3,6.3,4.7,3.3,5.5
,    South America..................................................................................................,100.0,26.3,18.4,15.8,12.7,7.7,7.4,4.9,6.7
,Northern America...................................................................................................,100.0,21.1,8.1,6.3,6.8,8.2,4.0,9.7,35.8
,Region not reported...................................................................................................,100.0,30.5,17.7,19.0,11.6,6.8,4.9,3.8,5.8
,- Represents zero or rounds to zero.,,,,,,,,,
,"Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 2000 Current Population Survey.",,,,,,,,,
,Internet Release date:  February 2002,,,,,,,,,