"Table 7-1.  Citizenship Status, 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,Naturalized citizen,,,,,,Not a U.S. citizen,,,,,
,foreign-,,,,,,,,,,,,
,born,,1995 to,1990 to,1985 to,1980 to,Before,,1995 to,1990 to,1985 to,1980 to,Before
Metropolitan area,population,Total,2000,1994,1989,1984,1980,Total,2000,1994,1989,1984,1980
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NUMBER,,,,,,,,,,,,,
        Total....................................................................................................,"28,379","10,622",343,654,"1,328","1,790","6,506","17,758","5,904","4,304","3,195","1,709","2,645"
Europe....................................................................................................,"4,355","2,264",19,65,144,132,"1,905","2,090",715,480,272,112,512
Asia.....................................................................................................,"7,246","3,415",93,306,602,804,"1,610","3,831","1,463",990,641,398,339
Africa..............................................................................................,701,259,19,8,52,65,115,441,241,110,47,15,28
Oceania..................................................................................................,147,34,0,0,4,9,21,113,62,31,2,5,12
Latin America..................................................................................................,"14,477","4,098",194,250,472,716,"2,467","10,379","3,065","2,530","2,099","1,107","1,578"
    Caribbean..................................................................................................,"2,813","1,309",57,66,131,212,843,"1,503",418,389,273,179,243
    Central America..................................................................................................,"9,789","2,065",86,124,248,374,"1,233","7,723","2,203","1,856","1,623",819,"1,223"
        Mexico...................................................................................................,"7,841","1,592",73,101,204,242,972,"6,249","1,799","1,527","1,232",594,"1,097"
        Other....................................................................................................,"1,948",473,13,23,45,132,260,"1,475",404,329,391,225,126
    South America..................................................................................................,"1,876",723,50,60,93,129,391,"1,153",444,285,203,109,112
Northern America...................................................................................................,698,301,6,6,12,17,260,397,141,50,32,31,143
Region not reported...................................................................................................,755,250,13,19,43,47,128,506,217,114,101,41,33
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,,,,,,,,,,,,,
        Total....................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,3.2,6.2,12.5,16.8,61.3,100.0,33.2,24.2,18.0,9.6,14.9
Europe....................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,0.8,2.9,6.4,5.8,84.1,100.0,34.2,23.0,13.0,5.3,24.5
Asia.....................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,2.7,8.9,17.6,23.6,47.1,100.0,38.2,25.8,16.7,10.4,8.9
Africa..............................................................................................,100.0,100.0,7.4,3.2,20.1,25.0,44.2,100.0,54.6,24.9,10.7,3.5,6.2
Oceania..................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,0.0,0.0,10.5,27.1,62.4,100.0,55.3,27.2,1.8,4.8,11.0
Latin America..................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,4.7,6.1,11.5,17.5,60.2,100.0,29.5,24.4,20.2,10.7,15.2
    Caribbean..................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,4.4,5.1,10.0,16.2,64.4,100.0,27.8,25.9,18.2,11.9,16.2
    Central America..................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,4.2,6.0,12.0,18.1,59.7,100.0,28.5,24.0,21.0,10.6,15.8
        Mexico...................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,4.6,6.4,12.8,15.2,61.1,100.0,28.8,24.4,19.7,9.5,17.6
        Other....................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,2.8,4.8,9.4,27.9,55.0,100.0,27.4,22.3,26.5,15.2,8.5
    South America..................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,6.9,8.3,12.8,17.9,54.1,100.0,38.5,24.7,17.6,9.4,9.7
Northern America...................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,1.9,2.0,3.9,5.6,86.6,100.0,35.6,12.7,8.2,7.7,35.9
Region not reported...................................................................................................,100.0,100.0,5.2,7.7,17.1,18.9,51.2,100.0,43.0,22.6,20.0,8.0,6.5
- Represents zero or rounds to zero.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 2000 Current Population Survey.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
Internet Release date:  February 2002,,,,,,,,,,,,,