Table 8.  Foreign-Born Population by Citizenship Status, Year of Entry, and Sex: March 2000 

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  March 15, 2001

(Numbers in thousands.)
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|Citizenship status and year of   |               |              Sex              |
|entry                            |               |-------------------------------|
|                                 |     Total     |     Male      |    Female     |
|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 28,379|  100.0| 14,200|  100.0| 14,179|  100.0|
|  1990 - 1999                    | 11,206|   39.5|  5,692|   40.1|  5,514|   38.9|
|  1980 - 1989                    |  8,022|   28.3|  4,186|   29.5|  3,836|   27.1|
|  1970 - 1979                    |  4,605|   16.2|  2,243|   15.8|  2,362|   16.7|
|  Before 1970                    |  4,547|   16.0|  2,079|   14.6|  2,468|   17.4|
|Naturalized citizen              |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 10,622|  100.0|  5,077|  100.0|  5,544|  100.0|
|  1990 - 1999                    |    997|    9.4|    496|    9.8|    501|    9.0|
|  1980 - 1989                    |  3,118|   29.4|  1,592|   31.3|  1,526|   27.5|
|  1970 - 1979                    |  2,851|   26.8|  1,330|   26.2|  1,522|   27.4|
|  Before 1970                    |  3,655|   34.4|  1,660|   32.7|  1,995|   36.0|
|Not a citizen                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                          | 17,758|  100.0|  9,123|  100.0|  8,635|  100.0|
|  1990 - 1999                    | 10,209|   57.5|  5,196|   57.0|  5,013|   58.1|
|  1980 - 1989                    |  4,904|   27.6|  2,594|   28.4|  2,310|   26.7|
|  1970 - 1979                    |  1,754|    9.9|    913|   10.0|    840|    9.7|
|  Before 1970                    |    892|    5.0|    419|    4.6|    472|    5.5|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, 
Population Division.