The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2004

Table 8.1 Foreign-Born Population by Sex, Citizenship Status, Year of Entry, Hispanic Origin, and Race: 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Citizenship status and year of entry 1/		Total		Hispanic origin and race 2/
		Total		Hispanic		Non-Hispanic, White alone		Non-Hispanic, all Other
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	Total	34,237	100.0	16,278	100.0	7,616	100.0	10,342	100.0
	2000 or later	6,041	17.6	3,259	20.0	1,084	14.2	1,698	16.4
	1990 - 1999	11,971	35.0	5,947	36.5	2,411	31.7	3,613	34.9
	1980 - 1989	7,866	23.0	3,909	24.0	1,139	15.0	2,817	27.2
	1970 - 1979	4,499	13.1	1,881	11.6	993	13.0	1,625	15.7
	Before 1970	3,861	11.3	1,282	7.9	1,989	26.1	590	5.7
Naturalized citizen	Total	13,125	100.0	4,024	100.0	3,915	100.0	5,186	100.0
	2000 or later	278	2.1	87	2.2	83	2.1	108	2.1
	1990 - 1999	2,557	19.5	630	15.6	692	17.7	1,236	23.8
	1980 - 1989	3,909	29.8	1,267	31.5	725	18.5	1,918	37.0
	1970 - 1979	3,187	24.3	1,052	26.1	735	18.8	1,400	27.0
	Before 1970	3,194	24.3	988	24.6	1,681	42.9	525	10.1
Not a citizen	Total	21,112	100.0	12,255	100.0	3,701	100.0	5,156	100.0
	2000 or later	5,763	27.3	3,172	25.9	1,002	27.1	1,590	30.8
	1990 - 1999	9,414	44.6	5,318	43.4	1,720	46.5	2,377	46.1
	1980 - 1989	3,956	18.7	2,642	21.6	415	11.2	900	17.4
	1970 - 1979	1,312	6.2	829	6.8	258	7.0	225	4.4
	Before 1970	667	3.2	294	2.4	307	8.3	65	1.3

1/ The foreign born includes anyone who was not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national at birth.

2/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other

Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Division.