Table 6.  Foreign Born Population by Year of Entry and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 
          1999

          (Numbers in thousands.)
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|Foreign Born Population|               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                       |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                       |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                       |               |    Pacific    | Non-Hispanic, |               |
|                       |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |Other Groups 2/|
|                       |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                       |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                  | 26,448|  100.0|  6,415|   24.3|  6,589|   24.9| 13,443|   50.8|
|Year of Entry          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|1990 - 1999            |  9,290|  100.0|  2,499|   26.9|  1,970|   21.2|  4,820|   51.9|
|1980 - 1989            |  7,928|  100.0|  2,303|   29.1|  1,154|   14.6|  4,470|   56.4|
|1970 - 1979            |  4,600|  100.0|  1,187|   25.8|    979|   21.3|  2,434|   52.9|
|Before 1970            |  4,629|  100.0|    425|    9.2|  2,486|   53.7|  1,718|   37.1|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or 
   Central American, or other Spanish, regardless of race.
2/ This category includes people who are American Indian or Alaska Native, African 
   American, or Hispanic (except for those Hispanics that are Asian or Pacific Islander).
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics 
        Branch, Population Division.
Internet Release date:  May 5, 2000