TABLE 9. ILLUSTRATION OF EFFECT OF CPS NATIVITY EDITS AND ADJUSTMENT F0R UNDER-COVERAGE
         IN 1990 CENSUS FOREIGN-BORN NUMBERS

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  May 13, 1998

(Numbers in thousands)
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                         |  Foreign   |                                    |                                | Increase: Published to
                         |   born:    | Allocation of Country Not Reported |    Estimated under-coverage    |      Revised (2)
                         |            |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         |            | Allocated |             |          |         |        |             |         |
                         | Published  |  unknown  | Revised (1) |  Precent |         |        | Revised (2) |         |  Percent
                         |   1990     |  country  | 1990 Census | increase | Precent | Amount | 1990 census |  Amount | ((9=8/1)*
     Country of birth    | census (1) |    (2)    |   (3=1+2)   |  (4=3/1) |   (5)   |   (6)  |   (7=3+6)   | (8=7-1) |   100)
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Total Foreign born            19,767           0        19,767        0.0        2.8     578        20,346       578        2.9
In specified countries 
  by *region:
Europe                         3,722         136         3,859        3.7        0.2       7         3,866       144        3.9
Asia                           4,294         157         4,451        3.6        1.9      87         4,538       243        5.7
Mexico                         4,298         226         4,524        5.3        5.1     242         4,766       468       10.9
Other North & South            3,423         163         3,586        4.8        4.6     173         3,760       337        9.8
In all Other countries         3,221         126         3,347        3.9        2.0      69         3,416       195        6.1

Unknown country                  808       (808)             0     -100.0       n.a.    n.a.          n.a.     (808)     -100.0
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* Selected countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas from the 40 tracking countries; not equivalent to the regions 
   in published reports. 
Col.2--Allocation based on proration of country not reported amount (808,158) specific to age, sex, period of entry, 
   and origin (Hispanic, not Hispanic) categories.