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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND YEAR OF ENTRY INTO THE U.S. OF THE FOREIGN BORN, BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS: MARCH 1997
(Numbers in thousands)
Total Foreign-born
Naturalized Citizen
Not U.S. Citizen
Number PercentNumber PercentNumber Percent
Country of Origin
All countries25,779 100.09,043 100.016,736 100.0
Mexico7,017 27.21,044 11.55,973 35.7
Cuba913 3.5474 5.2440 2.6
Dominican Republic632 2.5195 2.2437 2.6
El Salvador607 2.4110 1.2497 3.0
Great Britain606 2.4237 2.6369 2.2
China and Hong Kong1,107 4.3536 5.9570 3.4
India748 2.9263 2.9485 2.9
Korea591 2.3220 2.4372 2.2
Philippines1,132 4.4657 7.3475 2.8
Vietnam770 3.0385 4.3385 2.3
Elsewhere11,655 45.24,921 54.46,734 40.2
Came to the United States
All years of entry25,779 100.09,043 100.016,736 100.0
Before 19704,749 18.43,523 39.01,226 7.3
1970 to 19794,935 19.12,580 28.52,356 14.1
1980 to 19898,555 33.22,414 26.76,141 36.7
Since 19907,539 29.2526 5.87,013 41.9
Source: March 1997 Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau


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Source: March 1997 Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: September 29, 1997
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