1. U.S. Foreign-Born Population: 2000 Helping You Make Informed Decisions

2. Population Size and Composition Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 Approximately 28.4 million foreign-born people live in the United States. The foreign born represent 10.4 percent of the U.S. population. People born in Latin America comprise approximately 51.0 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population.

3. Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 Percent Distribution of Foreign Born by World Region of Birth: 2000 Latin America 51.0% Asia 25.5% Europe 15.3% Other Regions 8.1%

4. Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 (In Millions)

5. Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry: 2000 (In Percent)

6. Age Relatively few foreign-born people are under age 18 (10.0 percent) compared with 28.3 percent of the native population. The foreign born are more likely than natives to be 18 to 64 years of age. The largest percentage of foreign born are in the 35-39 age group. Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3

7. Age Distribution by Sex and Origin: 2000 (In Percent) MaleFemale Male Foreign BornNative Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 Age

8. Percent of Population Under Age 18 by Origin: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 (In Percent)

9. Percent of Population Aged 18 to 64 by Origin: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 (In Percent)

10. Percent of Population Aged 65 and Over by Origin: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 (In Percent)

11. Marital Status by Nativity: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 Foreign BornNative 53.2% 11.8% 28.5% 6.5% 5.3% 61.0% 24.8% 9.0%

12. Percent of Population with Less Than 9th Grade Completed by Origin: 2000 (Population 25 years and over) l Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3

13. Percent of Population with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher by Origin: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 (In Percent)

14. Percent of Population Unemployed by Origin: 2000 (Population 16 years and over in the labor force) Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3

15. Percent of Population with Full Time, Year Round Earnings of $50,000 or More by Origin: 2000 (Population 15 years and over with income)

16. Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-2 Percent of Population with Full Time, Year Round Earnings of Less Than $10,000 by Origin: 2000 (Population 15 years and over with income)

17. Percent Below Poverty Level by Origin: 2000 Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 (In Percent)

18. Residence The foreign born are more geographically concentrated than the native population. Among the foreign born, 39.9 percent live in the West and only 10.7 percent live in the Midwest. The foreign born are more likely than natives to live inside central cities of metropolitan areas. Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3

19. Regional Population Distribution by Origin: 2000 (In percent) Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-P3

20. Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3 Foreign BornNative 27.5% 51.9% 20.7% 5.1% 45.1%49.8% Type of Metropolitan Residence by Origin: 2000

21. For more information about the Foreign- Born Population of the U.S. Visit the Census Bureau’s Web site http://www.census.gov Click on Subjects A-Z and Foreign- Born Population Data

22. This presentation was produced by: This presentation was produced by: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch For information on content please contact: Dianne Schmidley Phone: 301-457-2403 e-mail:Audrey.Dianne.Schmidley@census.govAudrey.Dianne.Schmidley@census.gov