# Presentation: 257760

## U.S. Foreign-Born Population: 2000

*Helping You Make Informed Decisions*

## 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.**

## Percent Distribution of Foreign Bornby World Region of Birth: 2000

**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%**

## Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**(In Millions)**

## Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population

**Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Population**
**by Year of Entry: 2000**
**(In Percent)**

## 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**

## Age Distribution by Sex and Origin: 2000(In Percent)

**Male**

**Female**

**Female**

**Male**

**Foreign Born**

**Native**

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**Age**

## Percent of Population Under Age 18 by Origin: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**(In Percent)**

## Percent of Population Aged 18 to 64 by Origin: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**(In Percent)**

## Percent of Population Aged 65 and Over by Origin: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**(In Percent)**

## Marital Status by Nativity: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**Foreign Born**

**Native**

**53.2%**

**11.8%**

**28.5%**

**6.5%**

**5.3%**

**61.0%**

**24.8%**

**9.0%**

## 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**

## Percent of Population with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher by Origin: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**(In Percent)**

## Percent of Population Unemployed by Origin:  2000

**(Population 16 years and over in the labor force)**

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

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

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

## Percent of Population with Full Time, Year Round Earnings of Less Than $10,000 by Origin: 2000 (Population 15 years and over with income)

**Percent of Population with Full Time, Year Round Earnings of Less Than $10,000 ****by Origin: 2000 ****(Population 15 years and over with income)**

## Percent Below Poverty Level by Origin: 2000

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3**

**(In Percent)**

## 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**

## Regional Population Distributionby Origin: 2000(In percent)

**Source:  Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-P3**

## Type of Metropolitan Residenceby Origin: 2000

**Foreign Born**

**Native**

**27.5%**

**51.9%**

**20.7%**

**5.1%**

**45.1%**

**49.8%**

**Type of Metropolitan Residence****by Origin: 2000**

## 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 _*F*_*oreign-Born Population Data*

## 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.__gov_