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The Foreign-Born The Foreign-Born Population in the Population in the
United States: 2003United States: 2003
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Population Size and Composition: Population Size and Composition: 20032003
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
Approximately 33.5 million foreign-born people live in the United States.
The foreign born represent 11.7 percent of the U.S. population.
People born in Latin America comprise approximately 53.3 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population.
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Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
Percent Distribution of Foreign BornPercent Distribution of Foreign Bornby World Region of Birth: 2003by World Region of Birth: 2003
Latin America 53.3%
Asia25.0%
Europe 13.7%
OtherRegions 8.0%
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Foreign-Born Population by Foreign-Born Population by World Region of Birth: 2003World Region of Birth: 2003
33.5
4.6
8.4
17.8
2.7
TotalForeign Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
(In (In Millions)Millions)
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U.S. Citizenship of the Foreign-Born PopulationU.S. Citizenship of the Foreign-Born Populationby Year of Entry: 2003by Year of Entry: 2003
(In Percent)(In Percent)
80.9
69.6
48.3
14.7
Before 1970
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-2003
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Age: 2003Age: 2003
Relatively few foreign-born people are under age 18 (8.9 percent) compared with 27.9 percent of the native population.
The foreign born are more likely than natives to be 18 to 64 years of age (80.1 percent and 60.0 percent, respectively).
The proportion of the foreign born aged 65 years and over (11.1 percent) differed slightly from that of natives of the same age group (12.1 percent).
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Age Distribution by Sex and Age Distribution by Sex and Nativity: 2003Nativity: 2003
(In Percent)(In Percent)
8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8
Percent
Male Female FemaleMale
Foreign Born Native
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80-84
85+
Percent
Age
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Percent of Population Under Age 18 Percent of Population Under Age 18 by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
8.9 6.0 7.8 10.3 8.0
27.9
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(In Percent)(In Percent)
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Percent of Population Aged 18 to 64 Percent of Population Aged 18 to 64 by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
80.1
65.9
82.0 82.6 81.7
60.0
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(In Percent)(In Percent)
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Percent of Population Aged 65 and Over Percent of Population Aged 65 and Over by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003
11.0
28.1
10.2 7.1 10.3 12.1
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(In Percent)(In Percent)
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent Distribution byPercent Distribution byMarital Status and Nativity: Marital Status and Nativity:
20032003(Population 15 years and over)(Population 15 years and over)
Married
Widowed
Divorced/Separated
Never Married
Foreign Born Native
52.2%
12.2%
29.2%
6.4%
4.9%
61.0%
25.3%
8.8%
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent of Population with Percent of Population with Less Than 9th Grade Completed Less Than 9th Grade Completed by World Region of Birth: 2003by World Region of Birth: 2003
(Population 25 years and over)(Population 25 years and over)
21.5
10.57.7
33.6
10.1
4.1
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Per
cen
t
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent of Population with a Percent of Population with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Bachelor’s Degree or Higher
by World Region of Birth: 2003by World Region of Birth: 2003
27.2
35.4
50.0
11.6
37.2
27.2
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(Population 25 Years and Over)(Population 25 Years and Over)
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent Unemployed by Nativity Percent Unemployed by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003and by World Region of Birth: 2003
(Population 16 years and over in the labor force)(Population 16 years and over in the labor force)
4.36.7
8.75.7 6.27.5
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Pe
rce
nt
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent of Full Time, Year Round Percent of Full Time, Year Round Workers with Earnings of $50,000 Workers with Earnings of $50,000
or More or More by Nativity and by World Region of by Nativity and by World Region of
Birth: 2002Birth: 2002 (Population 15 years and over with income)(Population 15 years and over with income)
21.8
35.137.3
10.8
29.4 30.2
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Perc
en
t
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent of Full Time, Year Round Percent of Full Time, Year Round Workers with Earnings of Less Workers with Earnings of Less
Than $20,000 Than $20,000 by Nativity and by World Region of by Nativity and by World Region of
Birth: 2002Birth: 2002 (Population 15 years and over with income)(Population 15 years and over with income)
30.5
16.5 17.2
41.0
20.516.5
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Perc
en
t
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Percent of Population Percent of Population Below Poverty Level by Nativity Below Poverty Level by Nativity
and and by World Region of Birth: 2003by World Region of Birth: 2003
16.6
8.711.1
21.6
14.111.5
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(In Percent)(In Percent)
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Residence: 2003Residence: 2003
Among the foreign born, 37.3 percent live in the West and only 11.3 percent live in the Midwest.
Among the native population, 36.5 percent live in the South and only 18.5 percent live in the Northeast.
The foreign born are more likely than natives to live inside central cities of metropolitan areas (44.4 percent and 26.9 percent, respectively).
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Regional Population DistributionRegional Population Distributionby Nativity: 2003by Nativity: 2003
(In percent)(In percent)
37.3
29.2
11.3
22.2
21.0
36.5
24.1
18.5
West
South
Midwest
Northeast
Foreign Born Native
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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MetropolitanArea, insidecentral city
MetropolitanArea, outsidecentral city
NonmetropolitanArea
Foreign Born Native
26.9%
52.9%
20.2%
5.3%
44.4%50.3%
Type of ResidenceType of Residenceby Nativity: 2003by Nativity: 2003
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Variability Due to SamplingVariability Due to Sampling
These estimates are based on data collected by the These estimates are based on data collected by the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS), which is the 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS), which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. As with all conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. As with all surveys, the estimates may differ from the actual surveys, the estimates may differ from the actual values because of sampling variation or other values because of sampling variation or other factors. For further information about the source and factors. For further information about the source and
accuracy of the estimates, go to Appendix G ataccuracy of the estimates, go to Appendix G at http://www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar03.pdf . .
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For more information about the For more information about the Foreign- Born Population of the Foreign- Born Population of the
U.S.U.S.Visit the Census Bureau’s Web
site at http://www.census.gov
Click on “F” under Subjects A-Z, and then click on Foreign-Born Population Data
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This presentation was produced This presentation was produced by:by:
Immigration Statistics Staff
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