| Table 3. | Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 1960 to 1990 |
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| Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: March 9, 1999 (See text for sources, definitions, and explanations) |
| Region and country or area | 1990* | 1980* | 1970* | 1960* |
| Total | 19,767,316 | 14,079,906 | 9,619,302 | 9,738,091 |
| Reported by region and/or country | 18,959,158 | 13,192,563 | 9,303,570 | 9,678,201 |
| Europe | 4,350,403 | 5,149,572 | 5,740,891 | 7,256,311 |
| Northern and Western Europe | 2,058,853 | 2,384,257 | 2,629,200 | 3,334,971 |
| Northern Europe | 968,271 | 1,083,499 | 1,271,591 | 1,694,430 |
| British Isles | 809,972 | 866,966 | 937,474 | 1,171,777 |
| United Kingdom | 640,145 | 669,149 | 686,099 | 833,055 |
| Great Britain (total) | 623,614 | 649,318 | 645,262 | 764,893 |
| England | 405,588 | 442,499 | 458,114 | 528,205 |
| Scotland | 104,168 | 142,001 | 170,134 | 213,219 |
| Wales | 10,638 | 13,528 | 17,014 | 23,469 |
| Great Britain n.e.c. | 103,220 | 51,290 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Northern Ireland | 16,531 | 19,831 | 40,837 | 68,162 |
| Ireland | 169,827 | 197,817 | 251,375 | 338,722 |
| Scandinavia | 158,299 | 216,533 | 334,117 | 522,653 |
| Denmark | 34,999 | 42,732 | 61,410 | 85,060 |
| Finland | 22,313 | 29,172 | 45,499 | 67,624 |
| Iceland | 5,071 | 4,156 | 2,895 | 2,780 |
| Norway | 42,240 | 63,316 | 97,243 | 152,698 |
| Sweden | 53,676 | 77,157 | 127,070 | 214,491 |
| Western Europe | 1,090,582 | 1,300,758 | 1,357,609 | 1,640,541 |
| Low countries | 132,617 | 142,748 | 155,513 | 173,069 |
| Belgium | 34,366 | 36,487 | 41,412 | 50,294 |
| Luxembourg | 2,053 | 3,125 | 3,531 | 4,360 |
| Netherlands | 96,198 | 103,136 | 110,570 | 118,415 |
| Austria | 87,673 | 145,607 | 214,014 | 304,507 |
| France | 119,233 | 120,215 | 105,385 | 111,582 |
| Germany | 711,929 | 849,384 | 832,965 | 989,815 |
| Switzerland | 39,130 | 42,804 | 49,732 | 61,568 |
| Southern and Eastern Europe | 2,285,513 | 2,748,547 | 3,090,991 | 3,907,020 |
| Southern Europe | 1,054,141 | 1,336,805 | 1,363,195 | 1,541,441 |
| Greece | 177,398 | 210,998 | 177,275 | 159,167 |
| Italy | 580,592 | 831,922 | 1,008,533 | 1,256,999 |
| Malta | 9,614 | 10,182 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Portugal (total) | 210,122 | 209,968 | 119,899 | 80,276 |
| Azores | 29,656 | 32,531 | 28,865 | 22,586 |
| Portugal | 180,466 | 177,437 | 91,034 | 57,690 |
| Spain | 76,415 | 73,735 | 57,488 | 44,999 |
| Eastern Europe | 1,231,372 | 1,411,742 | 1,727,796 | 2,365,579 |
| Albania | 5,627 | 7,381 | 9,180 | 9,618 |
| Bulgaria | 8,579 | 8,463 | 8,609 | 8,223 |
| Czechoslovakia | 87,020 | 112,707 | 160,899 | 227,618 |
| Estonia | 9,210 | 12,169 | 12,163 | 13,991 |
| Hungary | 110,337 | 144,368 | 183,236 | 245,252 |
| Latvia | 26,179 | 34,349 | 41,707 | 50,681 |
| Lithuania | 29,745 | 48,194 | 76,001 | 121,475 |
| Poland | 388,328 | 418,128 | 548,107 | 747,750 |
| Romania | 91,106 | 66,994 | 70,687 | 84,575 |
| Soviet Union | 333,725 | 406,022 | 463,462 | 690,598 |
| Yugoslavia | 141,516 | 152,967 | 153,745 | 165,798 |
| Europe n.e.c. | 6,037 | 16,768 | 20,700 | 14,320 |
| Asia | 4,979,037 | 2,539,777 | 824,887 | 490,996 |
| Eastern Asia | 1,784,702 | 956,491 | (NA) | (NA) |
| China 1/ | 529,837 | 286,120 | 172,132 | 99,735 |
| Hong Kong | 147,131 | 80,380 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Japan | 290,128 | 221,794 | 120,235 | 109,175 |
| Korea (total) | 568,397 | 289,885 | 38,711 | 11,171 |
| Macau | 5,107 | 2,959 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Taiwan 1/ | 244,102 | 75,353 | (NA) | (NA) |
| South Central Asia | 819,378 | 373,535 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Afghanistan | 28,444 | 3,760 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Bangladesh | 21,414 | 4,989 | (NA) | (NA) |
| India | 450,406 | 206,087 | 51,000 | 12,296 |
| Iran | 210,941 | 121,505 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Nepal | 2,262 | 844 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Pakistan | 91,889 | 30,774 | 6,182 | 1,708 |
| Sri Lanka | 14,022 | 5,576 | (NA) | (NA) |
| South Eastern Asia | 1,968,210 | 919,646 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Burma | 19,835 | 11,236 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Cambodia | 118,833 | 20,175 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Indonesia | 48,387 | 29,920 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Laos | 171,577 | 54,881 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Malaysia | 33,834 | 10,473 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Philippines | 912,674 | 501,440 | 184,842 | 104,843 |
| Singapore | 12,889 | 5,598 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Thailand | 106,919 | 54,803 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Vietnam | 543,262 | 231,120 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Western Asia | 400,313 | 281,426 | 174,053 | 132,697 |
| Cyprus | 10,060 | 8,806 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Iraq | 44,916 | 32,121 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Israel | 86,048 | 66,961 | 35,858 | 17,724 |
| Jordan | 31,871 | 21,587 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Kuwait | 8,889 | 4,337 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Lebanon | 86,369 | 52,674 | 22,396 | 22,217 |
| Palestine | 21,070 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
| Saudi Arabia | 12,632 | 17,317 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Syria | 36,782 | 22,081 | 14,962 | 16,717 |
| Turkey | 55,087 | 51,915 | 48,085 | 52,228 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,656 | 534 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Yemen | 4,933 | 3,093 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Middle East n.e.c. | (NA) | (NA) | 52,752 | 23,811 |
| Asia n.e.c. | 6,434 | 8,679 | 77,732 | 19,371 |
| Africa | 363,819 | 199,723 | 80,143 | 35,355 |
| Eastern Africa | 72,300 | 26,036 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Ethiopia | 34,805 | 7,516 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Kenya | 14,371 | 6,250 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Somalia | 2,437 | 691 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Tanzania | 6,282 | 3,246 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Uganda | 6,684 | 3,804 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Zambia | 2,954 | 1,346 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Zimbabwe | 4,767 | 3,183 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Middle Africa | 8,800 | 3,719 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Angola | 2,252 | 1,094 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Cameroon | 3,161 | 1,214 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Zaire | 3,387 | 1,411 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Northern Africa | 99,044 | 69,777 | 32,396 | 15,903 |
| Algeria | 4,629 | 3,853 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Egypt | 66,313 | 43,424 | 20,666 | 8,316 |
| Libya | 4,037 | 6,427 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Morocco | 15,541 | 9,896 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Sudan | 4,423 | 2,711 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Tunisia | 4,101 | 3,466 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Northern Africa n.e.c. | (NA) | (NA) | 11,730 | 7,587 |
| Southern Africa | 34,707 | 16,103 | (NA) | (NA) |
| South Africa | 34,707 | 16,103 | 7,667 | 5,394 |
| Western Africa | 111,566 | 50,002 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Cape Verde 2/ | 14,368 | 10,457 | 18,680 | 8,302 |
| Ghana | 20,889 | 7,564 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Liberia | 11,455 | 3,728 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Nigeria | 55,350 | 25,528 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Senegal | 2,287 | 762 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Sierra Leone | 7,217 | 1,963 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Africa n.e.c. | 37,402 | 34,086 | 21,400 | 5,756 |
| Oceania | 104,145 | 77,577 | 41,258 | 34,730 |
| Australia and New Zealand | 57,682 | 47,533 | 32,388 | 28,035 |
| Australia | 42,267 | 36,120 | 24,271 | 22,209 |
| New Zealand | 15,415 | 11,413 | 8,117 | 5,826 |
| Pacific Islands | 46,463 | 30,044 | 8,870 | 6,695 |
| Fiji | 15,935 | 7,538 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Tonga | 10,668 | 5,619 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Western Samoa | 11,408 | 12,582 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Other Pacific Islands | 8,452 | 4,305 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Latin America | 8,407,837 | 4,372,487 | 1,803,970 | 908,309 |
| Caribbean | 1,938,348 | 1,258,363 | 675,108 | 193,922 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 12,022 | 3,920 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Aruba | 3,363 | 2,597 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Bahamas | 21,633 | 13,993 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Barbados | 43,015 | 26,847 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Cuba | 736,971 | 607,814 | 439,048 | 79,150 |
| Dominica | 19,529 | 3,296 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Dominican Republic | 347,858 | 169,147 | 61,228 | 11,883 |
| Grenada | 17,730 | 7,101 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Haiti | 225,393 | 92,395 | 28,026 | 4,816 |
| Jamaica | 334,140 | 196,811 | 68,576 | 24,759 |
| Montserrat | 3,493 | 1,212 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3,426 | 5,123 | (NA) | (NA) |
| St. Kitts-Nevis | 7,447 | 1,903 | (NA) | (NA) |
| St. Lucia | 6,959 | 1,901 | (NA) | (NA) |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 12,824 | 4,044 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 115,710 | 65,907 | 20,673 | (NA) |
| Other Caribbean | 26,835 | 54,352 | 57,557 | 73,314 |
| West Indies n.e.c. | 18,509 | (NA) | 57,557 | 73,314 |
| Other | 8,326 | 54,352 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Central America | 5,431,992 | 2,553,113 | 873,624 | 624,851 |
| Mexico | 4,298,014 | 2,199,221 | 759,711 | 575,902 |
| Other Central America | 1,133,978 | 353,892 | 113,913 | 48,949 |
| Belize | 29,957 | 14,436 | 8,860 | 2,780 |
| Costa Rica | 43,530 | 29,639 | 16,691 | 5,425 |
| El Salvador | 465,433 | 94,447 | 15,717 | 6,310 |
| Guatemala | 225,739 | 63,073 | 17,356 | 5,381 |
| Honduras | 108,923 | 39,154 | 19,118 | 6,503 |
| Nicaragua | 168,659 | 44,166 | 16,125 | 9,474 |
| Panama | 85,737 | 60,740 | 20,046 | 13,076 |
| Central America n.e.c. | 6,000 | 8,237 | (NA) | (NA) |
| South America | 1,037,497 | 561,011 | 255,238 | 89,536 |
| Argentina | 92,563 | 68,887 | 44,803 | 16,579 |
| Bolivia | 31,303 | 14,468 | 6,872 | 2,168 |
| Brazil | 82,489 | 40,919 | 27,069 | 13,988 |
| Chile | 55,681 | 35,127 | 15,393 | 6,259 |
| Colombia | 286,124 | 143,508 | 63,538 | 12,582 |
| Ecuador | 143,314 | 86,128 | 36,663 | 7,670 |
| Guyana | 120,698 | 48,608 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Paraguay | 6,057 | 2,858 | (NA) | 595 |
| Peru | 144,199 | 55,496 | 21,663 | 7,102 |
| Suriname | 2,860 | 1,433 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Uruguay | 20,766 | 13,278 | 5,092 | 1,170 |
| Venezuela | 42,119 | 33,281 | 11,348 | 6,851 |
| South America n.e.c. | 9,324 | 17,020 | 22,797 | 14,572 |
| Northern America | 753,917 | 853,427 | 812,421 | 952,500 |
| Canada | 744,830 | 842,859 | 812,421 | 952,500 |
| Other Northern America | 9,087 | 10,568 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Bermuda | 7,972 | 8,844 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Northern America n.e.c. | 1,115 | 1,724 | (NA) | (NA) |
| Region or country not reported | 808,158 | 887,343 | 315,732 | 59,890 |
* Indicates sample data.
(NA) Not available.
n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.
1/ In data for 1960 and 1970, Taiwan included with China.
2/ Data for 1960 and 1970 are for Other Atlantic Islands.
