U.S. Census Bureau
Table 17. Nativity of the Population for Metropolitan Areas With 500,000 or More Population: 1960
  Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date: March 9, 1999

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Metropolitan area (rank in total population) Total* Native* Foreign born*
Number* Percent*
Akron, OH SMSA (45) 513,569 487,060 26,509 5.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY SMSA (36) 657,503 613,172 44,331 6.7
Atlanta, GA SMSA (22) 1,017,008 1,008,013 8,995 0.9
Baltimore, MD SMSA (12) 1,727,021 1,667,920 59,101 3.4
Birmingham, AL SMSA (38) 634,864 630,610 4,254 0.7
Boston, MA SMSA (7) 2,590,040 2,269,712 320,328 12.4
Buffalo, NY SMSA (14) 1,306,956 1,192,184 114,772 8.8
Chicago-Northwestern Indiana SCA (2) 6,794,453 6,155,341 639,112 9.4
    Chicago, IL SMSA 6,220,913 5,619,898 601,015 9.7
    Gary-Hammond-East Chicago, IN SMSA 573,540 535,443 38,097 6.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY SMSA (19) 1,071,624 1,045,273 26,351 2.5
Cleveland, OH SMSA (11) 1,796,595 1,621,461 175,134 9.7
Columbus, OH SMSA (34) 682,962 668,067 14,895 2.2
Dallas, TX SMSA (18) 1,083,601 1,067,257 16,344 1.5
Dayton, OH SMSA (32) 694,623 682,240 12,383 1.8
Denver, CO SMSA (24) 929,383 894,766 34,617 3.7
Detroit, MI SMSA (5) 3,764,131 3,399,556 364,575 9.7
Fort Worth, TX SMSA (42) 573,676 567,315 6,361 1.1
Hartford, CT SMSA (44) 525,207 464,411 60,796 11.6
Honolulu, HI SMSA (49) 500,409 453,109 47,300 9.5
Houston TX SMSA (15) 1,243,158 1,214,670 28,488 2.3
Indianapolis, IN SMSA (31) 697,567 686,015 11,552 1.7
Kansas City, MO-KS SMSA (20) 1,040,454 1,017,966 22,488 2.2
Los Angles-Long Beach, CA SMSA (3) 6,746,356 6,129,679 616,677 9.1
Louisville, KY-IN SMSA (30) 725,139 718,799 6,340 0.9
Memphis, TN SMSA (39) 627,019 621,933 5,086 0.8
Miami, FL SMSA (23) 935,047 822,459 112,588 12.0
Milwaukee, WI SMSA (16) 1,194,290 1,114,645 79,645 6.7
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN SMSA (13) 1,482,030 1,411,330 70,700 4.8
New Orleans, LA SMSA (25) 868,480 850,412 18,068 2.1
New York-Northeastern New Jersey CSA (1) 14,760,759 12,426,576 2,334,183 15.8
    New York, NY SMSA 10,695,963 8,837,061 1,858,902 17.4
    Jersey City, NJ SMSA 610,734 522,024 88,710 14.5
    Newark, NJ SMSA 1,689,420 1,507,896 181,524 10.7
    Paterson-Clifton-Passaic, NJ SMSA 1,186,873 1,037,729 149,144 12.6
    Middlesex County, NJ 433,856 391,635 42,221 9.7
    Somerset County, NJ 143,913 130,231 13,682 9.5
Norfolk-Portsmouth, VA SMSA (41) 578,507 569,952 8,555 1.5
Oklahoma City, OK SMSA (46) 511,833 506,359 5,474 1.1
Philadelphia, PA-NJ SMSA (4) 4,343,524 4,046,290 297,234 6.8
Phoenix, AZ SMSA (35) 663,510 629,685 33,825 5.1
Pittsburgh, PA SMSA (8) 2,406,301 2,250,640 155,661 6.5
Portland, OR-WA SMSA (26) 821,885 776,336 45,549 5.5
Providence-Pawtucket, RI-MA SMSA (27) 816,148 730,896 85,252 10.4
Rochester, NY SMSA (40) 586,387 527,897 58,490 10.0
Sacramento, CA SMSA (48) 502,778 473,293 29,485 5.9
St. Louis, MO-IL SMSA (9) 2,060,614 2,002,609 58,005 2.8
San Antonio, TX SMSA (33) 687,475 644,216 43,259 6.3
San Bernadino-Riverside, CA SMSA (28) 809,782 757,181 52,601 6.5
San Diego, CA SMSA (21) 1,033,011 967,748 65,263 6.3
San Francisco-Oakland, CA SMSA (6) 2,783,355 2,483,114 300,241 10.8
San Jose, CA SMSA (37) 642,315 591,070 51,245 8.0
Seattle, WA SMSA (17) 1,107,213 1,017,246 89,967 8.1
Syracuse, NY SMSA (43) 563,781 527,673 36,108 6.4
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL SMSA (29) 772,453 722,378 50,075 6.5
Washington, DC-MD-VA SMSA * (10) 1,989,377 1,905,435 83,942 4.2
Youngstown-Warren, OH SMSA (47) 509,006 472,498 36,508 7.2

* Indicates sample data.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Authors: Campbell Gibson and Emily Lennon
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