Foreign-Born Population by Region of Birth as a Percentage of the Total
Foreign-Born Population, for the United States: 1960 to 2008
Note: In contrast to 1960 to 1990, nonresponse on country or region of birth in both 2000 and 2008 was allocated. For 2000, the "Not reported" category only includes 316 people who were born at sea. For 2008, persons born at the sea were excluded from the total estimate.
Source: US Census Bureau, Decennial Censuses 1960 to 2000 and 2008 American Community Survey; Data for 1960 to 1990 are from Gibson, Campbell and Emily Lennon, US Census Bureau, Working Paper No. 29, Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 1990, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1999. This report is available at http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html; For 2000 data refer to Census 2000 Summary File 3, Table QT-P15. "Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 2000"; For 2008 data refer to Table B05006 "Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population."