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Foreign Born Persons Residing in
Los Angeles County - By Birthplace
2000 Census
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36.2% of all Los
Angeles County Residents were foreign-born in the 2000 Census.
34.8% of all foreign-born persons living in Los Angeles County in
2000
entered the U.S. between 1990 and 2000. 65.2% entered the U.S.
prior to 1990.
70.9% of native born U.S. citizens in Los
Angeles County were born in California.
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1990
Statistics
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Birthplace |
Number of Foreign
Born |
Percentage of All Foreign Born
Residents of County |
| Total |
3,449,444 |
100.00% |
| Europe |
194,503 |
5.64% |
|
Northern Europe |
44,349 |
1.29% |
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United Kingdom |
32,866 |
0.95% |
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Ireland |
4,480 |
0.13% |
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Sweden |
3,162 |
0.09% |
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Other Northern Europe |
3,841 |
0.11% |
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Western Europe |
43,918 |
1.27% |
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Austria |
3,247 |
0.09% |
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France |
9,397 |
0.27% |
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Germany |
22,298 |
0.65% |
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Netherlands |
4,719 |
0.14% |
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Other Western Europe |
4,257 |
0.12% |
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Southern Europe |
23,159 |
0.67% |
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Greece |
6,111 |
0.18% |
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Italy |
11,305 |
0.33% |
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Portugal |
1,892 |
0.05% |
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Spain |
3,703 |
0.11% |
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Other Southern Europe |
148 |
0.00% |
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Eastern Europe |
82,805 |
2.40% |
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Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Rep. & Slovakia) |
3,751 |
0.11% |
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Hungary |
7,285 |
0.21% |
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Poland |
8,949 |
0.26% |
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Romania |
8,074 |
0.23% |
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Belarus |
1,783 |
0.05% |
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Russia |
19,821 |
0.57% |
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Ukraine |
15,543 |
0.45% |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
758 |
0.02% |
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Yugoslavia |
4,425 |
0.13% |
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Other Eastern Europe |
12,416 |
0.36% |
|
Europe, n.e.c. |
272 |
0.01% |
| Asia |
1,022,289 |
29.64% |
|
Eastern Asia |
384,265 |
11.14% |
|
China |
196,157 |
5.69% |
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China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan |
102,461 |
2.97% |
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Hong Kong |
26,211 |
0.76% |
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Taiwan |
67,485 |
1.96% |
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Japan |
41,116 |
1.19% |
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Korea |
145,669 |
4.22% |
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Other Eastern Asia |
1,323 |
0.04% |
|
South Central Asia |
145,144 |
4.21% |
|
Afghanistan |
3,108 |
0.09% |
|
Bangladesh |
4,185 |
0.12% |
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India |
34,330 |
1.00% |
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Iran |
91,423 |
2.65% |
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Pakistan |
6,909 |
0.20% |
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Other South Central Asia |
5,189 |
0.15% |
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South Eastern Asia |
372,073 |
10.79% |
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Cambodia |
24,081 |
0.70% |
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Indonesia |
11,838 |
0.34% |
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Laos |
3,385 |
0.10% |
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Malaysia |
3,681 |
0.11% |
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Philippines |
202,568 |
5.87% |
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Thailand |
21,980 |
0.64% |
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Vietnam |
96,029 |
2.78% |
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Other South Eastern Asia |
8,511 |
0.25% |
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Western Asia |
119,358 |
3.46% |
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Iraq |
5,499 |
0.16% |
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Israel |
14,303 |
0.41% |
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Jordan |
3,165 |
0.09% |
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Lebanon |
19,092 |
0.55% |
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Syria |
11,033 |
0.32% |
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Turkey |
6,621 |
0.19% |
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Armenia |
53,394 |
1.55% |
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Other Western Asia |
6,251 |
0.18% |
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Asia, n.e.c. |
1,449 |
0.04% |
| Africa |
43,024 |
1.25% |
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Eastern Africa |
9,424 |
0.27% |
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Ethiopia |
4,501 |
0.13% |
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Other Eastern Africa |
4,923 |
0.14% |
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Middle Africa |
806 |
0.02% |
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Northern Africa |
17,195 |
0.50% |
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Egypt |
13,057 |
0.38% |
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Other Northern Africa |
4,138 |
0.12% |
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Southern Africa |
4,190 |
0.12% |
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South Africa |
4,171 |
0.12% |
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Other Southern Africa |
19 |
0.00% |
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Western Africa |
9,359 |
0.27% |
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Ghana |
1,336 |
0.04% |
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Nigeria |
6,682 |
0.19% |
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Sierra Leone |
389 |
0.01% |
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Other Western Africa |
952 |
0.03% |
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Africa, n.e.c. |
2,050 |
0.06% |
| Oceania |
12,560 |
0.36% |
|
Australia and New Zealand Subregion |
5,331 |
0.15% |
|
Australia |
3,906 |
0.11% |
|
Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion |
1,425 |
0.04% |
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Melanesia |
1,985 |
0.06% |
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Micronesia |
287 |
0.01% |
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Polynesia |
4,929 |
0.14% |
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Oceania, n.e.c. |
28 |
0.00% |
| Americas |
2,177,052 |
63.11% |
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Latin America |
2,143,049 |
62.13% |
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Caribbean |
38,517 |
1.12% |
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Barbados |
325 |
0.01% |
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Cuba |
25,907 |
0.75% |
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Dominican Republic |
1,228 |
0.04% |
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Haiti |
1,198 |
0.03% |
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Jamaica |
5,856 |
0.17% |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
2,329 |
0.07% |
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Other Caribbean |
1,674 |
0.05% |
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Central America |
2,012,287 |
58.34% |
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Mexico |
1,525,157 |
44.21% |
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Other Central America |
487,130 |
14.12% |
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Costa Rica |
6,002 |
0.17% |
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El Salvador |
251,751 |
7.30% |
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Guatemala |
150,281 |
100.00% |
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Honduras |
31,486 |
5.64% |
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Nicaragua |
28,320 |
1.29% |
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Panama |
4,402 |
0.95% |
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Other Central America |
14,888 |
0.13% |
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South America |
92,245 |
0.09% |
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Argentina |
14,462 |
0.11% |
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Bolivia |
3,245 |
1.27% |
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Brazil |
7,258 |
0.09% |
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Chile |
6,651 |
0.27% |
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Colombia |
17,187 |
0.65% |
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Ecuador |
14,441 |
0.14% |
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Guyana |
1,662 |
0.12% |
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Peru |
23,121 |
0.67% |
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Venezuela |
2,002 |
0.18% |
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Other South America |
2,216 |
0.33% |
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Northern America |
34,003 |
0.05% |
|
Canada |
33,921 |
0.11% |
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Other Northern America |
82 |
0.00% |
| Born at
sea |
16 |
2.40% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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