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