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Foreign Born   
2000   
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Mexico432,28850.58%10.35%
El Salvador64,8037.58%1.55%
Vietnam49,5845.80%1.19%
India30,5633.58%0.73%
Honduras19,0562.23%0.46%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan17,2132.01%0.41%
Philippines16,3811.92%0.39%
Pakistan13,9231.63%0.33%
Guatemala13,8061.62%0.33%
Colombia13,4121.57%0.32%
Nigeria11,1821.31%0.27%
Canada9,6981.13%0.23%
Taiwan8,9981.05%0.22%
Korea7,8360.92%0.19%
Germany6,7670.79%0.16%
Cuba6,2010.73%0.15%
Iran6,0820.71%0.15%
Nicaragua4,4750.52%0.11%
Jamaica4,2780.50%0.10%
Venezuela3,6140.42%0.09%
Hong Kong3,5880.42%0.09%
Trinidad and Tobago3,5600.42%0.09%
Peru3,4450.40%0.08%
Argentina3,3300.39%0.08%
Japan2,8820.34%0.07%
France2,6810.31%0.06%
Lebanon2,4860.29%0.06%
Russia2,4260.28%0.06%
Brazil2,3790.28%0.06%
Ecuador2,3540.28%0.06%
Cambodia2,2300.26%0.05%
South Africa1,9810.23%0.05%
Egypt1,9470.23%0.05%
Thailand1,8360.21%0.04%
Poland1,8340.21%0.04%
Panama1,6840.20%0.04%
Bangladesh1,6770.20%0.04%
Indonesia1,6070.19%0.04%
Dominican Republic1,6040.19%0.04%
Netherlands1,5650.18%0.04%
Costa Rica1,4540.17%0.03%
Malaysia1,3960.16%0.03%
Israel1,3850.16%0.03%
Chile1,3790.16%0.03%
Romania1,3770.16%0.03%
Greece1,3760.16%0.03%
Australia1,3350.16%0.03%
Italy1,3290.16%0.03%
Laos1,3280.16%0.03%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,2630.15%0.03%
Ghana1,1950.14%0.03%
Bolivia1,1910.14%0.03%
Jordan1,1670.14%0.03%
Ethiopia1,1180.13%0.03%
Spain1,0310.12%0.02%
Turkey9770.11%0.02%
Guyana9360.11%0.02%
Syria9290.11%0.02%
Ireland9080.11%0.02%
Iraq8000.09%0.02%
Yugoslavia7950.09%0.02%
Czechoslovakia7390.09%0.02%
Ukraine7080.08%0.02%
Hungary6340.07%0.02%
Haiti5810.07%0.01%
Austria5150.06%0.01%
Sweden4450.05%0.01%
Barbados4000.05%0.01%
Portugal3270.04%0.01%
Sierra Leone2310.03%0.01%
Belarus1450.02%0.00%
Afghanistan1180.01%0.00%
Armenia80.00%0.00%
Other Countries37,8934.43%0.91%
Total Foreign Born854,669100.00%20.46%
Total Population4,177,646  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000