Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

Foreign Born   
2000   
Country of BirthPopulation% Foreign Born% Total Population
Mexico1,525,15744.21%16.02%
El Salvador251,7517.30%2.64%
Philippines202,5685.87%2.13%
Guatemala150,2814.36%1.58%
Korea145,6694.22%1.53%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan102,4612.97%1.08%
Vietnam96,0292.78%1.01%
Iran91,4232.65%0.96%
Taiwan67,4851.96%0.71%
Armenia53,3941.55%0.56%
Japan41,1161.19%0.43%
India34,3301.00%0.36%
Canada33,9210.98%0.36%
United Kingdom32,8660.95%0.35%
Honduras31,4860.91%0.33%
Nicaragua28,3200.82%0.30%
Hong Kong26,2110.76%0.28%
Cuba25,9070.75%0.27%
Cambodia24,0810.70%0.25%
Peru23,1210.67%0.24%
Germany22,2980.65%0.23%
Thailand21,9800.64%0.23%
Russia19,8210.57%0.21%
Lebanon19,0920.55%0.20%
Colombia17,1870.50%0.18%
Ukraine15,5430.45%0.16%
Argentina14,4620.42%0.15%
Ecuador14,4410.42%0.15%
Israel14,3030.41%0.15%
Egypt13,0570.38%0.14%
Indonesia11,8380.34%0.12%
Italy11,3050.33%0.12%
Syria11,0330.32%0.12%
France9,3970.27%0.10%
Poland8,9490.26%0.09%
Romania8,0740.23%0.08%
Hungary7,2850.21%0.08%
Brazil7,2580.21%0.08%
Pakistan6,9090.20%0.07%
Nigeria6,6820.19%0.07%
Chile6,6510.19%0.07%
Turkey6,6210.19%0.07%
Greece6,1110.18%0.06%
Costa Rica6,0020.17%0.06%
Jamaica5,8560.17%0.06%
Iraq5,4990.16%0.06%
Netherlands4,7190.14%0.05%
Ethiopia4,5010.13%0.05%
Ireland4,4800.13%0.05%
Yugoslavia4,4250.13%0.05%
Panama4,4020.13%0.05%
Bangladesh4,1850.12%0.04%
South Africa4,1710.12%0.04%
Australia3,9060.11%0.04%
Czechoslovakia3,7510.11%0.04%
Spain3,7030.11%0.04%
Malaysia3,6810.11%0.04%
Laos3,3850.10%0.04%
Austria3,2470.09%0.03%
Bolivia3,2450.09%0.03%
Jordan3,1650.09%0.03%
Sweden3,1620.09%0.03%
Afghanistan3,1080.09%0.03%
Trinidad and Tobago2,3290.07%0.02%
Venezuela2,0020.06%0.02%
Portugal1,8920.05%0.02%
Belarus1,7830.05%0.02%
Guyana1,6620.05%0.02%
Ghana1,3360.04%0.01%
Dominican Republic1,2280.04%0.01%
Haiti1,1980.03%0.01%
Bosnia and Herzegovina7580.02%0.01%
Sierra Leone3890.01%0.00%
Barbados3250.01%0.00%
Other Countries84,0752.44%0.88%
Total Foreign Born3,449,444100%36.24%
Total Population9,519,338  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000