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Foreign Born   
2000   
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Dominican Republic383,95812.23%4.12%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan212,1566.76%2.28%
Jamaica197,1836.28%2.12%
Mexico143,0234.56%1.54%
Guyana133,0624.24%1.43%
Ecuador127,5944.06%1.37%
Haiti106,5863.39%1.14%
Colombia92,8882.96%1.00%
Italy92,5292.95%0.99%
Trinidad and Tobago90,6362.89%0.97%
Russia84,4822.69%0.91%
India81,1322.58%0.87%
Korea75,9222.42%0.82%
Ukraine71,2262.27%0.76%
Poland70,8162.26%0.76%
Philippines57,8321.84%0.62%
Bangladesh43,2321.38%0.46%
Pakistan40,9931.31%0.44%
United Kingdom36,0191.15%0.39%
Germany34,5321.10%0.37%
Honduras34,2081.09%0.37%
Peru33,9541.08%0.36%
Hong Kong32,8241.05%0.35%
Greece31,4921.00%0.34%
El Salvador31,3571.00%0.34%
Ireland30,4110.97%0.33%
Cuba29,1050.93%0.31%
Barbados28,3940.90%0.30%
Japan26,3560.84%0.28%
Guatemala25,1580.80%0.27%
Panama23,5830.75%0.25%
Israel23,5140.75%0.25%
Taiwan22,9980.73%0.25%
Yugoslavia21,8290.70%0.23%
Canada21,0990.67%0.23%
Romania20,6090.66%0.22%
Brazil18,4750.59%0.20%
Nigeria16,7020.53%0.18%
Egypt16,1360.51%0.17%
Ghana15,6610.50%0.17%
Vietnam15,3010.49%0.16%
France15,0370.48%0.16%
Argentina13,3580.43%0.14%
Hungary12,7270.41%0.14%
Belarus11,2930.36%0.12%
Czechoslovakia9,9210.32%0.11%
Turkey9,6170.31%0.10%
Nicaragua9,1920.29%0.10%
Spain9,1560.29%0.10%
Venezuela8,8730.28%0.10%
Chile8,3070.26%0.09%
Iran8,2550.26%0.09%
Austria7,8060.25%0.08%
Malaysia7,7520.25%0.08%
Portugal7,3080.23%0.08%
Costa Rica6,3040.20%0.07%
Lebanon5,6060.18%0.06%
Syria5,4670.17%0.06%
Afghanistan4,9560.16%0.05%
Thailand4,8920.16%0.05%
Australia4,4680.14%0.05%
Bolivia4,3900.14%0.05%
Netherlands3,1490.10%0.03%
Sweden3,0350.10%0.03%
South Africa2,9980.10%0.03%
Indonesia2,9850.10%0.03%
Jordan2,8280.09%0.03%
Cambodia2,3290.07%0.03%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,1330.07%0.02%
Ethiopia2,0090.06%0.02%
Sierra Leone1,7310.06%0.02%
Armenia1,5570.05%0.02%
Iraq1,5070.05%0.02%
Laos4940.02%0.01%
Other Countries243,2407.75%2.61%
Total Foreign Born3,139,647100%33.71%
Total Population9,314,235  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000