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Foreign Born   
2000   
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Portugal23,9206.20%1.18%
Colombia23,6896.14%1.17%
Haiti22,7065.89%1.12%
Ecuador19,7955.13%0.97%
India17,8904.64%0.88%
Jamaica15,1333.92%0.74%
Dominican Republic14,4853.75%0.71%
Philippines14,0903.65%0.69%
Italy14,0283.64%0.69%
Cuba13,2753.44%0.65%
Poland12,7233.30%0.63%
Peru11,1462.89%0.55%
Brazil10,9812.85%0.54%
El Salvador9,7472.53%0.48%
Guyana9,4992.46%0.47%
United Kingdom8,2072.13%0.40%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan7,8412.03%0.39%
Mexico7,6681.99%0.38%
Germany7,6161.97%0.37%
Trinidad and Tobago5,8621.52%0.29%
Honduras5,4261.41%0.27%
Korea5,4181.40%0.27%
Guatemala5,1471.33%0.25%
Nigeria4,8891.27%0.24%
Canada4,6171.20%0.23%
Russia4,5041.17%0.22%
Taiwan4,4101.14%0.22%
Ukraine4,2751.11%0.21%
Costa Rica3,9181.02%0.19%
Ghana3,4240.89%0.17%
Spain3,3000.86%0.16%
Ireland2,8200.73%0.14%
Egypt2,5940.67%0.13%
Pakistan2,5900.67%0.13%
Greece2,4550.64%0.12%
Argentina2,2690.59%0.11%
Vietnam2,2060.57%0.11%
Venezuela1,9750.51%0.10%
Chile1,9360.50%0.10%
Hong Kong1,7010.44%0.08%
Hungary1,6640.43%0.08%
Czechoslovakia1,5470.40%0.08%
France1,5360.40%0.08%
Romania1,4900.39%0.07%
Nicaragua1,4070.36%0.07%
Japan1,3950.36%0.07%
Israel1,2540.33%0.06%
Yugoslavia1,1130.29%0.05%
Iran1,0930.28%0.05%
Netherlands1,0860.28%0.05%
Turkey1,0840.28%0.05%
Barbados1,0680.28%0.05%
Afghanistan8470.22%0.04%
South Africa7410.19%0.04%
Austria7310.19%0.04%
Panama6680.17%0.03%
Bangladesh5910.15%0.03%
Bosnia and Herzegovina5470.14%0.03%
Lebanon5380.14%0.03%
Sweden4540.12%0.02%
Ethiopia4310.11%0.02%
Belarus4220.11%0.02%
Australia4220.11%0.02%
Bolivia4180.11%0.02%
Indonesia3470.09%0.02%
Malaysia3070.08%0.02%
Thailand2900.08%0.01%
Jordan2760.07%0.01%
Sierra Leone2430.06%0.01%
Iraq2170.06%0.01%
Syria2070.05%0.01%
Cambodia1330.03%0.01%
Laos890.02%0.00%
Armenia420.01%0.00%
Other Countries20,9345.43%1.03%
Total Foreign Born385,807100%18.98%
Total Population2,032,989  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000