Bakersfield, CA

Foreign Born			* Link to Pie Chart
2000
Country of Birth	Population	% of Foreign Born	% of Total Population
Mexico	83,328	74.44%	12.59%
Philippines	7,415	6.62%	1.12%
El Salvador	3,054	2.73%	0.46%
India	2,847	2.54%	0.43%
Canada	1,689	1.51%	0.26%
Guatemala	1,571	1.40%	0.24%
Korea	916	0.82%	0.14%
Germany	857	0.77%	0.13%
United Kingdom	809	0.72%	0.12%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan	615	0.55%	0.09%
Vietnam	608	0.54%	0.09%
Japan	427	0.38%	0.06%
Thailand	365	0.33%	0.06%
Peru	352	0.31%	0.05%
Spain	299	0.27%	0.05%
Cambodia	253	0.23%	0.04%
Taiwan	227	0.20%	0.03%
Italy	225	0.20%	0.03%
Egypt	196	0.18%	0.03%
Honduras	193	0.17%	0.03%
France	192	0.17%	0.03%
Colombia	191	0.17%	0.03%
Nicaragua	180	0.16%	0.03%
Iran	175	0.16%	0.03%
Laos	170	0.15%	0.03%
Jordan	166	0.15%	0.03%
Netherlands	165	0.15%	0.02%
Ecuador	140	0.13%	0.02%
Poland	127	0.11%	0.02%
Sweden	126	0.11%	0.02%
Argentina	126	0.11%	0.02%
Pakistan	120	0.11%	0.02%
Nigeria	119	0.11%	0.02%
Russia	112	0.10%	0.02%
Hong Kong	112	0.10%	0.02%
Cuba	102	0.09%	0.02%
Greece	92	0.08%	0.01%
Indonesia	90	0.08%	0.01%
Trinidad and Tobago	83	0.07%	0.01%
Syria	80	0.07%	0.01%
Panama	72	0.06%	0.01%
Austria	69	0.06%	0.01%
Ethiopia	69	0.06%	0.01%
Chile	67	0.06%	0.01%
Brazil	65	0.06%	0.01%
Iraq	64	0.06%	0.01%
Turkey	60	0.05%	0.01%
Australia	60	0.05%	0.01%
Venezuela	60	0.05%	0.01%
Israel	59	0.05%	0.01%
Hungary	48	0.04%	0.01%
Lebanon	48	0.04%	0.01%
Czechoslovakia	44	0.04%	0.01%
Malaysia	44	0.04%	0.01%
Costa Rica	41	0.04%	0.01%
Romania	38	0.03%	0.01%
Ireland	36	0.03%	0.01%
Portugal	33	0.03%	0.00%
South Africa	25	0.02%	0.00%
Dominican Republic	24	0.02%	0.00%
Jamaica	22	0.02%	0.00%
Guyana	18	0.02%	0.00%
Yugoslavia	16	0.01%	0.00%
Bolivia	15	0.01%	0.00%
Haiti	14	0.01%	0.00%
Ukraine	7	0.01%	0.00%
Belarus	6	0.01%	0.00%
Bangladesh	6	0.01%	0.00%
Other Countries	1,900	1.70%	0.29%
Total Foreign Born	111,944	100%	16.92%
Total Population	661,645
Source: U.S. Census, 2000