El Paso

Foreign Born   
2000   
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Mexico169,70191.15%24.97%
Germany4,0562.18%0.60%
Korea1,3730.74%0.20%
Philippines1,0540.57%0.16%
Japan7070.38%0.10%
India6770.36%0.10%
Canada6210.33%0.09%
Panama4420.24%0.07%
Guatemala4300.23%0.06%
United Kingdom3910.21%0.06%
Nicaragua3560.19%0.05%
Italy3160.17%0.05%
El Salvador2860.15%0.04%
Taiwan2820.15%0.04%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan2810.15%0.04%
Vietnam2810.15%0.04%
Cuba2680.14%0.04%
Colombia2520.14%0.04%
Iran2040.11%0.03%
Peru1780.10%0.03%
Spain1710.09%0.03%
France1640.09%0.02%
Chile1640.09%0.02%
Netherlands1630.09%0.02%
Lebanon1490.08%0.02%
Thailand1470.08%0.02%
Austria1400.08%0.02%
Honduras1340.07%0.02%
Argentina1260.07%0.02%
South Africa1120.06%0.02%
Nigeria1040.06%0.02%
Russia1030.06%0.02%
Poland960.05%0.01%
Pakistan910.05%0.01%
Ecuador910.05%0.01%
Hong Kong890.05%0.01%
Dominican Republic800.04%0.01%
Venezuela790.04%0.01%
Syria690.04%0.01%
Jamaica670.04%0.01%
Hungary640.03%0.01%
Guyana570.03%0.01%
Brazil550.03%0.01%
Australia540.03%0.01%
Portugal520.03%0.01%
Laos520.03%0.01%
Ireland480.03%0.01%
Barbados440.02%0.01%
Bangladesh430.02%0.01%
Haiti430.02%0.01%
Greece410.02%0.01%
Iraq410.02%0.01%
Czechoslovakia360.02%0.01%
Romania320.02%0.00%
Indonesia310.02%0.00%
Egypt310.02%0.00%
Yugoslavia290.02%0.00%
Bolivia280.02%0.00%
Trinidad and Tobago220.01%0.00%
Bosnia and Herzegovina190.01%0.00%
Malaysia130.01%0.00%
Costa Rica110.01%0.00%
Ukraine80.00%0.00%
Sweden70.00%0.00%
Israel60.00%0.00%
Ghana60.00%0.00%
Sierra Leone60.00%0.00%
Turkey40.00%0.00%
Jordan30.00%0.00%
Other Countries7870.42%0.12%
Total Foreign Born186,168100%27.39%
Total Population679,622  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000