Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA

Foreign Born  
2000 
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Mexico2,395,57047.27%14.63%
El Salvador284,9945.62%1.74%
Philippines280,4455.53%1.71%
Vietnam221,9634.38%1.36%
Korea201,4313.97%1.23%
Guatemala176,4603.48%1.08%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan121,7602.40%0.74%
Iran114,7122.26%0.70%
Taiwan90,7311.79%0.55%
Canada68,9191.36%0.42%
India61,2281.21%0.37%
United Kingdom60,5821.20%0.37%
Japan58,9481.16%0.36%
Armenia54,1171.07%0.33%
Germany41,0930.81%0.25%
Honduras37,3900.74%0.23%
Nicaragua35,9480.71%0.22%
Cuba33,5900.66%0.21%
Peru32,4710.64%0.20%
Hong Kong31,6850.63%0.19%
Cambodia30,7380.61%0.19%
Thailand29,0780.57%0.18%
Colombia24,7970.49%0.15%
Lebanon23,9730.47%0.15%
Russia23,4990.46%0.14%
Argentina21,6210.43%0.13%
Indonesia20,8000.41%0.13%
Egypt19,1490.38%0.12%
Ecuador18,9360.37%0.12%
Israel17,2030.34%0.11%
Ukraine17,0340.34%0.10%
Italy17,0170.34%0.10%
Romania15,7290.31%0.10%
Syria14,4670.29%0.09%
Poland13,4980.27%0.08%
France13,4830.27%0.08%
Pakistan12,2940.24%0.08%
Hungary10,8430.21%0.07%
Brazil10,4170.21%0.06%
Netherlands9,9490.20%0.06%
Chile9,3620.18%0.06%
Costa Rica8,8750.18%0.05%
Turkey8,6240.17%0.05%
Laos8,3110.16%0.05%
Nigeria8,2640.16%0.05%
Greece8,1740.16%0.05%
Jamaica7,8130.15%0.05%
Iraq7,5070.15%0.05%
Ireland7,3250.14%0.04%
South Africa7,1950.14%0.04%
Afghanistan7,0520.14%0.04%
Panama6,6850.13%0.04%
Yugoslavia6,6180.13%0.04%
Australia6,3650.13%0.04%
Jordan6,3280.12%0.04%
Czechoslovakia5,9250.12%0.04%
Bangladesh5,7100.11%0.03%
Spain5,5380.11%0.03%
Bolivia5,5000.11%0.03%
Malaysia5,3650.11%0.03%
Ethiopia5,2840.10%0.03%
Austria5,2730.10%0.03%
Sweden5,1350.10%0.03%
Portugal3,6330.07%0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago3,3760.07%0.02%
Venezuela3,2430.06%0.02%
Guyana2,4030.05%0.01%
Belarus2,0250.04%0.01%
Dominican Republic1,9660.04%0.01%
Ghana1,8890.04%0.01%
Haiti1,6400.03%0.01%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,3370.03%0.01%
Sierra Leone6170.01%0.00%
Barbados4430.01%0.00%
Other Countries118,2532.33%0.72%
Total Foreign Born5,067,615100%30.95%
Total Population16,373,645  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000