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Foreign Born			* Link to Pie Chart
2000
Country of Birth	Population	% of Foreign Born	% of Total Population
Nicaragua	35,421	74.98%	11.44%
United States	1,350	2.86%	0.44%
Colombia	1,291	2.73%	0.42%
El Salvador	1,287	2.72%	0.42%
Cuba	1,175	2.49%	0.38%
Panama	730	1.55%	0.24%
China	642	1.36%	0.21%
Peru	629	1.33%	0.20%
Mexico	429	0.91%	0.14%
Honduras	420	0.89%	0.14%
Taiwan	405	0.86%	0.13%
Spain	358	0.76%	0.12%
Italy	313	0.66%	0.10%
Guatemala	302	0.64%	0.10%
Argentina	264	0.56%	0.09%
Chile	243	0.51%	0.08%
Germany	214	0.45%	0.07%
Domican Republic	209	0.44%	0.07%
Ecuador	190	0.40%	0.06%
Venezuela	164	0.35%	0.05%
Poland	144	0.30%	0.05%
Canada	100	0.21%	0.03%
Russia	78	0.17%	0.03%
Brazil	72	0.15%	0.02%
United Kingdom	69	0.15%	0.02%
Switzerland	51	0.11%	0.02%
Bolivia	46	0.10%	0.01%
Japan	46	0.10%	0.01%
France	45	0.10%	0.01%
Israel	44	0.09%	0.01%
South Korea	40	0.08%	0.01%
Puerto Rico	37	0.08%	0.01%
Other Countries	432	0.91%	0.14%
Total Foreign Born	47,240	100%	15.25%
Total Population	309,672
Source: Instituto de Estatisticas y Censos, Census 2000