Table 2.

Foreign-Educated^* Registered Nurses by Region of Birth and Citizenship Status, U.S., 2000

	Citizen
Place of Birth	Yes	No	Total
The Philippines	52,745	27,994	80,739
Caribbean and Latin America	30,707	16,214	46,921
Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand	8,864	23,663	32,527
Asia	13,674	7,762	21,436
Sub-Saharan Africa	5,527	6,726	12,253
India	6,992	6,268	13,260
Eastern Europe, Russian Federation	5,649	4,949	10,598
Other	810	176	986
Total	124,968	93,752	218,720

Source: Author's calculation from the U.S. Deptartment of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing (2000), Public Use Micro data, 1% sample.

^*Foreign-educated estimated by eliminating RNs born abroad who immigrated to the United States before age 22.

RNs, registered nurses.