Table 1.
Sample Sizes and Proportions by Regions of Origin: Men and Women 35 to 55 Years Old in 2000 Who Arrived in the United States before Age 18
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted Sample Size |
Percentage | Unweighted Sample Size |
Percentage | |
| Canada | 2,610 | 4.4 | 3,178 | 5.2 |
| United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand |
1,655 | 2.8 | 1,941 | 3.2 |
| Rest of Europe | 9,755 | 16.5 | 10,680 | 17.4 |
| Puerto Rico | 5,187 | 8.8 | 5,997 | 9.8 |
| Mexico | 19,269 | 32.5 | 15,643 | 25.5 |
| Other Latin America |
9,340 | 15.8 | 11,187 | 18.3 |
| Rest of world | ||||
| English- speaking |
2,039 | 3.4 | 2,902 | 4.7 |
| Non-English- speaking |
9,397 | 15.9 | 9,766 | 15.9 |
| Total | 59,252 | 100 | 61,294 | 100 |
SOURCE: Authors’ calculations from the 5 percent file of the 2000 U.S. Census. See Ruggles et al. (2010).