Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for the United States and Great Britain, 2000–2001

	Number of U.S. Metro Areas	Number of G.B. Metro Areas	U.S. population	G.B. population
Panethnic Groups
Native Non-Hispanic White/White British	318	179	142,779,553	49,347,979
Asian	261	113	9,720,235	2,804,907
Native-Born	181	82	2,938,434	1,320,813
Foreign-Born	241	90	6,719,237	1,447,004
Black	299	79	29,607,104	1,443,356
Native-Born	293	59	27,546,288	816,113
Foreign-Born	118	42	2,003,274	593,044
Country of Birth among the Foreign Born
Bangladesh	13	16	72,431	133,022
France	31	15	96,174	61,525
Germany	117	74	538,207	204,814
Hong Kong	28	20	171,350	55,873
India	109	48	1,022,552	431,976
Italy	58	22	412,041	73,338
Jamaica	43	14	509,452	129,428
Pakistan	34	38	179,381	316,032
World Region of Birth among the Foreign Born
Caribbean	96	26	2,858,535	232,567
Eastern Europe	136	37	1,787,861	154,609
Far East	228	70	5,512,511	349,830
Middle East & North Africa	101	35	1,097,686	247,914
North America	122	44	654,464	173,608
Northern & Western Europe	201	149	1,808,551	1,044,595
South Asia	120	77	1,304,909	1,006,186
Southern Europe	94	47	857,439	263,695
Sub-Saharan Africa	72	73	559,539	717,542
Total metropolitan population in census year	318	179	281,421,906	57,075,654

Note: Minimum threshold per MA = 1,000 people per group.