- In 1960, 900,000, or 9 percent of the total foreign-born population,
came from Latin America.
- In 1997, 13.1 million, or about 50 percent, of the nation's 25.8 million
foreign-born residents were born in Latin America.
- In 2003, 17.8 million, or 53 percent, of the nation’s 33.5 million
foreign-born population were born in Latin America.
- In 2003, 69 percent of the Latin American born were of Mexican and
Central American origin, 19 percent were of Caribbean origin, and 12 percent
were from South American countries.
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