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Table 3-2. Foreign-Born Population
by World Region of Birth (Numbers
in Thousands)

World Region of Birth Total

Total Population 28,379
Naturalized citizen 10,622
Not a citizen 17,758
Europe 4,355
Naturalized citizen 2,265
Not a citizen 2,090
Asia 7,246
Naturalized citizen 3,415
Not a citizen 3,831
Latin America 14,477
Naturalized citizen 4,098
Not a citizen 10,379

Other Areas 2,301
Naturalized citizen 844
Not a citizen 1,457

From U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey,
March 2000 Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch,
Population Division, Table 2.6.
The majority of those born in Latin America are from
Mexico. Those born in other areas are from Africa,
Oceania, Bermuda, and Canada.

General Guidelines
Respect Personal Preferences

Do not assume familiarity by addressing people by their first names until you have es-
tablished that type of informal environment or relationship. To do this, you can either
introduce yourself as people enter a session or, at the beginning of the session, explain
that the program will be in a relaxed and informal format. Then, request that partici-
pants print the name they prefer to be called on their name tents. Whatever they write
should be used. If someone writes Mr., Ms., or Dr. Nyugen, then address him or her as
such. Unlike North Americans, who tend to be more informal, people in many cultures