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Data for the Metropolitan Statistical Area
Counties included: Erie County ,Niagara County
Cities included: Buffalo, NY ,Niagara Falls, NY

Nativity Distribution


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Nativity

This table shows the population and nativity distribution (foreign-born versus those born in the United States) for each group.

The first section of the table (Total Population) shows the overall population distribution by group. Subsequent cells in each column provide both the count and percent for the number of people within the US and foreign-born categories.

  All groups Non Hispanic White Non Hispanic Black Hispanic Asian
TOTAL POPULATION
1990 1,189,288 1,025,984 120,213 24,347 11,026
%   86.3 10.1 2.0 0.9
2000 1,170,111 965,233 140,205 33,967 17,810
%   82.5 12.0 2.9 1.5
BORN IN THE U.S.
1990 1,137,068 986,214 117,687 21,670 2,889
%   96.1 97.9 89.0 26.2
2000 1,118,730 932,510 135,228 30,995 5,212
%   96.6 96.4 91.2 29.3
FOREIGN-BORN
1990 52,220 39,770 1,940 2,197 7,330
%   3.9 1.6 9.0 66.5
2000 51,381 32,723 4,977 2,972 12,598
%   3.4 3.6 8.8 70.7

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