NATALITY DOCUMENTATION TABLE 12.
         LIVE BIRTHS BY HISPANIC ORIGIN OF MOTHER AND OF FATHER:
                              UNITED STATES, 1994

  (RESIDENT BIRTHS ONLY, EXCLUDES BIRTHS TO NONRESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES)

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                             |          |
                             |          |           ORIGIN OF MOTHER
                             |          |_____________________________________
                             |          |
                             |    ALL   |                HISPANIC
         ORIGIN OF FATHER    | ORIGINS  |
                             |          |_____________________________________
                             |          |        |         |        |
                             |          |        |         |PUERTO  |
                             |          |TOTAL   | MEXICAN |RICAN   |  CUBAN
                             |          |        |         |        |
                             |          |        |         |        |
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                             |          |        |         |        |
                             |          |        |         |        |
    ALL ORIGINS..............| 3,952,767| 665,026|  454,536|  57,240| 11,889
                             |          |        |         |        |
                             |          |        |         |        |
   HISPANIC..................|   579,925| 493,995|  358,973|  34,271|  7,676
                             |          |        |         |        |
                             |          |        |         |        |
 MEXICAN.....................|   407,856| 359,017|  344,208|   1,861|    401
 PUERTO RICAN................|    45,110|  32,908|    1,911|  26,763|    499
 CUBAN.......................|    12,613|   8,901|      602|     767|  5,734
 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN..|    77,736|  69,027|    9,627|   4,160|    918
 OTHER AND UNKNOWN HISPANIC..|    36,610|  24,142|    2,625|     720|    124
                             |          |        |         |        |
                             |          |        |         |        |
   NON-HISPANIC..............| 2,732,726|  79,348|   42,262|  10,965|  3,052
   NOT STATED................|   640,116|  91,683|   53,301|  12,004|  1,161
                             |          |        |         |        |
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                      NATALITY DOCUMENTATION TABLE 12.
         LIVE BIRTHS BY HISPANIC ORIGIN OF MOTHER AND OF FATHER:
                              UNITED STATES, 1994

  (RESIDENT BIRTHS ONLY, EXCLUDES BIRTHS TO NONRESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES)

______________________________________________________________________________
                           |          |
                           |          |           ORIGIN OF MOTHER
                           |          | ______________________________________
                           |          |                 |          |
                           |    ALL   |     HISPANIC    |          |
         ORIGIN OF FATHER  | ORIGINS  |                 |          |
                           |          |_________________|          |
                           |          |        |        |   NON    |    NOT
                           |          |CENTRAL |OTHER   | HISPANIC |  STATED
                           |          | AND    | AND    |          |
                           |          |SOUTH   |UNKNOWN |          |
                           |          |AMERICAN|HISPANIC|          |
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                           |          |        |        |          |
                           |          |        |        |          |
    ALL ORIGINS............| 3,952,767|  93,485|  47,876| 3,245,115| 42,626
                           |          |        |        |          |
                           |          |        |        |          |
   HISPANIC................|   579,925|  67,850|  25,225|    84,676|  1,254
                           |          |        |        |          |
                           |          |        |        |          |
 MEXICAN...................|   407,856|   9,091|   3,456|    48,416|    423
 PUERTO RICAN..............|    45,110|   2,930|     805|    11,873|    329
 CUBAN.....................|    12,613|   1,625|     173|     3,677|     35
 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN|    77,736|  53,534|     788|     8,502|    207
 OTHER AND UNKNOWN HISPANIC|    36,610|     670|  20,003|    12,208|    260
                           |          |        |        |          |
                           |          |        |        |          |
   NON-HISPANIC............| 2,732,726|  10,884|  12,185| 2,647,607|  5,771
   NOT STATED..............|   640,116|  14,751|  10,466|   512,832| 35,601
                           |          |        |        |          |
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