The Lattimore, NC town hall. North Carolina is among the 14 new-destination states attracting increasing numbers of immigrants.
February 2011
As diverse as the United States is in terms of its geography, climate, and culture, there is a longstanding tradition of immigrants choosing to settle in the same places year after year. In fact, since the 1960s just seven states — California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts – have collectively attracted more than 60 percent, and in some years as much as three-quarters, of the entire foreign-born population in the country.
In the past 20 years, however, there has been an increasing trend of immigrants in the United States settling outside of what would generally be considered the traditional locales.
While the total US foreign-born population grew by 57 percent from 19.8 million to 31.1 million between 1990 and 2000, this growth was considerably more pronounced in the southern and central regions of the country. The immigrant population more than doubled in 19 states, many of which had little prior experience with the foreign born.
This trend continued in the 2000s, despite the slowing of overall immigration that saw the foreign-born population grow at less than half the rate of the previous decade.
Between 2000 and 2009, the number of immigrants grew by 24 percent from 31.1 million to 38.5 million. And while most of the country was experiencing more or less stagnant growth and even decline, the population of the foreign born grew by 49 percent or more in 14 states: South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Delaware, Arkansas, South Dakota, Nevada, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Wyoming, Idaho, Indiana, and Mississippi (listed in descending order of growth).
These 14 states primarily in the southern and central regions represent the "new destinations" of immigrants in the United States — states where the foreign-born population grew at or above twice the national rate between 2000 and 2009.
This Spotlight compares the size, origins, and demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the immigrant populations in the aforementioned new-destination states and the traditional-destination states of California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. It relies on data from the US Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) as well as the 2000 and earlier Decennial Censuses.
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Immigrants in New-Destination States
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Migration Policy Institute
The Lattimore, NC town hall. North Carolina is among the 14 new-destination states attracting increasing numbers of immigrants.
February 2011
As diverse as the United States is in terms of its geography, climate, and culture, there is a longstanding tradition of immigrants choosing to settle in the same places year after year. In fact, since the 1960s just seven states — California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts – have collectively attracted more than 60 percent, and in some years as much as three-quarters, of the entire foreign-born population in the country.
In the past 20 years, however, there has been an increasing trend of immigrants in the United States settling outside of what would generally be considered the traditional locales.
While the total US foreign-born population grew by 57 percent from 19.8 million to 31.1 million between 1990 and 2000, this growth was considerably more pronounced in the southern and central regions of the country. The immigrant population more than doubled in 19 states, many of which had little prior experience with the foreign born.
This trend continued in the 2000s, despite the slowing of overall immigration that saw the foreign-born population grow at less than half the rate of the previous decade.
Between 2000 and 2009, the number of immigrants grew by 24 percent from 31.1 million to 38.5 million. And while most of the country was experiencing more or less stagnant growth and even decline, the population of the foreign born grew by 49 percent or more in 14 states: South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Delaware, Arkansas, South Dakota, Nevada, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Wyoming, Idaho, Indiana, and Mississippi (listed in descending order of growth).
These 14 states primarily in the southern and central regions represent the "new destinations" of immigrants in the United States — states where the foreign-born population grew at or above twice the national rate between 2000 and 2009.
This Spotlight compares the size, origins, and demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the immigrant populations in the aforementioned new-destination states and the traditional-destination states of California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. It relies on data from the US Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) as well as the 2000 and earlier Decennial Censuses.