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OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®





Where Immigrants Are Coming From

Even as immigrants continue to make the United States more diverse, the places from which they come are increasingly concentrated. In 2000, immigrants from Latin American countries accounted for 46 percent of the total immigrant population. That’s up from about 37 percent in 1990, according to the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit research organization.

This trend largely is being driven by the growing number of foreign-born residents from Mexico. In 2000, this group accounted for 30 percent of the total number of immigrants, up from 22 percent in 1990, reports the CIS. Mexican-Americans comprised the largest numbers of foreign-born residents in 30 states.

According to CIS figures, other countries besides Mexico from which most foreign-born residents had immigrated in 2000 included: China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Together, these countries accounted for about 14 million, or 45 percent, of the total foreign-born population in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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