The Basics
We hope you will find the resources here useful as you seek to learn more about the phenomenon of international migration and some of the 281 million people globally who live outside their country of birth.
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The African Foreign Born in the United States in 2002
African-born immigrants in the United States numbered 1 million in 2002, with the largest group from West Africa.
The Foreign Born from Canada in the United States in 2000
Canadians made up 97 percent of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) worker admissions in FY 2002; in all, there were nearly 821,000 Canadian immigrants in the United States as of 2000.
Educational Attainment of the Foreign Born in the United States in 2000
The 2000 U.S. census revealed sharp differences in educational attainment among U.S. immigrants, with Indians tending to be among the most highly educated.
The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
Post-911 security checks sharply reduced U.S. refugee admissions, creating a cumulative shortfall of nearly 210,000 against from 1991 to 2003.
Naturalization in the United States in 2002
U.S. naturalizations nearly doubled from 6.5 million in the early 1990s to 11.3 million by 2002, yet 7.9 million eligible immigrants had not naturalized.
Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Force in 2000
By 2000, Mexican immigrants made up 27 percent of all foreign-born U.S. workers, concentrated heavily in production, service, farming, and manufacturing sectors.
The Foreign Born from Vietnam in the United States in 2000
The Vietnamese immigrant population in the United States grew 82 percent between 1990 and 2000 to more than 988,000.
The Foreign Born from China in the United States in 2000
The Chinese foreign-born population in the United States grew 87 percent between 1990 and 2000 to nearly 989,000, of whom more than half living in California or New York.
The Foreign Born from India in the United States in 2000
Idaho led all U.S. states in the rate of Indian immigrant growth in the 1990s, as the population surpassed 1 million nationally by 2000.
The Foreign Born from the Philippines in the United States in 2000
Filipino immigrants in the United States totaled 1.4 million in 2000; 49 percent lived in California.