South Africa

2631000

Immigrant Population

4.1%

Immigrant Share of Total Population

1006000

Emigrant Population

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Characteristics of the African Born in the United States in 2000

The African-born U.S. population more than doubled from 1990 to 2000, reaching 880,000; more than two in five adults held college degrees, nearly twice the foreign-born average.

Changing Configurations of Migration in Africa

Feminization, commercialization, brain drain, and HIV/AIDS were among the forces transforming migration patterns across Africa.

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.

African-born Residents of the United States in 2000

More than 881,000 African-born residents called the United States home in 2000, with more than half having arrived in the 1990s and 95 percent settling in metropolitan areas.