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U.S. Immigrant Population Spotlights

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Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States

Vietnamese immigration to the United States is rooted in its refugee history. As of 2019, 1.4 million Vietnamese immigrants lived in the United States.

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Inmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos

Los 3.8 millones de inmigrantes centroamericanos que residían en Estados Unidos en 2019 provenían de tres países principales y estaban profundamente integrados en la población activa estadounidense.

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Afghan Immigrants in the United States

Afghan immigrants in the United States are a fast-growing but economically vulnerable population, largely admitted through the visa program for those who aided the U.S. military.

An Afghan refugee in the United States.

Immigrants from Iran in the United States

There were 385,000 Iranian immigrants in the United States as of 2019, forming a highly educated, largely naturalized population concentrated in California.

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Canadian Immigrants in the United States

Canadian immigrants, once a much larger share of immigration to the United States, tend to be older, highly educated, and economically well-positioned.

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Refugees and Asylees in the United States

U.S. refugee admissions hit historic lows in fiscal year (FY) 2020 amid changing Trump policies, even as global displacement reached a record 80 million.

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Immigrants from Asia in the United States

Following the end of exclusionary laws, migration from Asia to the United States has risen since the mid-1960s. As of 2019, migrants from Asia represented nearly one-third of U.S. immigrants.

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