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1 on-statistics-usa.html Immigration Statistics USA With the level of immigration into the US increasing with time and in various forms and through various channels, it has become imperative for the Americans to make the national security measures all the more strict and strong. In this regard, the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), located within the Policy Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) maintains immigration statistics to monitor and assess the effects of immigration on the country's security. Some of the important statistical information on immigration to the US are: 1) Migration: Immigration and Emigration to the US by decade: : Period Total, Emigration: Immigration and Emigration by Decade: (Numbers in thousands) Immigrants to the U.S. Emigrants from the U.S. Net Immigration Ratio: Emigration/ Immigration 37,869 11,882 25, ,338 1,600 5, ,493 1,176 3, , , , , , ,107 1,685 2, ,736 2,157 3, ,795 3,008 5, Source: 1992 Statistical Yearbook, Table 1; Warren and Kraly, The Elusive Exodus: Emigration from the United States, Population Reference Bureau, Emigration , Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The above table shows the trend of immigration to and emigration from the USA, in the time period The table clearly shows that historically the US has been more popular a country for people to enter and stay rather than flee. The only exception has been the decade of 1930s when more people fled the country owing to the plight caused by the Great Depression. 2) Top ten sending countries as a percentage of the total inflow, by country of birth: Origin country Number Total 601,708 Mexico 66,533 Philippines 52,558 Republic of Korea 35,776 Cuba 33,114 Viet Nam 29,993 India 26,227 Dominican Republic 26,175 China (excluding Taiwan) 25,106 Jamaica 19,595 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16,505 All other countries 270,126 Origin country Number Total 946,142 Mexico 175,364 India 70,116 Philippines 57,827 China, People's Republic 51,156 Vietnam 31,514 Dominican Republic 30,492 El Salvador 29,795 Cuba 20,488 Korea 19,766 Colombia 18,678 Other countries 440,946 (Source: Migration Information Source) The above table (compared years are 1986, 1996, and 2004 as latest available) shows the pattern of immigration to the

2 US by various foreign nationals. While Mexico dominates the immigrant communities (despite various attempts being made by the American authorities by means of anti-immigration laws), India and China have a raised position in the latest figures of 2004 in terms of immigration, which clearly shows that these two countries are front-runners at the moment as far as immigration to the US is concerned. Other observations include: Iranians' reduced immigration after the 1980s after the US-Iran relation deteriorated, and Russians' increased immigration in the mid-1990s following the formal termination of the Cold War. 3) Foreign born as a percentage of the total population, 1990 and 1994 to 2005 Country United States (Source: Migration Information Source) This table shows the percentage of foreign-born population in the US. The figure clearly illustrates that the percentage of people of foreign origin in the US is clearly increasing (the comparable years are 1990 and ). Voir aussi [citation needed] Projected immigration 2000, 2004 and 2010: Top Ten Foreign Countries - Foreign Born Population Among U.S. Immigrants Country #/year , % Mexico 175,900 7,841,000 8,544,600 9,600, % China 50,900 1,391,000 1,594,600 1,900, % Philippines 47,800 1,222,000 1,413,200 1,700, % India 59,300 1,007,000 1,244,200 1,610, % Vietnam 33, , ,800 1,200, %

3 Cuba 14, ,000 1,011,200 1,100, % El Salvador 33, , ,000 1,100, % Dominican Republic 24, , , , % Canada 24, , , , % Korea 17, , , , % Total Pop. Top ,900 16,112,000 18,747,600 21,741, % Total Foreign Born 940,000 31,100,000 34,860,000 40,500, % Historical Data from 2000 U.S. Census and 2004 Yearbook of Immigrant Statistics 1. The average number of legal immigrants/year immigrating from 2000 to The number of foreign born immigrants in the U.S. from 2000 census 3. Year 2004 foreign born. Year 2000 foreign born plus 2000 to 2004 immigration 4. Year 2010 foreign born projected assuming average number per year is maintained 5. Percent of foreign born from this country 6. Legal immigration numbers as reported to immigration Projected regional growth rates using birth, death, immigration, and emigration rates. Latin America and Caribbean will be growing slower than US by 2024

4 mmigration_statistics United States immigration statistics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is an orphan, as few or no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from other articles related to it. (February 2009) The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query about the "nativity" of citizens where they were born, either in the United States or outside of it and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available. From the U.S. Census [1], this chart shows the place of birth of the non-native population. Note that the same immigrant will be counted in each census during which they lived, so the numbers are of the cumulative number of living non-native citizens. Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Bor Region and country or area Total 19,767,316 14,079,906 9,619,302 9,738,091 14,204, Reported by region and/or country 18,959,158 13,192,563 9,303,570 9,678,201 14,197, ,350,403 5,149,572 5,740,891 7,256,311 11,784, Northern and Western Northern 2,058,853 2,384,257 2,629,200 3,334,971 5,850, ,271 1,083,499 1,271,591 1,694,430 3,415,551 3,5 British Isles 809, , ,474 1,171,777 2,147,733 2,1 United Kingdom 640, , , ,055 1,402,923 Great Britain 623, , , ,893 1,224,091 1,1 England 405, , , , ,563 8 Scotland 104, , , , ,323 2

5 Wales 10,638 13,528 17,014 23,469 60,205 Great Britain n.e.c. Northern Ireland 103,220 51,290 (NA) (NA) (NA) 16,531 19,831 40,837 68, ,832 Ireland 169, , , , ,810 1 Scandinavia 158, , , ,653 1,267,818 1 Denmark 34,999 42,732 61,410 85, ,474 1 Finland 22,313 29,172 45,499 67, ,478 1 Iceland 5,071 4,156 2,895 2,780 2,764 Norway 42,240 63,316 97, , ,852 3 Sweden 53,676 77, , , ,250 6 Western 1,090,582 1,300,758 1,357,609 1,640,541 2,434,705 2,7 Low countries 132, , , , ,375 2 Belgium 34,366 36,487 41,412 50,294 64,194 Luxembourg 2,053 3,125 3,531 4,360 9,048 Netherlands 96, , , , ,133 1 Austria 87, , , , ,914 5 France 119, , , , ,592 1 Germany 711, , , ,815 1,608,814 1,6 Switzerland 39,130 42,804 49,732 61, ,010 1 Other Western Southern and Eastern Southern (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2,285,513 2,748,547 3,090,991 3,907,020 5,918,982 5,6 1,054,141 1,336,805 1,363,195 1,541,441 2,133,092 1,9 Greece 177, , , , ,526 1 Italy 580, ,922 1,008,533 1,256,999 1,790,429 1,6

6 Portugal 210, , ,899 80, ,775 Azores 29,656 32,531 28,865 22,586 35,611 Portugal 180, ,437 91,034 57,690 73,164 Spain 76,415 73,735 57,488 44,999 59,362 Other Southern Eastern 9,614 10,182 (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,231,372 1,411,742 1,727,796 2,365,579 3,785,890 3,7 Albania 5,627 7,381 9,180 9,618 8,814 Bulgaria 8,579 8,463 8,609 8,223 9,399 Czechoslovakia 87, , , , ,638 3 Estonia 9,210 12,169 12,163 13,991 3,550 Hungary 110, , , , ,450 3 Latvia 26,179 34,349 41,707 50,681 20,673 Lithuania 29,745 48,194 76, , ,606 1 Poland 388, , , ,750 1,268,583 1,1 Romania 91,106 66,994 70,687 84, ,393 1 Soviet Union 333, , , ,598 1,153,628 1,4 Turkey in (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2,257 Yugoslavia 141, , , , ,416 1 Other Eastern (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,483 n.e.c. 6,037 16,768 20,700 14,320 14,772 Asia 4,979,037 2,539, , , ,665 2 Armenia (X) (X) (X) (X) 32,166 China 529, , ,132 99,735 46,129 India 450, ,087 51,000 12,296 5,850 Japan 290, , , ,175 70,993

7 Palestine 21,070 (NA) (NA) (NA) 6,137 Syria 36,782 22,081 14,962 16,717 57,227 Turkey in Asia 55,087 51,915 48,085 52,228 46,654 Other Asia 3,595,727 1,751, , ,845 10,509 Africa 363, ,723 80,143 35,355 18,326 Africa excl. Atlantic Islands Atlantic Islands 349, ,266 61,463 27,053 8,859 14,368 10,457 18,680 8,302 9,467 Oceania 104,145 77,577 41,258 34,730 17,343 Australia 42,267 36,120 24,271 22,209 12,816 Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Other Oceania 61,878 41,457 16,987 12,521 4,527 Latin America 8,407,837 4,372,487 1,803, , ,840 5 Caribbean 1,938,348 1,258, , , ,241 Cuba 736, , ,048 79,150 18,493 Other Caribbean Central America 1,201, , , ,772 87,748 5,431,992 2,553, , , ,976 4 Mexico 4,298,014 2,199, , , ,462 4 Other Central America 1,133, , ,913 48,949 10,514 South America 1,037, , ,238 89,536 33,623 Northern America 753, , , ,500 1,310,369 1,1 Canada 744, , , ,500 1,310,369 1,1 Canada- French (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 370,852 3

8 Canada-Other (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 915,537 Newfoundland (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 23,980 Other Northern America Region or country not reported 9,087 10,568 (NA) (NA) (NA) 808, , ,732 59,890 6,596 Born at sea (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 5,008 Not reported (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,588 (NA) Not available. n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified. 1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division [2] Publications of 1930 or Earlier: 1850 to 1930 and 1960 to 1990