a profile of the u.s. foreign-born population kevin deardorff chief, immigration statistics staff...
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A Profile of the U.S. Foreign-Born Population
Kevin Deardorff
Chief, Immigration Statistics Staff
U.S. Census Bureau
Population Research Center (PRC) Briefing Washington, DC
December 9, 2003
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Overview
• Immigration Statistics Staff
• Concepts and Data Sources
• Trends in the Foreign-Born Population
• Benefits of the American Community Survey
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Mission -- Immigration Statistics Staff
Mission Statement
To provide up-to-date, relevant statistics and methodologies on the size, characteristics, and impact of international migration to (and from) the United States for use in policy-making decisions and demographic and economic research.
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Concepts and Terminology
Foreign Born and Immigrant
• Foreign Born – Anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth, including immigrants, legal nonimmigrants (temporary migrants), humanitarian migrants, and people illegally present in the United States.
• Immigrant – Aliens admitted to the U.S. for lawful permanent residence, as defined in the Immigration & Nationality Act.
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Select U.S. Census Bureau Data Sources
• Current Population Survey (CPS)
• Decennial Census
• American Community Survey (ACS)
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International Migration Items
• Place of Birth (Nativity)• Parental Nativity• U.S. Citizenship Status• Year of U.S. Entry• Previous Residence• Ancestry• Language Spoken at Home
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National Quick Facts: 2000
Source: 1990 Census and Census 2000
1990 2000Total Population 249 million 281 millionTotal Foreign Born 20 million 31 million
Percent Foreign Born 8 percent 11 percent
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National Quick Facts: 2002• In 2002, 32 million (12 percent of the U.S.
population) were foreign born.
• In 2002, 12 million (37 percent of the foreign born) were U.S. citizens through naturalization.
• 49 percent of the foreign born entered the U.S. between 1990 and 2002.
• Of the 32 million foreign born in 2002, 17 million were from Latin America.
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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Percent Foreign Bornby World Region of Birth: 2002
Source: American Community Survey 2002
PercentTotal Foreign Born 100 Latin America 52 Asia 27 Europe 15 Africa 3 Other Regions 3
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Percent Foreign Born by Year of Entry and Citizenship Status: 2002
Source: American Community Survey 2002
PercentTotal Foreign Born 100 Year of entry 1990 or later 47
Naturalized citizen 7
Not a citizen 40
Year of entry before 1990 53 Naturalized citizen 34
Not a citizen 19
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Percent of Foreign Born Naturalized by Year of Entry: 2002 (In Percent)
81
67
45
13
Before 1970
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-2002
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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Language Spoken at Home for the Foreign Born: 2002(Population 5 years and over)
Source: American Community Survey 2002
PercentTotal Foreign Born 100
Speak only English 17
Speak a language other than English 83
Speak Spanish 45
Speak Asian or Pacific Island languages 18
Speak other Indo-European languages 17
Speak other languages 3
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English-Speaking Ability of Foreign Born Who Speak Spanish At Home: 2002(Population aged 5 and older)
Source: American Community Survey 2002
PercentSpeak Spanish 100
Speak English "very well" 29
Speak English "well" 21
Speak English "not well" 31
Speak English "not at all" 19
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Regional Population Distribution for Native and Foreign-Born Populations: 2002 (In Percent)
38
28
11
23
21
37
24
18
West
South
Midwest
Northeast
Foreign Born Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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Percent Foreign Born Within Each State: 2000
Source: Census 2000
Prepared with American FactFinder
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Percent of Foreign Born Who Entered 1990 to 2000 by State: 2000
Prepared with American FactFinder
Source: Census 2000
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Top Five States with the Highest Foreign-Born Population and Highest Rate of Change: 2000
California 9 million North Carolina 274%
New York 4 million Georgia 233%
Texas 3 million Nevada 202%
Florida 3 million Arkansas 196%
Illinois 2 million Utah 171%
Highest Number of Foreign Born 2000
Number
Highest Percent Change 1990-2000
Percent
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
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Top Five Places of 100,000 or More Population With the Highest Number of Foreign Born: 2000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
Place Total Foreign Born
New York, NY 2,871,000
Los Angeles, CA 1,513,000
Chicago, IL 629,000
Houston, TX 516,000
San Jose, CA 330,000
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Top 5 Counties of 250,000 or More Population With the Highest Percent Foreign Born: 2002
Source: American Community Survey 2002
County Percent
Miami-Dade County, FL 51
Queens County, NY 47
Hudson County, NJ 39
Kings County, NY 38
San Francisco County, CA 37
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8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8
Percent
Age Distribution by Sex for the Native and Foreign-Born Populations: 2002
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Native Foreign Born
8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8
0-4 5-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-74 75-79
80+
Percent
Age
Male FemaleMale Female
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Percent of Population Aged 18 to 64 by Place of Birth: 2002 (In Percent)
80
68
83 83
60
80
Total Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Foreign Born
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Percent of Population with Less Than 9th Grade Completed by Place of Birth: 2002 (Population 25 years and over)
118
35
10
4
22
Total Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Foreign Born
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Percent of Population with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher by Place of Birth: 2002(Population 25 years and over)
27
35
49
11
33
27
Total Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Foreign Born
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Median Earnings of Year-Round, Full-Time Foreign-Born Workers by Place of Birth: 2001 (Population 15 years and over with earnings) (In dollars)
26,710
37,371 37,209
31,381
35,239
21,538
Total Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Foreign Born
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Percent of Population Unemployed by Place of Birth: 2002 (Population 16 years and over in the civilian labor force)
5.7 5.67.9
6.6 6.16.9
Total Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Foreign Born
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Percent of Population Below Poverty Level by Place of Birth: 2001 (In Percent)
16.1
10.0 11.1
20.6
13.211.1
Total Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Source: Current Population Survey, (2002) Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Foreign Born
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Benefits of the ACS
• Provides national and subnational detail
• Replaces the decennial Long Form
• Provides annually updated data for places of 65,000 or more, when fully implemented
• Allows more detailed information (e.g., geography, population groups and tabulation categories)
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Benefits of the ACS (cont’d)
• Informs annual estimates of international migration component of official population estimates and projections
• Includes smaller standard errors than other federal surveys
• Encompasses wider coverage universe
• Maintains experienced professional staff
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U.S. Government Data on International Migration and the Foreign Born
• U.S. Census Bureau’s Foreign-Born Homepage:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign.html
• American FactFinder Homepage (Census, American Community
Survey, and Population Estimates Data):
http://www.factfinder.census.gov
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Immigration Statistics Homepage:
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/aboutus/statistics/index.htm
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Kevin DeardorffChief, Immigration Statistics Staff
U.S. Census Bureau
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