Overcoming Barriers to Helping Immigrants and Refugees

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The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2003

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Foreign Born and Immigrant

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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.

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Immigrant

• Aliens admitted to the U.S. for lawful permanent residence, as defined in the Immigration & Nationality Act.

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Population Size and Composition: 2003

Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003

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Approximately 33.5 million foreign-born people live in the United States.

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The foreign born represent 11.7 percent of the U.S. population.

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Percent Distribution of Foreign Bornby World Region of Birth: 2003

Latin America 53.3%

Asia25.0%

Europe 13.7%

OtherRegions 8.0%

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Age: 2003


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Relatively few foreign-born people are under age 18 (8.9 percent) compared with 27.9 percent of the native population.


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The foreign born are more likely than natives to be 18 to 64 years of age (80.1 percent and 60.0 percent, respectively).


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The proportion of the foreign born aged 65 years and over (11.1 percent) differed slightly from that of natives of the same age group (12.1 percent).


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Age Distribution by Sex and Nativity: 2003(In Percent)(In Percent)

8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8

Percent

Male Female FemaleMale

Foreign Born Native


8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8

0-4

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85+

Percent

Age

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Percent of Population Under Age 18 by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003


8.9 6.0 7.8 10.3 8.0

27.9

TotalForeign

Born

Europe Asia LatinAmerica

OtherRegions

Native

(In Percent)

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Percent of Population Aged 18 to 64 by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003


80.1

65.9

82.0 82.6 81.7

60.0

TotalForeign

Born


OtherRegions

Native

(In Percent)

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Percent of Population Aged 65 and Over by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003

11.0

28.1

10.2 7.1 10.3 12.1

TotalForeign

Born


OtherRegions

Native

(In Percent)


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Percent Distribution by Marital Status and Nativity: 2003(Population 15 years and over)

Married

Widowed

Divorced/Separated

Never Married

Foreign Born Native

52.2%

12.2%

29.2%

6.4%

4.9%

61.0%

25.3%

8.8%


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Percent of Population with Less Than 9th Grade Completed by World Region of Birth: 2003(Population 25 years and over)

21.5

10.57.7

33.6

10.1

4.1

TotalForeign

Born


OtherRegions

Native

Per

cen

t


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Percent of Population with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher by World Region of Birth: 2003

27.2

35.4

50.0

11.6

37.2

27.2

TotalForeign

Born


OtherRegions

Native

(Population 25 Years and Over)


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Percent Unemployed by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003(Population 16 years and over in the labor force)

4.36.7

8.75.7 6.27.5

TotalForeign

Born


OtherRegions

Native

Pe

rce

nt


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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 Below Poverty Level by Nativity and by World Region of Birth: 2003

16.6

8.711.1

21.6

14.111.5

TotalForeign

Born


OtherRegions

Native

(In Percent)


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Residence: 2003


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Among the foreign born, 37.3 percent live in the West and only 11.3 percent live in the Midwest.


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Among the native population, 36.5 percent live in the South and only 18.5 percent live in the Northeast.


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The foreign born are more likely than natives to live inside central cities of metropolitan areas (44.4 percent and 26.9 percent, respectively).


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Regional Population Distributionby Nativity: 2003(In percent)

37.3

29.2

11.3

22.2

21.0

36.5

24.1

18.5

West

South

Midwest

Northeast

Foreign Born Native


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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 PercentMiami-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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MetropolitanArea, insidecentral city

MetropolitanArea, outsidecentral city

NonmetropolitanArea

Foreign Born Native

26.9%

52.9%

20.2%

5.3%

44.4%50.3%

Type of Residence by Nativity: 2003


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Language


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Language Spoken at Home for the Foreign Born: 2002(Population 5 years and over)


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)


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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