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August 04, 2005
Table 1:
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Births to Immigrant Mothers Rising |
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Faster than Immigrant Population |
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Births to Immigrant Mothers |
Immigrant Population |
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Number |
% of all Births |
Number (mil.) |
% of total population |
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1970 |
228,486 |
6.1% |
9..7 |
4.7% |
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1980 |
339,662 |
9.4% |
14.1 |
6.2% |
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1990 |
621,442 |
14.9% |
19.8 |
7.9% |
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2002 |
915,800 |
22.7% |
32.5 |
11.5% |
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Source: Steven Camarota, "Births to Immigrants
in America, 1970 to 2002," |
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Center for Immigration Studies, July 2005.
Figure 2. |
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http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back805.html |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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