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December 13, 2007
Table 1:
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U.S. Immigrants by Region of Birth, 1970-2000 |
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(in millions) |
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All Immigrants |
Mideast |
Asian |
Other |
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1970 |
9.619 |
0.192 |
0.544 |
8.883 |
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1980 |
14.079 |
0.499 |
2.182 |
11.398 |
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1999 |
19.767 |
0.817 |
4.559 |
14.391 |
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2000 |
31.108 |
1.470 |
7.088 |
22.550 |
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Percent increase: |
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1970-80 |
46.4% |
159.9% |
301.1% |
28.3% |
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1980-90 |
40.4% |
63.7% |
108.9% |
26.3% |
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1990-2000 |
57.4% |
79.9% |
55.5% |
56.7% |
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1970-2000 |
223.4% |
665.6% |
1202.9% |
153.9% |
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Sources: Steve Camarota, "Immigrants
from the Middle East," CIS, August 2002. |
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Figure
1. (Mideast immigrants) |
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Jack
Martin, et.al., "Immigrant
Stock's Share of U.S. Population Growth,"
FAIR, |
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2005.
Table B. (Asian;total foreign born). |
Table 2:
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Persons Obtaining Green Cards |
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by Country of Birth, 2000-2006 |
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All Countries |
Mexico |
Muslim Countries (a) |
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2000 |
841,002 |
173,493 |
54,458 |
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2001 |
1,058,902 |
205,560 |
61,767 |
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2002 |
1,059,356 |
218,822 |
60,898 |
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2003 |
703,542 |
115,585 |
41,042 |
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2004 |
957,883 |
175,411 |
58,987 |
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2005 |
1,122,373 |
161,445 |
81,068 |
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2006 |
1,266,264 |
173,753 |
94,474 |
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% incr., 2000-06: |
50.6% |
0.1% |
73.5% |
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a.
Afganistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, |
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Somalia,
Turkey, UAE, Yemen. |
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Source:
Dept. of Homeland Security, "2006 Yearbook of
Immigration Statistics," |
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September 2007. Table 3. |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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