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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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Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
Approximately 33.5 million foreign-born people live in the United States.
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Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
The foreign born represent 11.7 percent of the U.S. population.
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Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 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.
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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).
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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).
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 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
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
80.1
65.9
82.0 82.6 81.7
60.0
TotalForeign
Born
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
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
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(In Percent)
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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%
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Per
cen
t
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(Population 25 Years and Over)
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
Pe
rce
nt
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Europe Asia LatinAmerica
OtherRegions
Native
(In Percent)
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Residence: 2003
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 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.
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Among the native population, 36.5 percent live in the South and only 18.5 percent live in the Northeast.
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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).
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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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
Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003
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Language
Source: American Community Survey 2002
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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