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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
Overview
• Immigration Statistics Staff
• Concepts and Data Sources
• Trends in the Foreign-Born Population
• Benefits of the American Community Survey
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.
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.
Select U.S. Census Bureau Data Sources
• Current Population Survey (CPS)
• Decennial Census
• American Community Survey (ACS)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Percent Foreign Born Within Each State: 2000
Source: Census 2000
Prepared with American FactFinder
Percent of Foreign Born Who Entered 1990 to 2000 by State: 2000
Prepared with American FactFinder
Source: Census 2000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
Kevin DeardorffChief, Immigration Statistics Staff
U.S. Census Bureau
(301) 763-2411
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