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Immersion Investment Inclusion
Southern Illinois Immigrant Demographics & Key Issues
Anna E. Crosslin, President & CEONovember 12, 2013
St. Louis Region’s Early History
• Founded in 1764.
• Prior to arrival of French explorers in
1673, a center for Mississipian
mound builders.
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Historic Patterns of Ethnicity
in St. Louis Region• 1817-60 - Steamboat Era
• 1830-40s - Steamboats brought settlers to both sides of Mississippi River
• 1850 - Most foreign-born city in America
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Who Came & Where Did They Settle?
• Similar immigrant waves on both sides of the river: German, Irish & English dominated on eastside.
• On the west banks of the river, immigrants were involved in mercantile; on the east they primarily farmed.
• On the east side and throughout S. Illinois, immigrants filled in areas previously settled or bypassed by American pioneers.
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Comparative Data
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Metro East Counties 1850 Immigrant % of Population
2011 Immigrant % of Population
Calhoun NR 2.4
Clinton 32.9 1.1
Greene NR .8
Jersey NR .9
Madison 39 2.3
Macoupin NR 1.2
Monroe 57.1 .8
Randolph 37.1 1.7
St. Clair 57.1 2.8
NR = Not Reported; Illinois is 13.7% foreign-born today
Why are Immigrants Coming to
Southern Illinois Today?Truth is, not many are coming at all – at
least permanently. Those that do come, fall into several categories:
• Foreign students at colleges & universities
• Military affiliated with Scott AFB
• Migrant farm workers
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Where & How Does the International Institute Fit?
We were founded in 1919 and have been serving immigrants in Metro East since our first year of service.
Pictured here are Mexicans who worked in the Illinois Stockyards & lived in freight cars. Our volunteers would spend a day a week traveling to conduct English classes with this “floating student body.”
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Illinois Immigrants Served Today
Our service numbers are considerably smaller in Illinois than
in Missouri. In 2012, we served:
Illinois Missouri
Madison 4 St. Louis City
5,790
Monroe 4 St. Louis County
946
St. Clair 6 Other MO 671
Other IL 6 Total MO/IL 7,427Immersion Investment Inclusion
Recent Service Expansion in Southern Illinois
As a result of human trafficking grants and our work as coordinator for the region’s Rescue and Restore Coalition we are now actively working in Illinois with these partners:• Hoyleton Ministries/Hoyleton Youth & Family Ministries
(Hoyleton)
• US Attorney’s Office Southern District of Illinois (Fairview Heights)
• Violence Prevention Center of SW IL (Chester)
• Love our City – Newsong Fellowship (Edwardsville)
• Grounds of Grace (Springfield)
• FBI - Springfield Division
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Festival of Nations
Held in Tower Grove Park on St. Louis’ Southside, the festival annually draws 150,000 visitors from more than 100 zip codes. In 2012, our exit surveys revealed that the event drew _____visitors from the Metro East.
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