25 Percent of Six U.S. States Are Immigrants and their Children, by Caroline May, 3/28/16
Immigrants and their young children
now make up more than 25 percent of the population in six U.S. states, according to
the Center for Immigration Studies.
As CIS previously analyzed,
based on government data, there are more than 61 million immigrants and their
American-born children under the age of 18 living in the U.S.
In a series of interactive
maps released Monday, CIS experts Steven Camarota and Bryan Griffith break down
the percentage of immigrants and their young children in the U.S. by state and
growth rate since 1970.
As of
December 2015, immigrants and their young children made up more than 25 percent
of the populations of California, Nevada, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and
Florida.
In another
11 states, more than 15 percent of the population were immigrants and their
children: Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland,
Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
As CIS
noted in its earlier analysis, while there are currently more than 61 million
immigrants and their young children in the U.S., or nearly one in five U.S.
residents, in 1970 there were just 13.5 million immigrants and their young
children, or one in 15 U.S. residents.
“The
numbers represent a complete break with the recent history of the United
States,” Camarota and Griffith wrote Monday.
The
dramatic increase in the immigrant population in the U.S. has varied across the
states. While just five U.S. states saw their immigrant populations grow by
less than 100 percent since 1970, the vast majority saw their immigrant
populations more than double.
The
immigrant population in Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia, for example, grew
by more than 2,000 percent. Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Virginia, and South Carolina had immigrant populations grow by more than 1,000
percent.
“These
numbers raise profound questions that are seldom asked: What number of
immigrants can be assimilated? What is the absorption capacity of our nation’s
schools, health care system, infrastructure, and, perhaps most importantly, its
labor market?” the authors added in their analysis.
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