Mass Immigration Soaring Since 2000

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Mass Immigration Soaring Since 2000

By Federation for American Immigration Reform

The current rate of immigration has jumped significantly over the historically high 1990s level, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Immigrants are estimated to be pouring into the country at a rate that increases the population by about 1.4 million each year.

1) During the 1990s, the U.S. immigrant population experienced its largest increase ever - about 11.3 million people. As a result, the foreign-born share of the population jumped from 7.9 percent in 1990 to 11.1 percent in 2000. Yet Census Bureau estimates at the beginning of the new century indicate that the enormous increase of the 1990s will pale by comparison to the increase that will take place by the time we reach 2010. If immigration continues at its current rate for the rest of the decade, the immigrant population will have increased by another 14 million, reaching a total of 45 million residents, and it will constitute 14.2 percent of the population.

IMMIGRATION INCREASES IN THE STATES

A comparison of the annual average rate of immigrant settlement during the 1990s with the rate since 2000 reveals both the scope and the magnitude of the increasing wave of immigration into the United States.

2) It also shows how the new immigrants are spreading broadly across the country. New immigrant settlement in the traditional major settlement states (New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, and Illinois) is running more than a quarter million immigrants higher each year than during the 1990s. However, a number of new states have the highest jumps in the rate of immigrant settlement. Since 2000, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Alabama are all receiving more than triple the rate of new immigrants than during the previous decade. An additional 19 states are now receiving more than double the rate of new immigrant settlement before 2000.

Every U.S. state has had a significant increase in immigrant settlement since the beginning of the 21st century, according to Census Bureau estimates. 3 When compared to the average immigrant settlement during the 1990s, more than half of all states have had increases of more than 5,000 immigrants per year. For example, the Census Bureau estimated that immigrant settlement accounted for a yearly increase of about 6,500 residents in North Carolina during the 1990s. Since 2000, the yearly increase from immigration in North Carolina is estimated to be more than 29,300 residents. So the annual average number of immigrants settling in the state has jumped by nearly 23,000 newcomers-a more than tripling of the rate of immigrant settlement. North Carolina is one of 16 states where the increase in immigrant settlement has shot up by more than 10,000 residents per year.

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STATES WITH MORE THAN A 10,000 INCREASE IN ANNUAL IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT

The 16 states with the largest jumps in immigrant settlement since 2000 include the six traditional immigrant destinations, as well as ten other states that have become new primary destinations for immigrants (see Table 1 below).

All of these states now must cope with from 23,000 to 335,000 new immigrants each year (except for Nevada, which, on a per capita basis, has an even higher rate of immigration impact than other states with larger numbers of new immigrants).

1) States with Greater than a 10,000 Increase in Immigration
State	*90s Avg.	*01-02Avg.	No. Incr.	Pct. Incr.
N.C.	6,458	29,358	22,900	354.9%
Col.	7,264	22,889	15,625	215.1%
Ga.	11,760	36,491	24,731	210.3%
Ariz.	11,794	34,381	22,587	191.5%
Nev.	6,174	16,646	10,472	169.6%
Mich.	11,082	24,947	13,865	125.1%
Va.	16,193	30,446	14,253	88.0%
Tex.	79,491	147,936	68,445	86.1%
Mass.	16,426	28,977	12,551	76.4%
Wash.	16,314	28,737	12,423	76.1%
Md.	14,652	25,762	11,110	75.8%
Ill.	42,670	74,965	32,295	75.7%
Fla.	71,123	122,457	51,334	72.2%
N.J.	41,981	61,587	19,606	46.7%
Cal.	253,373	335,308	81,935	32.3%
N.Y.	123,090	152,759	29,669	24.1%

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STATES WITH MORE THAN A 5,000 INCREASE IN ANNUAL IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT

An additional eleven states had increases of over 5,000 immigrants per year when their pre- and post-2000 data were compared. Among these states, three of them more than tripled their annual average number of new immigrants (Indiana, Wisconsin, and Utah). Another six of these states had rates of increase that were more than double the rate during the 1990s. All of these states have been adding near to or more than 10,000 immigrants to their population each year since 2000 (see Table 2 below).

2) States with Greater than a 5,000 Increase in Immigration
State	*90s Avg.	*01-02 Avg.	No. Incr.	Pct. Incr.
Ind.	3,228	10,932	7,704	238.7%
Wis.	2,774	9,110	6,336	228.4%
Utah	3,371	10,528	7,157	212.3%
Tenn.	3,365	9,649	6,284	186.7%
Kan.	3,137	8,564	5,427	173.0%
Ohio	5,880	14,461	8,581	145.9%
Minn.	6,130	14,073	7,943	129.6%
Mo.	4,261	9,282	5,021	117.8%
Ore.	7,360	15,123	7,763	105.5%
Conn.	8,154	15,449	7,295	89.5%
Penn.	12,754	22,523	9,769	76.6%

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STATES WITH MORE THAN A 1,000 INCREASE IN ANNUAL IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT

While the above 27 states account for the primary immigrant destinations both prior to and since the turn of the century, an additional 14 states have had since 2000 jumps of more than 1,000 immigrants per year above the immigrant settlement rate of the 1990s. Two of these states (South Carolina and Alabama) have more than tripled the annual immigrant settlement, and another eight states have more than doubled the level of immigrant settlement.

These states are ones that have not been destinations for sizable numbers of immigrants until recently, but the numbers below (in Table 3) show that this is changing.

3) States with More than a 1,000 Increase in Immigration
State	*90s Avg.	*01-02 Avg.	No. Incr.	Pct. Incr.
S.C.	2,063	6,897	4,834	234.3%
Ala.	1,575	4,821	3,246	206.1%
Miss.	765	2,223	1,458	190.6%
Ky.	1,763	5,119	3,356	190.4%
Neb.	1,682	4,729	3,047	181.2%
N.H.	577	1,996	1,219	156.9%
Iowa	2,350	5,846	3,496	148.8%
Okla.	3,182	7,637	4,455	140.0%
Del.	1,029	2,288	1,259	122.4%
R.I.	1,815	3,795	1,980	109.1%
Ark.	1,134	2,221	1,087	95.9%
Idaho	2,005	3,585	1,580	78.8%
La.	2,879	4,231	1,352	47.0%
N.M.	4,252	6,226	1,974	46.4%</td

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STATES WITH LESS THAN A 1,000 INCREASE IN ANNUAL IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT

The final nine states and Washington, D.C. are, for the most part, locations that have not been traditional destinations for immigrants and have not yet become major destinations. The exceptions are Hawaii, where immigrant settlement is high, but has tended to level off in recent years, and Washington, D.C., where immigrant settlement numbers are low only because it is such a small jurisdiction; D.C. is, in fact, a major immigrant settlement area when the much greater metropolitan statistical area is considered. Despite the comparatively low numbers of new immigrants settling in these states, two of them have more than tripled their rate of immigrant settlement (South Carolina and Alabama), and all of these jurisdictions have had increases in immigrant settlement since the turn of the century (as shown in Table 4 below).

4) States with Less Than a 1,000 Increase in Immigration
State	*90s Avg.	*01-02 Avg.	No. Incr.	Pct. Incr.
Wyo.	224	505	281	125.4%
Maine	433	945	512	118.2%
W.V.	385	669	284	73.8%
Alaska	983	1,612	629	64.0%
Vt.	551	899	348	63.2%
Mont.	306	459	153	50.0%
S.D.	543	786	243	44.8%
D.C.	3,330	4,276	946	28.4%
N.D.	589	694	105	17.8%
Hawaii	6,025	6,503	478	7.9%

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PROJECTED 2010 IMMIGRANT SHARE FOR THE STATES

If the current trend in immigrant increase continues for the rest of this decade, the states with the highest rates of increase will all see major jumps in their immigrant populations and in the immigrant share of the population.

4) The 15 states with the largest increases in immigrant settlement (Table 5 below) account for 11.5 million of the 13.9 million additional immigrants who the country will be required to accommodate if the current immigration pattern is unchanged.

For a state like California, facing enormous fiscal problems caused, in part, by its enormous immigrant population, the prospect of absorbing an additional 3.4 million immigrants and the immigrant share rising from over one-quarter to nearer to one-third of the population is a troublesome prospect. A similar specter may be seen for New York, Texas, and Florida, which will each have to deal with more than an additional one million new immigrants during the decade if the current immigration pattern continues.

That gargantuan demographic change will batter state policymakers like never before. Gov. Schwarzenegger, for example, needs to immediately begin planning how his administration will deal with the prospect of more than one million additional immigrants settling in the state over the next three years.

He should seriously consider policies to deter illegal immigrant settlement in the state - besides rescinding the unpopular bill giving driver*s licenses to illegal immigrants. He should ask California*s congressional delegation to actively support measures not only to reduce illegal immigration, but also to scale back legal immigration.

But California is not alone in being confronted with massive new immigrant settlement, and it is irresponsible for the federal government not to be actively discharging its constitutional responsibility to regulate immigration so that it becomes less of a burden on the states.

5) 15 Highest Immigrant Number			15 Highest Immigrant Share
State	2000 Imm.	2010 Imm.	State	2000 Pct.	2010 Pct.
Cal.	8,864.3	12,217.3	Cal.	26.2%	31.4%
N.Y.	3,868.	15,395.7	N.Y.	20.4%	26.4%
Tex.	2,899.6	4,379.0	N.J.	17.5%	22.7%
Fla.	2,670.8	3,895.4	Hawaii	17.5%	20.8%
Ill.	1,529.1	2,278.7	D.C.	12.9%	20.6%
N.J.	1,476.3	2,092.2	Fla.	16.7%	20.2%
Mass.	773	1,062.8	Tex.	13.9%	17.6%
Ariz.	656.21,	000.0	Nev.	15.8%	17.6%
Ga.	577.3	942.2	Ill.	12.3%	16.8%
Wash.	614.5	901.8	Mass.	12.2%	15.7%
Va.	570.3	874.7	Ariz.	12.8%	15.2%
Md.	518.3	775.9	Conn.	10.9%	14.6%
Mich.	523.6	773.0	R.I.	11.4%	14.2%
N.C.	430.0	723.6	Md.	9.8%	13.2%
Col.	369.9	526.2	Wash.	10.4%	13.0%

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The 1.4 million per year increase is a net amount after accounting for deaths and out-migration. The Census Bureau estimates the current out-migration of immigrants at about 300,000 per year, which implies that the total number of new immigrants arriving is in excess of 1.78-1.8 million each year.

The Census Bureau found in the 2000 Census data that it had underestimated magnitude of the increase in illegal immigrant settlement during the 1990s. This means that when the CPS estimate for 1990-99 is compared with CPS estimates for 2000-02 that the amount and rate of increase may be overstated in some cases. This is especially true for states other than the largest six settlement states.

The other states were estimated to account for 20 percent of the illegal alien population in 1996 and 32 percent in 2000. This would not, however, account for more than about one million of 2.4 million increased immigrant settlement in these states.

Data are taken from Census Bureau estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for 1999 and 2002 and the annual average is calculated for 1990-99 and for 2000-02. The CPS estimates include all U.S. residents, whether legal or illegal.

The estimates are based on a continuation of the trend in native-born change during 1990-2000 and a continuation of the trend in immigrant settlement during 2000-2002.

[Mackey]

Habla Espanol?

[RLK]

It was obvious from the beginning. People here voted for Bush and still support him. Now you have him and his agenda, which is the hispanizing of America.

[Truth666]

All repeat after me : Babelised societies are the peak of evolution. Only in such societies will mankind find true harmony and the individual will find his true nature.

[Age of Reason]

Immigration MUST be sharply cutailed before we loose what's left of our freedom.

This country if full and then some; we have enough people as it is.

[Age of Reason]

locations that have not been traditional destinations for immigrants and have not yet become major destinations.

Observe the ominous "have not yet become major destinations."

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

Hey folks, how is your quality of life doing?

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[webber]

"Habla Español?"

Sî, pero no hablo en Español por muchas años asi no puedo hablar muy bien. ¿Y tu?

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

READ THIS:http://www.cis.org/articles/2002/back1302.html

[dagnabbit]

Everyone stop whining and Celebrate Diversity !

Yahoo !!

[texastoo]

I just said "YAHOO". So my diversity celebration is over. Now what?

[MrFreedom]

They Vote

[dagnabbit]

Say Yahoo again! Make a chain of hand-holding children out of construction paper! Send an "I can't wait til you all get here" card to Somalia. Don't limit yourself - The Sky's the Limit!!
Weeeee!!!!!

[texastoo]

Freedom? What is that?

I had to be fingerprinted (thumb prints) to get my Texas drivers license today.

[texastoo]

LOL!!!

[Princeliberty]

Not just that the guys who are to do the next 9-11
are being let it with the open borders policy.

What is that Bush is doing that is so much
better than Gore?

[Mackey]

What is that Bush is doing that is so much better than Gore?

As far as immigration goes, not much. However I think Gore would have made Spanish co-equal with English in our schools and government. And he would probably have called for a National Mosque to be built in Washington D.C.

I was poor during high school, so I worked for local farmers to get money for school clothes. It taught me a good lesson and made me stronger. Can kids do that nowadays? It seems that most of the work that teenagers could do is now performed by foreigners.

[DoctorMichael]

Can kids do that nowadays?

Bump.

I worked with the Puerto Ricans picking Conn. broadleaf tobacco as just ONE of my many summer jobs growing up years ago in Mass.

Besides earning spending money I learned many new, colorful and interesting phrases in Spanish.

;-)

Just think, if they'd take all those little crack and meth dealers in Maxine Water's district of south central LA (or any inner city, for that matter), rounded them up and put them to work picking vegetables for the reat of the country in the 'central valley' we'd have no magnet for illegals in CA anymore.

[DoctorMichael]

reat = ....'rest' of the country....