1. The New Neighbors: A User's Guide to Data on Immigrants in U.S. Communities
- Author:
- Randy Capps, Michael E. Fix, Dan Perez-Lopez, and Jeffrey S. Passel
- Publication Date:
- 08-2003
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Urban Institute
- Abstract:
- Immigrant integration is now a key issue for communities across the nation. States and communities that had seen few immigrants as recently as 1990 are now welcoming new arrivals in unprecedented numbers. Although new immigrants continue to settle in the traditional U.S. centers of immigration—including California, Florida, New York, and Texas—the states with the currently fastest growing immigrant populations have not seen similar inflows for almost a century, if ever. According to the 2000 Census, these new destination states include North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee (at the top of the list) and other states in the Southeast, as well as states across the Midwest and up into the Pacific Northwest.
- Topic:
- Demographics, Government, and Migration
- Political Geography:
- United States, New York, California, Georgia, Texas, and Florida