Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

2006 American Community Survey and Census Data on the Foreign Born by State [28 January 2008] http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/acscensus.cfm

[excerpt] While the foreign-born population of the United States increased by 6.4 million between 2000 and 2006, the impact of this growth varied considerably from state to state in terms of population size and characteristics. To facilitate analysis of these differences, the interactive map below provides state-by-state data on foreign-born populations from the 1990 and 2000 censuses and the 2006 and 2005 American Community Surveys. Click the desired state to generate fact sheets about the demographic & social, language & education, workforce, and income & poverty characteristics of the foreign-born population. **************************************** Stuart Basefsky Director, IWS News Bureau Institute for Workplace Studies Cornell/ILR School 16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10016

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