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Wed 3 Sep, 2003 09:37 am
washingtonpost.com
U.S. Foreign-Born Population Hits 33 Million
Reuters - Wednesday, September 3, 2003; 1:19 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. residents born in other countries rose to an estimated 33 million in 2002 and accounted for nearly half of the nation's population growth, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey released on Wednesday.
Among states, California ranked first in the proportion of its population who were foreign-born with 26.9 percent, while Mississippi had the lowest percentage at 1.1 percent, the survey revealed.
The proportion of foreign-born in the city of Miami, 60.6 percent, was found to be greater than any other city in the United States.
The survey also found that a majority of the foreign-born live in four states: California (28 percent), New York (11.8 percent), Texas (9.8 percent) and Florida (8.9 percent).
The Census Bureau's American Community Survey showed that last year alone, the nation's foreign-born population grew by 1.6 million people. The total United States population an estimated 288.3 million people in 2002.
Overall, the U.S. foreign-born population increased nearly 5 percent between 2001 and 2002 to more than 33 million, slightly larger than the entire population of Canada, according to the Census analysis.
"These data provide a moving picture of one of the fastest growing population segments in the United States, Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon said in a statement.
Kincannon also said the growth reflects how attractive the United States remains, both politically and economically, for people around the world.
The Census Bureau said that about 52 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population is from Latin America, 27 percent from Asia and 15 percent from Europe.
BBB, One positive way to look at immigration to the US is that it continues to add younger workers to our work force which will eventually help when the baby-boomers begin to retire in about ten years. Many EU countries will have problems, because while their work force is getting older, their birth rates are not keeping up with the number retiring. What it's doing is putting a great drain on social services, and their governments are now in the process of reducing their social programs to reduce their nationald debt. With the EU contries with almost a nine percent unemployment rate, the drain on social services is even greater. With the Euro's value gaining over the US dollar, their products and services become less competitive in the world markets. With less workers in the future to carry the social programs for the older generation, their problems become greater than in the US where we still welcome a high rate of immigration.
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