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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

U.S. Immigrant Numbers Hit 44.5 Million, Near 108-Year Record

The immigrant percentage of the U.S. population has hit 13.7 percent, near the 1910 record of 14.7 percent, according to the latest release by the Census Bureau.

In 2017, 13.7 percent of people (one in 7.3 people) in the United States were immigrants, up from 13.5 percent in 2016, and up from 5 percent (one in 20 people) in 1970, according to the bureau’s data.

The rising share means 44.5 million people in a population of 325.7 million people were born abroad. That 44.5 million includes roughly 22 million naturalized citizens, 11 million other residents, including more than 1.5 million foreign temporary visa-workers, plus roughly 11 million illegal immigrants, according to the bureau:


The millions of migrants are concentrated in the coastal metropolises, such as Los Angeles and New York, but many are migrating into interior states. According to the New York Times:

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Since they won't go back and we really can't make them go back without bloodshed - make the citizens so they can PAY income tax!!!!!!!!

Threaten them with that and some will leave!!!! WIN/WIN for many!

Anonymous said...

Thank Obama /Hillary & Demon-crats who had an OPEN BORDER
Policy for Ruining America !!! Deport them too !!!!

No more Immigration > Enough is Enough America is Overcrowded Now !!!!!

Anonymous said...

Now you know how us Indians felt 150 years ago.