The rich and textured international diversity of the United States can be seen in the charts in this brief handout. The top 20 immigrant-sending countries, by decade, are presented along with the total number of immigrants for the same time periods. A unique chart also compares the number of immigrants to the number of births (to natives and immigrants combined) in the US for the 20th Century and beyond, illustrating the impact of combined native and immigrant fertility on US population growth relative to the effect of immigrant arrivals alone on US population growth. The immigrant data used in this report are from the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics, and include documented immigrants only. Birth data are from the National Center for Health Statistics. Sara Laufer, MA, is a UC Berkeley-trained demographer specializing in research, analysis, and technical writing in life-cycle trends, and education, financial, health, and legal policy. For information on contracted consulting services, which are priced individually, visit www.saralaufer.com or e-mail sl@saralaufer.com. More demographic charts and data can be found in Sara’s demographic resource for writers, "Characters by the Numbers," available from CafePress.com for $12.95 per copy plus shipping and applicable tax: http://www.cafepress.com/greatcharacters. For free access to research on trends in working-age hearing loss, see http://www.whatgirl.net/research.html.
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GIS Weekly Magazine
Susan Smith
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Look for the next issue of GIS Weekly Magazine on May 28, 2012.
Each GISWeekly Review delivers to its readers news concerning the latest developments in the GIS industry, along with a selection of other articles that we feel you might find interesting. |
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