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Foreign-Born Blog Posts
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Research Matters Blog
CPS ASEC Redesign and Processing Changes
The U.S. Census Bureau has been engaged in implementing improvements to the CPS ASEC income, health insurance and demographic content.
Random Samplings Blog
Random Samplings: Immigrant Families and Educational Attainment
How do the foreign born and their children influence educational attainment statistics?
Random Samplings Blog
The Foreign-Born by Urban-Rural Status of Counties: 2011-2015
According to the latest Census Bureau data, the foreign-born population, or anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth, comprised 13.2 percent of the overall U.S. population between 2011-2015.
Random Samplings Blog
Immigrant Voting in the United States
In recent decades, immigration has driven population growth more than natural increase. Therefore, it is useful to examine the degree to which immigration status shapes the voting-eligible population, or “electorate.”
Research Matters Blog
Reaching the Foreign-Born: An Examination of Mode of Response by Nativity in the American Community Survey
American Community Survey response modes vary across the population, especially for subgroups such as the foreign-born population.
Research Matters Blog
China Passes Mexico as Top Sending Country of Immigrants to the US
Based on my research , in 2013, China replaced Mexico as the top sending country for immigrants to the United States.
Random Samplings Blog
Out of Africa: Recent Growth of the African Foreign-Born Population
Experts from the Census Bureau describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. The bureau conducts more than 100 surveys each year.
Random Samplings Blog
Measuring the Foreign-Born Population and Immigration
Census Bureau statistics can be used to answer many questions about the foreign-born population in the United States.
Random Samplings Blog
Faster vs. Bigger: Size and Growth of the Foreign-Born from Asia and Latin America
Rapid Growth Doesn’t Necessarily Trump a Big Population Base. The foreign-born population from Asia increased over the last decade – from 8.2 million in 2000 to 11.6 million in 2011 – and now represents more than one-fourth (29 percent) of all immigrants in the United States.
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