Thread: Here Are The Most Popular Destinations For Immigrants Coming To America

Here Are The Most Popular Destinations For Immigrants Coming To America

ANDY KIERSZ
MAR. 27, 2014, 4:32 PM 201

Immigration from abroad is a huge driver of population growth for America's biggest cities. Even though Ellis Island closed 60 years ago, New York is the country's largest magnet for immigrants.

The U.S. Census Bureau releases an annual report on population changes across the United States. Based on their data for city-centered areas, we made the map below showing levels of net international migration over the year between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013.

Large cities draw the most people from abroad. In particular, New York stands in a class of its own, with a level of net international migration more than twice as high as any other city.

Most smaller cities had a negligible amount of net international migration, and only a handful of cities saw any amount of net population loss to other countries, and in those cities the loss was extremely small.

Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from U.S. Census

Here are the top twenty cities, and the net immigration for those cities between July 2012 and July 2013:

U.S. Census

http://www.businessinsider.com/census-2013-immigration-city-map-2014-3

Displacing the Natural Born Citizens of NYC. As both my parents were born in the USA back in the 30's I probably am of the smallest minority in NYC.

Here's The REAL List Of US Cities That Immigrants Are Flocking To Like Crazy

ANDY KIERSZ TODAY AT 1:41 AM

We recently posted a map of the most popular destination cities for immigrants in America.

Unsurprisingly, the top twenty cities for net immigration had a pretty big overlap with the twenty largest cities in the U.S. — it is not too crazy that a huge number of immigrants move to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston, given that those cities already have a huge number of people.

To get a better feel for cities where there might be a disproportionate number of immigrants, relative to size, we made the following map, based on the Census’ recently released population change estimates, of net international migrants between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013, adjusted for the original July 1, 2012 population:

This shows something of a different picture. The biggest cities are underrepresented here, and there are a number of interesting patterns in the smaller towns that show up on this map.

Here are the twenty cities with the most net immigrants, per 10,000 people in the 2012 baseline:

These cities appear to fall into a couple groups. To look more closely at this, here’s a map with just the top twenty cities:

Three of the cities, in red, are located near military bases. It’s not totally clear what effect this might have on international migration, but it is something these cities have in common.

Five of the cities, in light blue, are large cities that also appear on the top twenty cities with the most total net international migration. Even adjusting for population, these are popular destinations for immigrants.

Trenton and Bridgeport, in dark blue, are both in the Greater New York combined metropolitan area, and so their location may be a factor in their high levels of international migration.

Six cities, in green, are home to large research universities, and may be attracting a disproportionate number of international students and faculty.

The rest of the cities, in yellow, do not fall into these other groups. Dumas, TX is a small agricultural town with a large Hispanic population, so it may be attracting migrant workers. Honolulu’s unique location halfway between North America and Asia makes it a natural location for high immigration.

Of course, these categories are rough and approximate. It is also possible, especially for the smaller cities with nearby military bases and the cities outside the four main categories, that there are just some local idiosyncrasies that lead to high levels of net international migration.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/population-adjusted-immigration-map-2014-3

Here's Where More People Are Dying Than Being Born

ANDY KIERSZ
MAR. 28, 2014, 12:59 PM 6,921

We've been looking at what cities immigrants are flocking to. But international migration is just one part of the story of population change.

Another part is natural increase — how many births there are, offset by how many deaths there are. This map, using data from the U.S. Census, shows the number of births minus number of deaths per 1,000 people in each county in the U.S. that happened in the year between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013. Counties in red had more deaths than births, and counties in blue had more births than deaths:

Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from U.S. Census

A wide swath of Appalachia, stretching from Western Pennsylvania through Virginia and West Virginia and into Tennessee stands out as a large area where deaths outnumbered births. Similarly, Northern Michigan and Wisconsin suffered a similar fate.

Meanwhile, Alaska and most of the West saw plenty more births than deaths.

Since we're looking at natural change — the difference between births and deaths — here are maps showing those two components on their own. Here's births per 1,000 people:

Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from U.S. Census

And here's deaths per 1,000 people:

Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from U.S. Census

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-census-county-births-deaths-map-2014-3

Interesting. Thank you for posting JohnDoe2.

USA to NYC: Big wave of city's ‘immigrants’ were born in other states

According to the City Planning Department’s Population Division, 80,000 Americans moved to New York City in 2010, up from 60,000 in 2000, helping to push the city’s population to 8.4 million. The increase in homegrown ‘immigrants’ comes as the number of Americans leaving the city fell from 360,000 to 205,000 and the number of immigrants from outside the U.S. dropped from about 77,000 to 71,000 over the same period.


BY KERRY BURKE , JENNIFER FERMINO
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, March 30, 2014, 9:35 AM

California-born 21-year-old Claire Bunkers. 'There's more opportunity here,' says the Ridgewood, Queens, resident, who hopes to work at the United Nations.

New York is still attracting those who yearn to breathe free — but now our immigrants are often American. The city’s population gains are due in part to “domestic migrants” who flock here, according to city records.

The push from other regions comes as arrivals of foreign immigrants have declined. The number of Americans who moved to New York City has increased from around 60,000 in 2000 to 80,000 in 2010, Joseph Salvo, director of the City Planning Department’s Population Division, said. These homegrown immigrants skew younger than the traditional non-American newcomers and tend to live in “non-family households,” either alone or with roommates.

“Aspiring young people are coming to the city, seeking out opportunity,” Salvo said.

Among them is Claire Bunkers, 21, an aspiring human rights worker, who moved here in 2012.

“There’s more opportunity here,” said the Santa Ana, Calif., native, who hopes to work at the United Nations. Bunkers, who lives in Ridgewood, Queens, first fell for big-city life at age 11.

“After the first time I saw New York, that was it,” she said. “It was the coolest place in the world. We stayed in a suite in a hotel. We ate Indian food.”

Salvo said the city’s “cachet” was a defining factor behind the surge of newcomers, particularly for the children of one-time city residents who fled to suburbia and exurbia during a fiscal crisis. “They’re rediscovering the city,” he said.

Most of the domestic transplants come from other parts of New York and New Jersey, followed by Florida, California and Pennsylvania, according to City Planning.

Not only are more Americans coming into the Big Apple; fewer are moving out, the data show.

AFTON ALMARAZ/GETTY IMAGES

The allure of New York City attracted 80,000 Americans to the city in 2010, which is a jump from 60,000 in 2000.

In the first three years of this decade, the number of Americans who left New York City dropped from 360,000 to 205,000 compared with a similar period a decade earlier, records show. Meanwhile, the number of immigrants from outside the U.S. dropped from about 77,000 in 2000 to 71,000 in 2010.

New arrivals helped boost the city’s population to a historic 8.4 million residents, census numbers show.

Tatiana Hart, 32, a Michigan native, moved here in 2012 and lives in Astoria, Queens. She has had to adjust to alternate-side parking and noisy neighbors “at all hours” — but she’s here to stay.

“There’s no better place to be,” she said. “There’s nowhere in the world like New York.”
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A BOOST IN THE BIG APPLE

-- Americans who moved to New York City jumped from 60,000 in 2000 to 80,000 in 2010.
-- Most of the domestic transplants come from other parts of New York and New Jersey.
-- New arrivals helped boost the city’s population to a record 8.4 million residents.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1739479

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