Texas sees largest increase in number of immigrants in U.S. over 6 years
Study: Texas sees largest increase in number of immigrants in U.S. over 6 years
The nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 43.7 million in 2016,
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By David Allison Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle
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A new study says Texas became home to more than 587,889 immigrants from 2010 to 2016 the largest number of any state.
The new analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies of recently released U.S. Census data finds that the nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 43.7 million in 2016. The data also show more than 16.6 million U.S.-born minor children with an immigrant parent.
Immigrants and their young children now account for nearly one in five U.S. residents.
Texas saw the largest number of new immigrants, up more than 14 percent over the 6-year period. In economic output, the immigrant community produces about $65 billion in Texas, the Center for Public Policy Priorities reported in 2014.
Houston, in particular, has a large Hispanic population. In Harris County, 42 percent of the population nearly 2 million people is Hispanic, up 77 percent since 2000. Houston Hispanic consumers currently spend about $54 billion a year. But by 2022, its projected that Houston's Hispanic spending will grow to about $77 billion.
People have come to Houston because it has created a model of opportunity that is really seen nowhere else," Joel Kotkin, the executive director for the Center for Opportunity Urbanism, said in a speech at the Houston Hispanic Impact Summit on Sept. 14.
Other states among the top 10 for immigrant growth included:
- Florida 578,468 individuals, 15.8 percent
- California 527,234 individuals, 5.2 percent
- New York 238,503 individuals, 5.5 percent
- New Jersey 171,504 individuals, 9.3 percent
- Massachusetts 140,318 individuals, 14.3 percent
- Washington 134,132 individuals, 15.1 percent
- Pennsylvania 131,845 individuals, 17.8 percent
- Virginia 120,050 individuals, 13.2 percent
- Maryland 118,175 individuals, 14.7 percent
Read more about the study here.
https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...number-of.html
