Thread: USA Today- Census: New arrivals fan out

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/cen ... OE=NEWISVA

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Posted 8/15/2006 12:01 AM ET
By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY
Mexicans with little education and limited English skills are leading a wave of newly arrived immigrants who are increasingly fanning out from traditional gateway states, Census data released Tuesday indicate.
The dispersal of new immigrants to parts of the Southeast and Midwest that are unaccustomed to foreign-born populations in large numbers may be fueling national concerns about illegal immigration, some population analysts say.

"The most rapid gainers are almost every state in the southeastern U.S. other than Florida," says Jeffrey Passel, demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center. "Those are the states with the highest percentage of undocumented immigrants."

OTHER CENSUS FIGURES: Non-Hispanic white population declines

The foreign-born population in South Carolina grew 48% from 2000 to 2005, according to Passel's analysis. Indiana registered a 30% gain and Nebraska 34%.

Florida is one of six traditional immigration gateway states, along with California, Texas, New York, New Jersey and Illinois. The share of the undocumented population living in those states dropped from 80% in 1990 to 60% in 2005, according to Passel's research. The number of illegal immigrants in the USA has jumped from about 3.5 million then to about 12 million today.

The new data provide the most details about the nation's population since the 2000 Census. The Census Bureau traditionally has reserved its most exhaustive survey for the official head count every 10 years.

To track rapid demographic shifts every year, the bureau launched the American Community Survey to gather household information such as family size, income, and grandparents as caregivers. The survey is reaching 3 million addresses nationwide — 2.5% of the population — and for the first time offers interim data on cities that have as few as 65,000 people.

"It's much meatier data for local planners," says Bob Coats, a census expert for the North Carolina governor's office. The information can help school districts plan construction and curricula, including English as a second language, Coats says.

The statistics are becoming crucial as recent arrivals to the USA settle in new places. "There's a big growth in people who don't speak English at home in Nevada, Delaware and Georgia," says William Frey, demographer at the Brookings Institution.

Frey also found that many recent Hispanic immigrants don't have high school diplomas.

"Mexicans are making a huge impact on states where they only tread lightly in the 1990s," Frey says. "The gateway states are not dominating the influx anymore. It's hopscotching across the country."

Mexicans are making a huge impact on states where they only tread lightly in the 1990s," Frey says. "The gateway states are not dominating the influx anymore. It's hopscotching across the country."

So much for just taking the southwest back........they want it ALL!!!!

There is nothing humorous about this situation - but the one thing that has kinda brought a smile to my face is hearing the different tone in the posts of people from the 'inland' states.

Oh, I don't mean on this site - but on other sites. Since I have been discussing this for several years on the internet, I have been called a racist and a liar. The response I got most was along the line of 'They are all just working all the time. They are quiet, cause no problems. You just don't like brown skinned people.'

The response becomes quite different when the flood reaches their area ----

NNTrixie,

How true how true!
I've been getting the same responses from my neighbors, until recently. Now they have changed their tune and want to know what they can do.

I wish the good people of Pittsburgh would realize what a devasting effect illegals are having on other parts of the country. You have to be proactive instead of reactive. By then, it is too late

I know what you guys are talking about. I've been complaining about this here in North Carolina for more than five years. It's interesting how I've seen people go from "You can't blame them you have to blame the governemnt" "They all work so hard" to "I can't beleive the nerve of these people demanding this and getting that. It's time they deported them all." Well actually their language is much stronger than that but I'm being nice here My biggest hope is that Americans won't forget the marches, the mexican flag over the US Flag, and the illegals shouting "This is our country, you need to go back to Europe!"