Thread: Immigration - The Numbers

I have been looking on this site for the "numbers" SO in perusing the internet & starting with Wikipedia, these are the "beginning results" in my search that I'd like to share with all:

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Projected immigration 2000, 2004 and 2010:

Top Ten Foreign Countries - Foreign Born Population Among U.S. Immigrants
Country #/year.........2000.........2004...........2010..... .......2010.............%
Canada...................24,200.....,.678,000..... .774,800.......920,000......2.3%
China......................50,900....1,391,000...1 ,594,600.....1,900,000.....4.7%
Cuba.......................14,800.......952,000... 1,011,200....1,100,000......2.7%
Dominican Republic..24,900.......692,000......791,600....... 941,000......2.3%
El Salvador..............33,500.......765,000......89 9,000....1,100,000......2.7%
India.......................59,300....1,007,000... 1,244,200.....1,610,000......4.0%
Korea......................17,900.......701,000... ..772,600........880,000......2.2%
Mexico...................175,900....7,841,000...8, 544,600.....9,600,000.....23.7%
Philippines................47,800....1,222,000...1 ,413,200....1,700,000......4.2%
Ireland.....................33,700......863,000... ...997,800....1,200,000......3.0%
Total Pop. Top 1......498,900..16,112,000..18,747,600..21,741,000 ....53.7%
Total Foreign Born...940,000..31,100,000..34,860,000..40,500,000 .....100%
Historical Data from 2000 U.S. Census and 2004 Yearbook of Immigrant Statistics

The average number of legal immigrants/year immigrating from 2000 to 2004
The number of foreign born immigrants in the U.S. from 2000 census
Year 2004 foreign born. Year 2000 foreign born plus 2000 to 2004 immigration
Year 2010 foreign born projected assuming average number per year is maintained
Percent of foreign born from this country
Legal immigration numbers as reported to immigration authorities only
Estimated illegal immigration numbers.[31]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigratio ... immigratio

and a little more from the "legal" and "illegal" perspectives:

Demography


Legal immigration to the U.S. increased from 2.5 million in the 1950s, 4.5 million in the 1970s, and 7.3 million in the 1980s to about 10 million in the 1990s. Since 2000, legal immigrants to the United States number approximately 1,000,000 per year, of whom about 600,000 are Change of Status immigrants who already are in the U.S. Legal immigrants to the United States now are at their highest level ever at over 35,000,000 legal immigrants. Illegal immigration may be as high as 1,500,000 per year with a net of at least 700,000 illegal immigrants arriving each year to join the 12,000,000 to 20,000,000 that are already here. (Pew Hispanic Data Estimates[22]) Contemporary immigrants settle predominantly in seven states: California, New York, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Illinois. These are all high foreign-born population states, together comprising about 44% of the U.S. population as a whole. The combined total immigrant population of these seven states is much higher than what would be proportional, with 70% of the total foreign-born population as of 2000. Of those who immigrated between 2000 and 2005, 58% were from Latin America.

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Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals voluntarily resettling in the United States in violation of U.S. immigration and nationality law. Unsanctioned entry into the United States is a crime under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and those who have entered unlawfully are subject to deportation. Crossing the United States border without US Government authorization or failing to honor the terms of authorized forms of entry, such as tourist visas, represent the most common means of violation. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act illegal entry into the US constitutes a misdemeanor for first-time offenders, while persons who have been shown to repeatedly enter the US can be charged as felonies. Entering the US for seasonal employment without proper government authorization is also normally classified as illegal immigration, even when the individual plans to return to their country of origin when their employment ends. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a bureau of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is the primary federal agency tasked with enforcing the Immigration and Nationality Act.

In March of 2006 the Pew Hispanic Center estimated the undocumented population ranged from 11.5 to 12 million individuals[1], a number supported by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO)[2]. Pew estimated that 57% of this population comes from Mexico; 24% from Central America and, to a lesser extent, South America; 9% from Asia; 6% from Europe, and the remaining 4% from elsewhere.[3]


Becoming illegal immigrants
People become illegal immigrants in one of three ways: entering without authorization or inspection, staying beyond the authorized period after legal entry, or by violating the terms of legal entry.[4] The United States Government Accountability Office estimates that “between 400,000 and 700,000 illegal immigrants have entered the United States each year since 1992.â€