Sunday, July 02, 2006
Top six states for foreign born
The U.S. government doesn't track illegals--if it did, it might have to send them home. Some may get counted during the census or border patrol may estimate, and the states like that, but there is no official way to know except to use the figures provided by various foundations and surveys, like Pew Hispanic and the New Immigrant Survey which actually interviews immigrants regardless of their legal status or country of origin.
However, we do know this. Immigrants, legal and illegal, go where they know people who know people, where they have ethnic food, religion and entertainment, and they go where their language is spoken. When my great-grandfather moved from PA to IL in 1850 (he was on his way to the California gold rush, but didn't make it) he settled where people from Adams Co., PA had already settled. If your midwestern community helped a Vietnamese family settle in the 1970s or 80s, they probably moved after a brief time to be with others like themselves.
Here are the top six states for foreign born--this is where you'll also find the illegals (in my opinion). 2000 census, people aged 25 and over, here before 1995, % of distribution. Keep in mind this is foreign-born. It includes all those refugees from Communism who came here after WWII, not just people who've crossed the Rio Grande.
California, 30.98% [blue]
New York 13.95% [blue]
Florida, 8.7% [barely red--few percentage points]
Texas 8.65% [red]
New Jersey 4.91% [blue]
Illinois 4.9% [blue]
These 6 states account for 69% of the foreign born population in the United States (with 29% of all foreign born U.S. residents living in California). Immigrants in California and Florida, two states with the highest number of Mexican, Caribbean and Latin American concentrations, are much less likely to move out of these states than are native-born, and less likely to move if they only speak Spanish. Immigrants who know English are more mobile--both geographically and economically.
Two political red flags (no pun) here. First, blue states have a huge stake in the Senate bill which would legalize millions of workers flooding the country with their relatives. Florida could really be called a swing state. The Left is investing very heavily there and needs more voters--and who better than the newly amenesticized--especially if they aren't literate? Only because the Cuban-Americans hate Castro and are upwardly mobile, do they have a different horse in this race. California, NY, NJ and IL need po' folk who need the pols at the polls.
Second, bi-lingual education is a disaster for children who could break out of the home language trap. But you'll continue to see leftist educators pushing it because it helps their political agenda. Yes, it is very nice to know two or three languages, even four might be nice, but only if you know one of them really well, and that one is the English language--a ticket to success in the U.S.
All data from "Companion to American Immigration" (Blackwell, 2006), primarily Chap.14 on residential and mobility patterns, and Chap.23, education.
Check here for the various ways the left sees the maps of the 2004 election--scroll down.
However, we do know this. Immigrants, legal and illegal, go where they know people who know people, where they have ethnic food, religion and entertainment, and they go where their language is spoken. When my great-grandfather moved from PA to IL in 1850 (he was on his way to the California gold rush, but didn't make it) he settled where people from Adams Co., PA had already settled. If your midwestern community helped a Vietnamese family settle in the 1970s or 80s, they probably moved after a brief time to be with others like themselves.
Here are the top six states for foreign born--this is where you'll also find the illegals (in my opinion). 2000 census, people aged 25 and over, here before 1995, % of distribution. Keep in mind this is foreign-born. It includes all those refugees from Communism who came here after WWII, not just people who've crossed the Rio Grande.
California, 30.98% [blue]
New York 13.95% [blue]
Florida, 8.7% [barely red--few percentage points]
Texas 8.65% [red]
New Jersey 4.91% [blue]
Illinois 4.9% [blue]
These 6 states account for 69% of the foreign born population in the United States (with 29% of all foreign born U.S. residents living in California). Immigrants in California and Florida, two states with the highest number of Mexican, Caribbean and Latin American concentrations, are much less likely to move out of these states than are native-born, and less likely to move if they only speak Spanish. Immigrants who know English are more mobile--both geographically and economically.
Two political red flags (no pun) here. First, blue states have a huge stake in the Senate bill which would legalize millions of workers flooding the country with their relatives. Florida could really be called a swing state. The Left is investing very heavily there and needs more voters--and who better than the newly amenesticized--especially if they aren't literate? Only because the Cuban-Americans hate Castro and are upwardly mobile, do they have a different horse in this race. California, NY, NJ and IL need po' folk who need the pols at the polls.
Second, bi-lingual education is a disaster for children who could break out of the home language trap. But you'll continue to see leftist educators pushing it because it helps their political agenda. Yes, it is very nice to know two or three languages, even four might be nice, but only if you know one of them really well, and that one is the English language--a ticket to success in the U.S.
All data from "Companion to American Immigration" (Blackwell, 2006), primarily Chap.14 on residential and mobility patterns, and Chap.23, education.
Check here for the various ways the left sees the maps of the 2004 election--scroll down.
# posted by Norma : 7/02/2006 01:07:00 PM
