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This is all data from the American Factfinder Community Survey of the US Census Bureau, data for 2009 released this year(2010).
States 10%+ Foreign Born, 2009
California 26.9%
New York 21.4%
New Jersey 20.2%
Nevada 19.2%
Florida 18.8%
Hawaii 17.3%
Texas 16.1%
Massachusetts 14.3%
Arizona 14.0%
Illinois 13.5%
Connecticut 13.1%
Maryland 12.8%
Rhode Island 12.7%
Washington 12.2%
District of Columbia 12.0%
Virginia 10.2%
Combined Statistical Areas or Metro Areas +10% Foreign Born, 2009
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 37.1%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 30.9%
El Centro, CA 29.6%
Salinas, CA 29.2%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 29.0%
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 28.9%
Laredo, TX 27.5%
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 25.7%
El Paso, TX 25.4%
Yuma, AZ 25.1%
Merced, CA 24.0%
Stockton, CA 23.7%
Naples-Marco Island, FL 23.3%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 22.7%
Brownsville-Harligen-Raymondville, TX 22.6%
Visalia-Porterville, CA 22.6%
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 22.4%
Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV 21.6%
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 21.6%
Fresno-Madera, CA 21.2%
Modesto, CA 20.9%
Madera-Chowchilla, CA 19.9%
Honolulu, HI 19.2%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 18.7%
Las Cruces, NM 17.8%
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 17.1%
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI 16.9%
Yakima, WA 16.6%
Sacramento-Arden Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV 16.2%
Washington-Baltimore-Northern VA, DC-MD-VA-WV 15.9%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale 15.4%
Reno-Sparks-Fernley, NV 14.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA 14.0%
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH 13.9%
Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL 13.7%
Tucson, AZ 13.4%
Salem, OR 13.3%
Santa Fe-Espanola, NM 13.0%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 12.9%
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 12.4%
Odessa, TX 12.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 12.0%
Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT 11.7%
Port St Lucie-Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 11.7%
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 11.6%
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO 11.5%
Palm Coast, FL 11.3%
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC 10.8%
Ithaca-Cortland, NY 10.0%
Counties +30% Foreign Born, 2009
Miami-Dade, FL 49.7%
Queens, NY 46.6%
Hudson, NJ 38.3%
Kings, NY 36.5%
Santa Clara, CA 36.0%
Los Angeles, CA 35.7%
San Francisco, CA 34.1%
San Mateo, CA 33.9%
Bronx, NY 31.9%
Montgomery, MD 30.8%
Broward, FL 30.5%
Orange, CA 30.4%
Alameda, CA 30.3%
Bergen, NJ 30.2%
Cities 40%+ Foreign Born, 2009
Hialeah, FL 74.4% Miami
Union City, NJ 59.4% New York
Miami, FL 56.4% Miami
Glendale, CA 55.3% Los Angeles
Daly City, CA 52.9% San Francisco
El Monte, CA 51.5% Los Angeles
Alhambra, CA 49.1% Los Angeles
Santa Ana, CA 49.1% Los Angeles
Miami Beach, FL 46.6% Miami
Garden Grove, CA 46.2% Los Angeles
Baldwin Park, CA 45.8% Los Angeles
Milpitas, CA 45.8% San Francisco
Elizabeth, NJ 45.6% New York
East Los Angeles, CA 45.2% Los Angeles
Westminster, CA 44.8% Los Angeles
South Gate, CA 44.2% Los Angeles
Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 44.2% Washington DC
Fremont, CA 42.9% San Francisco
Sunnyvale, CA 42.8% San Francisco
Cicero, IL 42.6% Chicago
Union City, CA 42.5% San Francisco
Downey, CA 41.1% Los Angeles
Edison, NJ 40.7% New York
Kendall, FL 40.5% Miami
I don't see any happy emoticon(aside from my response to PDX-LAX) or giddiness in my posts to suggest that I am celebrating or not celebrating the stats. Im simply sharing them.
Yes. Immigration has driven the success of this country.
LEGAL immigration has driven the success of this country.
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