Where are your neighbors from?

[Lakewooder]

Best-looking courthouse and best haunted restaurant, too!

[MaryS80]

Very interesting indeed, thank you for sharing. I never would have figured over half the population of Southlake was transplants. I know some areas have a lot, but that number is just staggering. It would be neat to know where the out of state people come from. Makes me think white flight may not be as bad as I once thought.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Acntx

Here are the other cities that had the foreign-born population breakdown:

DALLAS
Asia (8.2%)
Latin America (84.0%)
Europe (2.9%)
Africa (4.2%)
Northern America (0.5%)
Oceania (0.2%)

FORT WORTH
Asia (14.4%)
Latin America (77.3%)
Europe (4.5%)
Africa (2.8%)
Northern America (0.8%)
Oceania (0.1%)

ARLINGTON
Asia (27.1%)
Latin America (58.2%)
Europe (3.7%)
Africa (9.3%)
Northern America (1.3%)
Oceania (0.4%)

GARLAND
Asia (23.9%)
Latin America (67.6%)
Europe (2.9%)
Africa (5.1%)
Northern America (0.4%)
Oceania (0.0%)

IRVING
Asia (27.1%)
Latin America (65.5%)
Europe (2.1%)
Africa (4.8%)
Northern America (0.5%)
Oceania (0.0%)

GRAND PRAIRIE
Asia (22.8%)
Latin America (66.8%)
Europe (1.3%)
Africa (8.1%)
Northern America (0.9%)
Oceania (0.1%)

MCKINNEY
Asia (19.6%)
Latin America (56.4%)
Europe (10.2%)
Africa (8.2%)
Northern America (3.9%)
Oceania (1.7%)

Awesome dude! Did they say what the percentage of foreign born residents is in the DFW metro area overall?

[Acntx]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Awesome dude! Did they say what the percentage of foreign born residents is in the DFW metro area overall?

After doing a little digging, I found the foreign-born population stats for the entire metropolitan area and its two metropolitan divisions:

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area
Europe: 50,069 (4.6%)
Asia: 230,041 (21.1%)
Africa: 53,720 (4.9%)
Oceania: 3,426 (0.3%)
Latin America: 738,630 (67.7%)
Northern America: 14,499 (1.3%)
TOTAL: 1,090,385

Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division
[includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties]

Europe: 33,911 (4.2%)
Asia: 171,326 (21.3%)
Africa: 37,989 (4.7%)
Oceania: 1,854 (0.2%)
Latin America: 550,187 (68.3%)
Northern America: 10,056 (1.2%)
TOTAL: 805,323

Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division
[includes Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise counties]

Europe: 16,158 (5.7%)
Asia: 58,715 (20.6%)
Africa: 15,731 (5.5%)
Oceania: 1,572 (0.6%)
Latin America: 188,443 (66.1%)
Northern America: 4,443 (1.6%)
TOTAL: 285,062

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Acntx

After doing a little digging, I found the foreign-born population stats for the entire metropolitan area and its two metropolitan divisions:

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area
Europe: 50,069 (4.6%)
Asia: 230,041 (21.1%)
Africa: 53,720 (4.9%)
Oceania: 3,426 (0.3%)
Latin America: 738,630 (67.7%)
Northern America: 14,499 (1.3%)
TOTAL: 1,090,385

Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division
[includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties]

Europe: 33,911 (4.2%)
Asia: 171,326 (21.3%)
Africa: 37,989 (4.7%)
Oceania: 1,854 (0.2%)
Latin America: 550,187 (68.3%)
Northern America: 10,056 (1.2%)
TOTAL: 805,323

Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division
[includes Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise counties]

Europe: 16,158 (5.7%)
Asia: 58,715 (20.6%)
Africa: 15,731 (5.5%)
Oceania: 1,572 (0.6%)
Latin America: 188,443 (66.1%)
Northern America: 4,443 (1.6%)
TOTAL: 285,062

Awesome! Is this as of 2008?

I found some other figures from the Asian Community:

As of 2006, The DFW Metro area had 299,082 Asian residents (Im assuming thats not just the foreign born ones).
Between 2000 and 2007, the DFW Metro area gained 85,101 Asian Residents (again, I think that includes Asian Americans).

[Acntx]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

Awesome! Is this as of 2008?

I found some other figures from the Asian Community:

As of 2006, The DFW Metro area had 299,082 Asian residents (Im assuming thats not just the foreign born ones).
Between 2000 and 2007, the DFW Metro area gained 85,101 Asian Residents (again, I think that includes Asian Americans).

The latest report was released last month, but the American Community Survey data is based on average characteristics over a three year period (2006-2008). Last year's report was based on average characteristics from 2005-2007.

[Acntx]

Originally Posted by MaryS80

It would be neat to know where the out of state people come from.

The survey included a breakdown of the out-of-state population by U.S. region. Most came from either the southern or midwestern states. I've highlighted the U.S. region that forms a plurality or majority percentage of each city's out-of-state population.

1) Northeast [CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT]
2) Midwest [IN, IL, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, OH, WI]
3) South [AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, VA, WV]
4) West [AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, NM, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY]

-(1)-|-(2)-|-(3)-|-(4)-|-CITY (# born outside of Texas)

12.8 |30.5 |36.1 |20.6 | Arlington (100,563)
11.9 |31.1 |36.7 |20.3 | Allen (29,805)
05.8 |28.4 |54.0 |11.8 | Balch Springs (3,943)
15.0 |32.9 |33.2 |18.9 | Bedford (17,846)
12.0 |30.0 |35.5 |22.6 | Benbrook (8,087)
08.2 |31.4 |33.7 |26.8 | Burleson (8,846)
13.6 |29.4 |39.5 |17.6 | Carrollton (34,928)
12.6 |21.2 |40.3 |25.9 | Cedar Hill (10,886)
04.2 |23.3 |37.9 |34.5 | Cleburne (5,983)
17.9 |40.2 |23.7 |18.3 | Colleyville (9,994)
12.2 |36.0 |31.9 |19.9 | Coppell (15,665)
16.0 |33.1 |31.3 |19.6 | Corinth (8,239)
12.5 |27.2 |42.9 |17.4 | Dallas (228,432)
12.6 |33.8 |34.1 |19.5 | Denton (31,421)
08.4 |26.9 |47.3 |17.4 | DeSoto (12,687)
09.1 |32.4 |41.7 |16.8 | Duncanville (8,481)
11.9 |28.4 |39.2 |20.6 | Euless (17,157)
11.3 |44.1 |29.4 |15.3 | Farmers Branch (6,261)
14.3 |34.0 |32.0 |19.7 | Flower Mound (31,041)
11.4 |28.2 |35.9 |24.4 | Fort Worth (150,090)
14.8 |31.1 |31.4 |22.7 | Frisco (40,108)
11.6 |26.0 |41.6 |20.8 | Garland (48,135)
14.0 |25.0 |43.4 |17.6 | Grand Prairie (36,587)
13.2 |33.6 |34.9 |18.3 | Grapevine (18,483)
12.2 |19.3 |52.6 |15.8 | Greenville (4,906)
12.0 |34.9 |30.7 |22.4 | Haltom City (7,543)
13.7 |37.7 |32.6 |16.0 | Hurst (10,789)
13.1 |28.9 |38.3 |19.7 | Irving (47,727)
13.9 |38.4 |29.6 |18.1 | Keller (19,322)
05.7 |27.1 |54.6 |12.6 | Lancaster (6,685)
14.0 |25.2 |41.0 |19.8 | Lewisville (28,941)
11.3 |27.7 |38.2 |22.8 | Little Elm (9,406)
15.2 |29.8 |32.9 |22.2 | McKinney (48,450)
11.2 |33.2 |36.3 |19.2 | Mansfield (16,448)
09.9 |27.9 |43.1 |19.0 | Mesquite (29,091)
15.0 |27.5 |32.9 |24.6 | North Richland Hills (19,094)
17.7 |32.9 |31.4 |17.9 | Plano (91,778)
18.4 |34.5 |33.2 |13.9 | Richardson (32,782)
10.3 |29.9 |39.6 |20.2 | Rockwall (11,414)
09.4 |25.6 |44.9 |20.1 | Rowlett (16,543)
17.0 |31.4 |31.3 |20.4 | Saginaw (5,640)
19.7 |29.7 |33.5 |17.0 | Southlake (13,352)
15.7 |36.3 |32.2 |15.8 | The Colony (12,781)
13.6 |30.5 |40.5 |15.4 | University Park (8,531)
11.6 |32.9 |32.1 |23.4 | Watauga (7,237)
06.9 |35.6 |35.1 |22.3 | Waxahachie (4,719)
07.5 |29.6 |38.9 |24.0 | Weatherford (5,489)
09.0 |32.9 |39.3 |18.9 | Wylie (10,215)

12.8 |29.8 |36.9 |20.5 | DFW METRO (1,632,751)

[momof2dfw]

Hmm, what is interesting are the communities that received the highest percentage of those coming from the West Coast. I just looked at those that got over 20% and these were the top choices:
Benbrook
Burleson
Cedar Hill
Cleburne
Ft Worth
Frisco
Haltom City
Little Elm
McKinney
North Richland Hills
Watauga
Weatherford
Waxahachie

They went for the areas that had a higher proporiton of lower cost housing. New housing but lower price per square foot. The BIG BRAND NEW HOUSE syndrome hit them.

[jeffari-al-texani]

Originally Posted by mayhem154

Yeah! Way to go Waxahachie! We're finally #1 in something. Most Native Texans...

ahem...not to be pedantic, but that would be highest percentage...Dallas has many more Native Texans than the Hach...

just sayin'...

[mayhem154]

The original report was based on percentages, not the actual numbers. Of course Dallas has more. You're not being pedantic, you're being ostentatious.