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September 29, 2005
Pick a Southeastern State at Random--You’ll Find Rapid Growth in Immigrants
In the report (pdf) on immigration released a few days ago by the Pew Hispanic Center I referenced previously, researchers Jeffrey S. Passel and Roberto Suro reported that "new growth" states have gradually increased their share of new immigrants. This increase in share has come at the expense of traditional landing states such as California and New York.
In Passel and Suro’s terminology, "new growth" states are those other than the six largest immigration states (CA, NY, TX, FL, IL, NJ) where the foreign-born population grew faster during 1990-2000 than in the fastest growing large state, Texas.
Better than one-third of the "new growth" states are Southeastern. In fact, the only state in the Southeast (ex Florida) not designated a "new growth" state in the report was Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas are represented.
Most of the remaining "new growth" states are either Midwestern or Mountain/West. Interestingly, with the exception of Delaware, none of the "new growth" states in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern regions.
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