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Doing Research? : Immigration in Your Backyard
| Extended Immigration Data for New York |
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| Summary Demographic State Data (and Source) |
| Population (2007 CB estimate): |
19,297,729 |
| Population (2000 Census): |
18,976,457 |
Foreign-Born Population (2007 FAIR est.):
Foreign-Born Population (2000 Census): |
4,560,280
3,868,133 |
Share Foreign-Born (2007 FAIR est.):
Share Foreign-Born (2000): |
23.6%
20.4% |
| Immigrant Stock (2000 CB est.): |
6,759,000 |
| Share Immigrant Stock (2000 est.): |
35.6% |
| Naturalized U.S. Citizens (2006 CB est.): |
2,156,329 |
| Share Naturalized (2000): |
51.6% |
| Legal Immigrant Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
1,161,179 |
| Refugee Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
57,280 |
| Illegal Alien Population (2007 FAIR est.): |
1,110,000 |
| Projected Population - 2050 (2006 FAIR): |
29,301,275 |
MENU OF NEW YORK IMMIGRATION DATA RESOURCES
GENERAL INFORMATION
According to the 1990 Census, 50 percent of all newcomers to the state since 1985 (over the previous five years) were from abroad, i.e., immigrants. They numbered 772 thousand. That number of people is larger than total state population of 6 of the states and the District of Columbia in 1990. Over the four-year period 1990 to 1994 an additional nearly 650 thousand new immigrants had arrived in the state according to the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. For both periods, the average of new immigrants is about 155,000 per year.
Refugee Settlement
New York has received 57,280 refugees over the most recent ten fiscal years (FY'97-'06), with 2,559 arriving in FY’06.
Under the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (HHS/ORR) assistance funding for FY'02 $5,706,650 is available for refugee employment training and other services programs in New York based on a three-year refugee settlement program covering 22,738 refugees (an average of $251 per refugee). This allocation does not include a larger share (55%) of funding programs for communities heavily affected by recent Cuban and Haitian entrants, communities with refugees whose cultural differences make assimilation especially difficult, communities impacted by federal welfare reform changes, educational support to schools with significant refugee students, and discretionary grants. ORR grants for FY’05 and FY’06 respectively were $17,352,149 and $20,289,344.
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
In 2000 nearly one-third of all of New York's children are either foreign born or the child of an immigrant. Seven percent are first-generation immigrants (foreign born) and 24 percent are second-generation (a child of an immigrant).
(Source: "Check Points," The Urban Inst. Sept. 2, 2000)
FOREIGN STUDENTS
The 2004/05 annual report of the Institute of International Education (IIE) lists the number of foreign post-secondary students in New York as 61,944. The New York MSA ranks 1st in the country in foreign student population Many schools in New York have major concentrations: Columbia University (5,278, 22.2%), New York University (5,140 13.5%), Cornell University (3,119, 16%), Syracuse University (2,200, 12.1%), SUNY Stony Brook Unviersity (2,146, 9.6%), The New School (1,744, 20.0%), CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College (1,660, 8.8%) D’Youville College (1,493, 55.4%), Nassau Community College (1,235, 5.9%), CUNY Baruch College (1,205, 7.7%) NY Institue of Technology at Old Westbury (1,166, 11.1%)University of Rochester (1,140, 15.7%), CUNY City College of New York (1126, 9.0%), CUNY Queensborough Community College (1,117, 9.0%), SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology (1087,16.3%), CUNY Hunter College (1,077, 5.2%) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1,003,12.1%). The chart below shows the sharp increase in foreign students attending school in New York from 1960-2000.
For information on foreign student issues see: Foreign Students in the United States.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
You can view a listing of local immigration reform groups here.
STATE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION VOTING RECORD
You can view the voting record of your representatives in Congress regarding immigration issues in our voting report section. |
