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Doing Research? : Immigration in Your Backyard
| Extended Immigration Data for Virginia |
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| Summary Demographic State Data (and Source) |
| Population (2007 CB est.): |
7,712,091 |
| Population (2000 Census): |
7,078,515 |
Foreign-Born Population (2007 FAIR est):
Foreign-Born Population (2000 Census): |
806,090
570,279 |
Share Foreign-Born (2007 FAIR est.):
Share Foreign-Born (2000): |
10.5%
8.1% |
| Immigrant Stock (2000 CB est.): |
859,000 |
| Share Immigrant Share (2000 est.): |
12.1% |
| Naturalized U.S. Citizens (2006 CB est.): |
331,609 |
| Share Naturalized (2006): |
42.9% |
| Legal Immigrant Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
229,492 |
| Refugee Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
14,669 |
| Illegal Alien Population (2007 FAIR est.): |
205,000 |
| Projected Population - 2050 (2006 FAIR): |
12,147,984 | MENU OF VIRGINIA IMMIGRATION DATA RESOURCES
REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
Virginia has received 14,669 refugees over the most recent ten fiscal years (FY'97-'06), with 1,250 arriving in FY’06.
Under the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (HHS/ORR) assistance funding for FY'02, $1,371,574 is available for refugee employment training and other services programs in Virginia based on a three-year refugee settlement program covering 5,465 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 $7,147,782 and $6,930,765.
FOREIGN STUDENTS
The 2006/07 annual report of the Institute of International Education (IIE) lists the number of foreign students attending post-secondary school in Virginia as 11,991.
Six schools in Virginia are listed as having a major concentration of these students:
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University had enrollment of 2,257 foreign students, 7.9% of total enrollment
- University of Virginia had enrollment of 1,946 foreign students, 9.5% of total enrollment
- George Mason University had enrollment of 1,822 foreign students, 6.1% of total enrollment
- North Virginia Community College had enrollment of 1,530 foreign students, 4.0% of total enrollment
- Old Dominion University had enrollment of 1,291 foreign students, 6.0% of total enrollment
- Virginia Commonwealth University had enrollment of 1,128 foreign students, 3.8% of total enrollment
Below, a chart illustrates the sharp increase of foreign students attending school in Virginia 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.
Revised July 2008 |
