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Doing Research? : Immigration in Your Backyard
| Extended Immigration Data for New Jersey |
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| Summary Demographic State Data (and Source) |
| Population (2007 CB estimate): |
8,685,920 |
| Population (2000 Census): |
8,414,350 |
Foreign-Born Population (2007 FAIR estimate):
Foreign-Born Population (2000 Census): |
1,798,370
1,476,327 |
Share Foreign-Born (2007 FAIR estimate):
Share Foreign-Born (2000): |
20.7%
5% |
| Immigrant Stock (2000 CB estiamte): |
2,360,000 |
| Share Immigrant Stock (2000 estimate): |
28.0% |
| Naturalized U.S. Citizens (2006 CB est.): |
847,665 |
| Share Naturalized (2006): |
48.3% |
| Legal Immigrant Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
481,140 |
| Refugee Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
11,763 |
| Illegal Alien Population (2007 FAIR estimate): |
490,000 |
| Projected Population - 2050 (2006 FAIR): |
15,543,405 |
INDEX TO NEW JERSEY IMMIGRATION INFORMATION
REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
New Jersey has received 11,763 refugees over the most recent ten fiscal years (FY'97-'06), with 654 arriving in FY’06
Under the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (HHS/ORR) assistance funding for FY'02 $1,417,251 is available for refugee employment training and other services programs in New Jersey based on a three-year refugee settlement program covering 5,647 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 $4,028,118 and $3,498,299.
IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
In 2000 more than one-quarter of all of New Jersey's children are either foreign born or the child of an immigrant. Six percent are first-generation immigrants (foreign born) and 21 percent are second-generation (a child of an immigrant).
(Source: "Check Points," The Urban Inst. Sept. 2, 2000)
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 West Virginia as 13,111. Four schools in New Jersey are listed as having a major concentration of these students:
- Rutgers had enrollment of 1,413 foreign students, 5.2% of total enrollment.
- New Jersey Institute of Technologyhad enrollment of 1,413 foreign students, 5.2% of total enrollment.
- Princeton Univeristy had enrollment of 1,413 foreign students, 5.2% of total enrollment.
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
Below, a chart illustrates the sharp increase of foreign students attending school in West 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 |
