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Doing Research? : Immigration in Your Backyard
| Extended Immigration Data for Pennsylvania |
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| Summary Demographic State Data (and Source) |
| Population (2007 CB est.): |
12,432,792 |
| Population (2000 Census): |
12,281,054 |
Foreign-Born Population (2007 FAIR est.):
Foreign-Born Population (2000 Census): |
656,930
508,291 |
Share Foreign-Born (2007 FAIR est.):
Share Foreign-Born (2000): |
5.3%
4.1% |
| Immigrant Stock (2000 CB est.): |
1,175,000 |
| Share Immigrant Stock (2000 est.): |
9.6% |
| Naturalized U.S. Citizens (2006 CB est.): |
315,485 |
| Share Naturalized (2006): |
49.6% |
| Legal Immigrant Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
186,775 |
| Refugee Admission (DHS 1997-2006): |
19,700 |
| Illegal Alien Population (2007 INS est.): |
140,000 |
| Projected Population - 2050 (2006 FAIR): |
14,547,975 |
INDEX TO PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION TOPICS
REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
Pennsylvania has received 19,700 refugees over the most recent ten fiscal years (FY'97-'06), with 1,335 arriving in FY’06.
Under the Office of Refugee Resettlement's (HHS) assistance funding for FY'02 $2,072,545 is available for refugee employment training and other services programs in Pennsylvania based on a three-year refugee settlement program covering 8,258 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 $7,369,992 and $8,103,993.
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STUDENTS
Data are not available nationally on immigrant students (either legally or illegally resident in the United States) who are enrolled in primary and secondary schools (K-12). However, many of these students are enrolled in Limited English Proficiency/English Language Learning (LEP/ELL) instruction programs. Many may be U.S.-born, but the majority of these students may be assumed to be either immigrants or the children of immigrants, with the exception being areas with native Americans who speak a native language other than English.
In Pennsylvania, overall enrollment in 2002 (1,810,390) was 11.6 percent below enrollment in 1995. By contrast, LEP enrollment (31,353 - 1.7% of all enrollment) was 57.6 percent higher thanin 1995.
Data on enrollment in LEP/ELL programs are collected by the federal government from school systems that receive Title VII funds for these special instruction programs. The data on LEP/ELL enrollment are understated because data from private schools that do not apply for Title VII assistance are sketchy.
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 Pennsylvania as 23,182. Six school in Pennsylvania are listed as having a major concentration of these students:
- Penn State University had enrollment of 3,681 foreign students, 8.6% of total enrollment.
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University Penn.-Philadelphiahad enrollment of 4,484 foreign students, 18.9% of total enrollment. -
Carnegie Mellon Univeristy had enrollment of 2,767 foreign students, 27.3% of total enrollment. -
Temple Univeristyhad enrollment of 1,836 foreign students, 5.4% of total enrollment. -
University Pittsburgh had enrollment of 1,657 foreign students, 6.2% of total enrollment. -
Drexel Univeristy had enrollment of 1,582 foreign students, 8.0% of total enrollment.
Below, a chart illustrates the sharp increase of foreign students attending school in Pennsylvania 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.
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