Facts on U.S. immigrants, 2018
There were a record 44.8 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2018, making up 13.7% of the nation’s population.
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There were a record 44.8 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2018, making up 13.7% of the nation’s population.
There were a record 44.8 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2018, making up 13.7% of the nation’s population. This represents a more than fourfold increase since 1960.
Hispanics are more likely than the general U.S. public to believe in the American dream – that hard work will pay off and that each generation is better off than the one prior.
Sub-Saharan immigrants in the United States are also more highly educated than the U.S. native born population.
At this year’s annual meeting of the Population Association of America, the nation’s largest demography conference, researchers explored some long-studied topics from new perspectives.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. government granting American citizenship to the residents of Puerto Rico, here are key facts about the territory.
Mexico is home to not only the largest Spanish-speaking population in the world, but one of the biggest Catholic populations, too.
We gathered key facts for this year’s Population Association of America (PAA) meeting.
Multiracial Americans are at the cutting edge of social and demographic change in the U.S.
We released our first report on American multiracial adults, a group that comprises an estimated 6.9% of the adult population, or nearly 17 million adults. The report looks at who they are demographically, their attitudes and experiences, and the spectrum of their racial identity.
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