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Table 2. African Immigrants by Region of Birth, 1960 - 2009
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1960 |
1970 |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
2009 |
| Africa total |
35355 |
80143 |
199723 |
363819 |
881,300 |
1,492,785 |
| Eastern Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
26036 |
72300 |
213,299 |
423298 |
| Middle Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
3719 |
8800 |
26,900 |
65,457 |
| Northern Africa |
15903 |
32396 |
69777 |
99044 |
190,491 |
264,536 |
| Southern Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
16103 |
34707 |
66,496 |
85,145 |
| Western Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
50002 |
111566 |
326,507 |
542032 |
| Africa n.e.c. |
5756 |
21400 |
34086 |
37402 |
57,607 |
112,317 |
| Africa total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Eastern Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
13.0% |
19.9% |
24.2% |
28.4% |
| Middle Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
1.9% |
2.4% |
3.1% |
4.4% |
| Northern Africa |
45.0% |
40.4% |
34.9% |
27.2% |
21.6% |
17.7% |
| Southern Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
8.1% |
9.5% |
7.5% |
5.7% |
| Western Africa |
(NA) |
(NA) |
25.0% |
30.7% |
37.0% |
36.3% |
| Africa n.e.c. |
16.3% |
26.7% |
17.1% |
10.3% |
6.5% |
7.5% |
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Note: Data is not available where (NA) is indicated; "n.e.c" stands for not elsewhere classified.
Source: Data for 2000 from the 2000 census; 2009 data from the American Community Survey 2009. Data for earlier decades from Campbell Gibson and Emily Lennon, "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 1990" (US Census Bureau Working Paper No. 29, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1999).
Available online.
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