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UNITED STATES
| Major countries of destination of migrants
from the United States are Canada, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. |
Source: Composite Matrix, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty.
Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign-Born Population Living in the United States in 2005*
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Note: *Estimates are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in group quarters such as college dormitories and institutions. The term foreign born refers to people residing in the United States who were not United States citizens at birth.
| According to estimates from the 2005
American Community Survey, the foreign born represented 12.4 percent (35,689,467)
of the total population of the United States in 2005.* |
Note: *Estimates are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in group quarters such as college dormitories and institutions
For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre
on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty:
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html
Migration Information Source:
United States country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/unitedstates.cfm
United States' Resources:
US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/
US Department of Homeland Security (Office of Immigration Statistics): http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/
US Citizenship and Immigration Services: http://www.uscis.gov