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Need quick access to national and state-level immigration statistics? Use our interactive research and data tools to analyze in-depth aspects of US immigration. Find out how many immigrants live today in New York compared to prior periods, map US counties with high shares of Mexican, Filipino, and Indian immigrants, chart changes in the immigrant population between 1820 and 2006, and compare the United States to other immigrant-receiving countries.

Scroll down for links to key research and policy papers on the topic available through MPI’s US Immigration, Borders, and Security Program, and the Migration Information Source.

2007 ACS/Census Data on the Foreign Born by State	Maps of the Foreign Born in the US	US Historical Immigration Trends
Who's Where in the United States?	Country and Comparative Data	World Migration Map
Seeking Asylum	Global City Migration Map	Country Resources

Further resources on the Hub:

New Data Guide On Finding, Using the Most Accurate, Recent Immigration Data Resources
The Immigration: Data Matters guide shows where to locate some of the most credible, up-to-date US and global immigration-related data compiled by government and non-governmental sources. The online guide, also available in hard copy, includes clickable links to resources that offer immigrant population estimates; the size of the unauthorized immigrant population; English proficiency rates; the share of immigrants in the workforce; education, health, and income and poverty statistics relating to immigrants; and other data.
Data Guide | Press Release
Purchase a hard copy at the MPI bookstore: US | International

Role of Foreign-born Voters in Elections
Election profiles for Texas and Ohio, as well as the 48 other states and the District of Columbia, examine voter registration by nativity, providing breakdowns for foreign-born citizens as a share of total state population, their turnout in the 2004 general election, and ethnicity.

Recent research from MPI's US Immigration, Borders and Security Program:

• Weaknesses in the Visa Waiver Program
• Behind the Naturalization Backlog
• Adult English Language Instruction in the United States: Determining Need and Investing Wisely
• Immigration and America's Future: A New Chapter 
  The final report of a high-level bipartisan task force co-chaired by former Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D-IN) provides a blueprint for US immigration
  Executive Summary (PDF) | Resumen Ejecutivo (Español) | Order Online | More Info
• New Estimates of Unauthorized Youth Eligible for Legal Status under the DREAM Act
  Backgrounder by Jeanne Batalova and Michael Fix, October 2006
• One in Seven Mexican Workers Are in the United States
  Fact Sheet by Jeanne Batalova, November 2006

For more information, go to US Immigration Homepage

Read Source articles on immigration to the United States and other countries:

• A New Century: Immigration and the US
• The Foreign Born in the Armed Services
• Rethinking the Last 200 Years of US Immigration Policy

For more information, go to the Migration Information Source