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05 September 2003, 06:06 PM
Census Bureau: Dallas ranks 13th for foreign-born residents
Dallas ranks 13th among large U.S. cities for the percentage of foreign-born residents, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/09/01/daily47.html
The report shows 26.5 percent of Dallas residents in 2002 were natives of other countries.
Houston ranked ninth, with 28.1 percent; Austin ranked 25th, with 19.6 percent; Fort Worth ranked 31st, with 15.6 percent; and San Antonio ranked 40th, with 11.2 percent.
Among cities with populations of at least 250,000, the proportion of foreign-born residents in Miami -- 60.6 percent -- was greater than any other city in the country, according to the Census Bureau.
At 15.2 percent, Texas ranks seventh among all states for the number of foreign-born residents, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau surveyed more than 742,000 U.S. households last year.
Among large U.S. counties, Dallas County ranked 30th for the number of foreign natives, with 23.3 percent; Tarrant County, 75th, 13.7 percent; Harris County, 27th, 23.8 percent; Travis County, 57th, 17 percent; Bexar County, 99th, 10.5 percent; and Williamson County, 135th, 7.9 percent.
Nationwide, the foreign-born population grew to more than 33 million in 2002 -- slightly larger than the entire population of Canada, according to the Census Bureau.
Of the total U.S. population, 11.8 percent were foreign-born and accounted for 44 percent of the country's population growth last year.
Texas accounted for 9.8 percent of the country's foreign-born residents.
At 21 percent, Texas has the country's second-largest share of residents who came from Mexico, according to the report. It also has the country's second-largest share of residents born in El Salvador, at 14 percent. Texas has the country's third-largest share of the foreign-born population from Asia, at 14 percent.
"These data provide a moving picture of one of the fastest-growing population segments in the United States, and they give leaders in government and business the knowledge they need to plan for the changes that population growth brings," Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon says.
Dallas ranks 13th among large U.S. cities for the percentage of foreign-born residents, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2003/09/01/daily47.html
The report shows 26.5 percent of Dallas residents in 2002 were natives of other countries.
Houston ranked ninth, with 28.1 percent; Austin ranked 25th, with 19.6 percent; Fort Worth ranked 31st, with 15.6 percent; and San Antonio ranked 40th, with 11.2 percent.
Among cities with populations of at least 250,000, the proportion of foreign-born residents in Miami -- 60.6 percent -- was greater than any other city in the country, according to the Census Bureau.
At 15.2 percent, Texas ranks seventh among all states for the number of foreign-born residents, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau surveyed more than 742,000 U.S. households last year.
Among large U.S. counties, Dallas County ranked 30th for the number of foreign natives, with 23.3 percent; Tarrant County, 75th, 13.7 percent; Harris County, 27th, 23.8 percent; Travis County, 57th, 17 percent; Bexar County, 99th, 10.5 percent; and Williamson County, 135th, 7.9 percent.
Nationwide, the foreign-born population grew to more than 33 million in 2002 -- slightly larger than the entire population of Canada, according to the Census Bureau.
Of the total U.S. population, 11.8 percent were foreign-born and accounted for 44 percent of the country's population growth last year.
Texas accounted for 9.8 percent of the country's foreign-born residents.
At 21 percent, Texas has the country's second-largest share of residents who came from Mexico, according to the report. It also has the country's second-largest share of residents born in El Salvador, at 14 percent. Texas has the country's third-largest share of the foreign-born population from Asia, at 14 percent.
"These data provide a moving picture of one of the fastest-growing population segments in the United States, and they give leaders in government and business the knowledge they need to plan for the changes that population growth brings," Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon says.