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The Foreign-Born Population in the United States by State
Top 10 states with the highest immigrant population More than 25% of all the immigrants in the U.S. live in California, according to 2015 Community Survey figures. About 74% of the foreign-born…Foreign-Born Population in the U.S.: 1850–2014
Find information about the regions of birth for the foreign-born U.S. population Region of birth reported Year…Countries of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population, 1850–2011
Society and Culture > Race & Ethnicity > Immigration (resident population) Ten leading countries by rank1 1850 1880 1900 1930 1960 1. Ireland 962,000 Germany…The Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1980-2010
Ten most common places of birth for years 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 2010 rank Place of birth Number 2000 rank Place of birth Number 1990 rank Place of birth Number…Foreign-Born Population in Metropolitan Areas with 5 Million or More People, 2000
The following metropolitan areas have foreign-born populations of more than 5 million people as of 2000. Metropolitan area Percent…Americanization
(Encyclopedia) Americanization, term used to describe the movement during the first quarter of the 20th cent. whereby the immigrant in the United States was induced to assimilate American speech,…Shalikashvili, John Malchase David
(Encyclopedia) Shalikashvili, John Malchase DavidShalikashvili, John Malchase Davidshälēˌkäshvēˈlē [key], 1936–2011, U.S. army general, b. Poland. Drafted into the army, he became a commissioned…Balbus
(Encyclopedia) Balbus (Lucius Cornelius Balbus)Balbusbălˈbəs [key], fl. 1st cent. b.c., Roman statesman, b. Gades (now Cádiz, Spain). He won notice for brilliant service against Sertorius, and Pompey…creole
(Encyclopedia) creolecreolecrēˈōl [key], Span. criollocreolecrēōlˈyō [key] [probably from crío=child], term originally applied in West Indies to the native-born descendants of the Spanish conquerors…Loyalists
(Encyclopedia) Loyalists, in the American Revolution, colonials who adhered to the British cause. The patriots referred to them as Tories. Although Loyalists were found in all social classes and…