(2010) Racial and ethnic minorities make up a growing share of the U.S. population—35 percent in 2009, up from 31 percent in 2000, according to new population estimates from the Census Bureau.
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This Population Bulletin Update is a follow-up to 2006’s Population Bulletin, “Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America” by Phil Martin and Elizabeth Midgley, and provides new data and analysis on the economic impacts and policy debates around immigration.
(Juin 2010) La notion de faire souffrir volontairement—ou pire encore de mutiler—des fillettes en bonne santé provoque des sentiments de colère face à cette cruauté et à cette injustice.
(June 2010) The United States has the most foreign-born residents of any country—three times more than number-two Russia, and more unauthorized residents than any other country.
(June 2010) Immigration is a volatile issue for Americans, who must grapple with the tradeoff between the strain of incorporating new populations and the desire for immigrants’ labor.
(2010) There are more than 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States, and they are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the U.S. population.
(2010) Immigration in the United States is a debated and much-researched topic. What are the social and economic effects of immigration on the United States?
Border Battles: The U.S.
These trends lead to an interesting contradiction in a culture that highly values both marriage and individualism. Andrew Cherlin, Griswold Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University, explored these conflicting patterns at a recent PRB policy seminar.
(2010) Over the past 20 years, the number of Latino children under age 18 living in the United States has doubled, making them one of the fastest-growing segments of the national population.