Who Are America’s Immigrants?
A century beyond the country’s strictest immigration law, here’s what the data tell us about who’s coming to the United States
A century beyond the country’s strictest immigration law, here’s what the data tell us about who’s coming to the United States
(2010) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in the developing world.
(2006) The "fertility transition"—the shift from large to small families that demographers have observed throughout much of the world—has been remarkably rapid in Morocco, according to a recently released demographic and health survey on that country.
Carbon dioxide emissions have grown dramatically in the past century because of human activity, chiefly the use of fossil fuels such as oil and coal, as well as changes in land use such as cutting down forests.
(2008) Millions of people live in poverty in Latin America, and many young people often face few prospects for a bright future.
(2008) A new report from the Pew Research Center projects that immigration will propel the U.S. population total to 438 million by 2050, from 303 million today (see Figure 1). Along with this growth, the racial and ethnic profile of Americans will continue to shift—with non-Hispanic whites losing their majority status.