US Immigrant population hits record high: How many Iranians and Indians?
A new analysis of monthly Census Bureau data by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that the nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record high of 42.1 million in the second quarter of this year. After a period of stagnation, the number of Mexican immigrants seems to be growing significantly, by 740,000 from 2014 to 2015, accounting for 44 percent of the increase in the total immigrant population in the last year.
Immigrants are now 13.3 percent of the nation's total population — the largest share in 105 years. In addition to Mexico, growth in the immigrant population was led by a 449,000 increase in the last year from countries in Latin America other than Mexico. But an interesting map on Business Insider (shown above) claims that immigrants from India, The Philippines and Iraq now form the second largest minority - after Mexicans - in many states.
Iranian Americans also form a significant immigrant population. The 2010 U.S. Census results show (link) there are definitely more American residents of Iranian ancestry than reported in 2000, but the official numbers are nowhere close to the 1-1.5 million reported as the real number in most Persian language media.
There are two official numbers reported. According to the Census Bureau, a total of 289,465 responded to the question of race in the 2010 Census by marking “x” in the “Some Other Race” box and writing Iranian/Persian alone or in a combination. The majority of the write-in responses came from California (157,225), while Texas (20,440) and New York (12,095) received the second and third highest write-in responses. Other states with large population of Iranians (in order): Virginia (11800), Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Washington, Illinois, Arizona, New Jersey, and Massachusetts (3900).
Another part of Federal data on Iranian Americans is statistically derived from question of ancestry, which is collected through the annual American Community Survey (ACS), sent only to a sample population of 3 million individuals per year. According to this data, there are nearly 464000 people of Iranian ancestry in America.
Other interesting notes from 2010 data:
- About 25% of Iranian Americans are under 25 years of age, and 26% over 55 years of age (seniors).
- About 32% of Iranian Americans live in non-family households (single adults).
- About 55% of Iranians age 15 or higher are married.
- About 60% have college degrees.
- About 10% have a disability
- About 2/3 born in Iran and 1/3 in America
- About 36% are not in the labor force (Are non employees, such as students or business owners)
- Mean household income: $65000 a year
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