Immigrants making up bigger share of US population
24 February 2005
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The foreign-born population of the US has continued to rise in spite of tougher US immigration controls since the 2001 terrorist attacks, reports United Press International.
According to US Census Bureau Data, there were 34.2 million foreign born people in the US in 2004, a rise of 2.3 percent compared with 2003. About 6.1 million foreigners have arrived in the US after 2000. 13.1 million foreign-born people had become US citizens, while 21.1 million have not naturalized.
The population of foreign-born Hispanic people is increasing, with an estimated 53 percent of immigrants now coming from Latin America. 25 percent of foreign-born immigrants are from Asia, 14 percent from Europe, and 8 percent from other regions.
