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Migration Information Source (MIS)
14 October 2005
The Source is pleased to announce the update of international migration data for the United States to ourGlobal Data Center
http://www.migrationinformation.org/GlobalData/

Go the pull-down menu in the box with the heading
"Choose the country you are interested in" and select UNITED STATES.

Then click on Submit.The tables now include:

* Stock of foreign-born population by country of birth, 1995 to 2005
* Foreign born as a percentage of the total population, for 1990 and 1994 to 2005
* Estimates of the net number of migrants, by five year intervals, 1950 to 2000 (from the UN Population Division 2004 Revision Population Database)
* Inflow of foreign-born population by country of birth, 1986 to 2004
* Inflow of foreign-born population by age and sex, 1986 to 2004
* Top 10 sending countries, by country of birth, 1986 to 2004
* Annual number of asylum applications by nationality, 1980 to 2004
* Acquisition of citizenship by country of former nationality, 1987 to 2004
* Acquisition of citizenship (total), 1987 to 2004

Access additional data on the foreign born in the United States through our Data Tool:

Maps of the Foreign Born in the US
http://www.migrationinformation.org/DataTools/maps.cfm

Who's Where in the United States?
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/whoswhere.cfm

State Data on the Foreign Born
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/statemap.cfm

US Historical Trends
http://www.migrationinformation.org/GlobalData/charts2.cfm