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Title: Filipino Immigrants in the United States
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2013
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Abstract: The United States is home to about 1.7 million Filipino immigrants, making them the second-largest immigrant group in the United States after Mexican immigrants. The Filipino immigrant population grew rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s and has continued to grow (although at a slightly slower pace) since then. In addition, the United States is home to about 1.4 million native-born US citizens who claim Filipino ancestry. Heavily concentrated in the western United States, the Filipino born account for almost half of all immigrants in Hawaii (for more information on immigrants by state, please see the ACS/Census Data tool on the MPI Data Hub). Compared to other immigrant groups, Filipinos are better educated than the immigrant population overall, and Filipino immigrant women are more likely than other immigrant women to participate in the civilian labor force. This spotlight focuses on Filipino immigrants residing in the United States, examining the population's size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics using data from the US Census Bureau's 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) and 2000 Decennial Census, and the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration
Url: http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/print.cfm?ID=777
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Authors: Terrazas, Aaron; Batalova, Jeanne
Publisher: Migration Policy Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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