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Many of those immigrants settled in Texas, [10] bringing the foreign-born population of Texas to almost 17% by 2010. [ 11 ] As of 2022, Texas had a foreign-born population of 5,169,126 people, 63.5% of whom are of Latino origin [ 3 ] The state has the second-largest population of immigrants in the United States and the second-highest number of ...
Among regions of the same group, the diversity visas are allocated proportionally to their population, excluding ineligible countries (those that were the origin of more than 50,000 immigrants in the previous five years). [52] Within each region, the visas are not allocated among individual countries.
This is a list of U.S. states and the District of Columbia by immigrant population. ... Texas: 4,928,025: 17.2
Of these, 48% were the immediate relatives of United States citizens, 20% were family-sponsored, 13% were refugees or asylum seekers, 12% were employment-based preferences, 4.2% were part of the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, 1.4% were victims of a crime (U1) or their family members were (U2 to U5), [5] and 1.0% who were granted the Special ...
In 2014, there were an estimated 1.7 million undocumented immigrants in Texas, making up 35% of the total Texas immigrant population and 6.1% of the total state population. [211] In addition to the state's foreign-born population, an additional 4.1 million Texans (15% of the state's population) were born in the United States and had at least ...
Pages in category "Regions of Texas" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ark-La-Tex; B.
A major push factor for African immigration was the Diversity Visa Program and the 1980 Refugee Act, which facilitated the immigration of many Africans from conflict-affected regions such as Somalia and Eritrea. African immigrants are highly concentrated in states such as Texas, New York, and California, and they account for a significant ...