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Among new arrivals, Asians outnumber Hispanics


Among new arrivals, Asians outnumber Hispanics
% of immigrants arriving in the U.S. in each year who are …
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Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2001-2018 American Community Surveys (IPUMS).
Note: Figures for 2000 to 2004 are based on the household population and do not include arrivals residing in group quarters. For 2000-2017, the shares are computed using immigrants who arrived in the year before the ACS surveys of 2001-2018; for 2018, based on those arriving in 2018 in the 2018 ACS. Race and ethnicity based on self-reports. Asians include only single-race non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race.
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Among new arrivals, Asians outnumber Hispanics

% of immigrants arriving in the U.S. in each year who are …

YearHispanicAsian
200047.6%22.5%
200144.8%22.3%
200248.4%24.7%
200351.4%23.2%
200450.2%24.1%
200548.0%24.8%
200642.8%29.4%
200735.6%32.9%
200835.1%32.2%
200932.0%35.9%
201029.5%38.1%
201126.5%39.0%
201227.9%38.0%
201328.0%37.7%
201430.4%37.3%
201531.4%36.2%
201632.7%33.7%
201730.9%35.2%
201831.4%36.7%

Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2001-2018 American Community Surveys (IPUMS).

Note: Figures for 2000 to 2004 are based on the household population and do not include arrivals residing in group quarters. For 2000-2017, the shares are computed using immigrants who arrived in the year before the ACS surveys of 2001-2018; for 2018, based on those arriving in 2018 in the 2018 ACS. Race and ethnicity based on self-reports. Asians include only single-race non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race.

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