More International and Cosmopolitan: Texas, Florida, or Northern California (state, America, population)

[Exurban Data]

Which area is more international and cosmopolitan?

Based on:

Number of Foreign Born:
International Tourists:
Number of Consulates:
International Airports:
Connectivity to the Outside World:
Anything Else:

[EndersDrift]

woops. Completely misread Northern California as North Carolina. I'll have to rewrite this lol

[Huge Foodie 215]

Surprise Florida doesn't have more votes.

-Lots of international tourists visit Miami and Orlando
-Miami, along with New York, is an entry point for the Caribbean. And in the United States, is a large vector for Latin American trade
-Lots of Europeans and Africans, and an increasing amount of Asians also live in the state of Florida.

http://www.census.gov/compendia/stat...es/12s0038.pdf

Florida: 18.1% Foreign Born
Texas: 16.1% Foreign Born (with a huge plurality I suspect is from Mexico)
Northern California: Don't know. Won't guess. If someone has numbers that would be great.

[18Montclair]

lots of interest in Northern CA lately.

Anyway,




1 in 4 Northern Californians is Foreign Born.

[Huge Foodie 215]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

lots of interest in Northern CA lately.

Anyway,




1 in 4 Northern Californians is Foreign Born.

Do you have numbers for the origin of the foreign born for each?

I get the impression that the vast majority of Texas' foreign born is from Mexico.

[polo89]

Weird.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Huge Foodie 215

Do you have numbers for the origin of the foreign born for each?

I get the impression that the vast majority of Texas' foreign born is from Mexico.

2,485,336 people or 59.9% of Texas' foreign born population is from Mexico.

[Huge Foodie 215]

From the census, here are the top 10 foreign born countries for Texas and Florida (don't know how to do Northern California)

Texas

Mexico: 2,485,336
El Salvador: 169,001
India: 164,508
Vietnam: 156,923
China: 101,693
Honduras: 79,220
Philippines: 72,650
Guatemala: 60,891
Korea: 55,699
Pakistan: 43,686


Florida

Cuba: 844,846
Haiti: 292,826
Mexico: 263,351
Colombia: 230,498
Jamaica: 185,022
Nicaragua: 100,534
Canada: 98,363
Dominican Republic: 96,840
Venezuela: 94,802
Honduras: 90,192

[Spade]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

2,485,336 people or 59.9% of Texas' foreign born population is from Mexico.

That number is actually lower than I thought it would be. I was expecting 70s. I suspect this number is getting lower.

[Huge Foodie 215]

Originally Posted by Spade

That number is actually lower than I thought it would be. I was expecting 70s. I suspect this number is getting lower.

I suspect that the vast majority of foreign born from Northern California are from Mexico and China as well.

IMO, Northern California nor Texas has the foreign born country spread that Florida does. When it comes to different regions of the world, I'd say Texas would win by having large numbers of foreign born from Africa, Latin America, and Asia while Florida is strictly Western Hemisphere and Northern California is from Central America and East Asia.