2011: MSA/CSA International Immigration Stats (best, largest, America, populations)

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Hello all!

First off, this thread is for Slyman11 for being so good as to help me find the data. Looking at the data there are a couple of surprises and I figure that this would be worth its own thread.

I will break down the international immigration stats by: 1) total number, 2) region of origin. I also combined San Francisco and San Jose together as well as Washington and Baltimore.

Total number of international immigrants by MSA (except for BWI and SF/SJ which will be CSA). I will least all that had over 10,000 immigrants during 2011. The total number for the US was 1,062,040:

1) New York: 183,681
2) Los Angeles: 86,161
3) Miami: 71,775
4) San Francisco/San Jose: 50,987
5) Washington/Baltimore: 47,594
6) Chicago: 35,039
7) Houston: 31,136
8) Dallas: 28,090
9) Boston: 25,909
10) Atlanta: 22,035
11) San Diego: 21,556
12) Philadelphia: 18,925
13) Seattle: 17,823
14) Riverside: 14,885
15) Phoenix: 14,013
16) Detroit: 12,198
17) Orlando: 10,204
18) Minneapolis: 10,175

Total immigration from Asia during 2011 by MSA/CSA. Includes all of East and Southeast Asia as well as the Indian Subcontinent. All over 5k in 2011 are listed:

1) New York: 76,294
2) Los Angeles: 49,968
3) San Francisco/San Jose: 36,492
4) Washington/Baltimore: 20,208
5) Chicago: 15,789
6) Dallas: 12,412
7) Houston: 12,218
8) San Diego: 11,178
9) Seattle: 10,803
10) Philadelphia: 9,444
11) Atlanta: 9,249
12) Boston: 8,924
13) Detroit: 8,447
14) Phoenix: 6,073
15) Riverside: 5,426
16) Honolulu: 5,020

Total Immigration from Africa during 2011 by MSA/CSA. All over 2,000 are listed:

1) Washington/Baltimore: 12,707
2) New York: 12,576
3) Atlanta: 4,687
4) Boston: 4,359
5) Minneapolis: 3,900
6) Dallas: 3,868
7) Philadelphia: 3,483
8) Houston: 3,038
9) Seattle: 2,816
10) Los Angeles: 2,685
11) Chicago: 2,365
12) Columbus, OH: 2,026

Total Immigration from North America during 2011 by MSA/CSA. This includes Mexico, Central America, The Caribbean, and Canada. All over 2,000 are listed:

1) New York: 54,894
2) Miami: 45,743
3) Los Angeles: 25,800
4) Houston: 11,757
5) Dallas: 9,363
6) Chicago: 8,747
7) San Diego: 7,910
8) Riverside: 7,769
9) Washington/Baltimore: 7,640
10) Boston: 7,409
11) San Francisco/San Jose: 6,828
12) Phoenix: 5,485
13) El Paso, TX: 5,149
14) Atlanta: 4,288
15) Tampa: 4,031
16) Orlando: 3,945
17) Philadelphia: 3,351
18) Las Vegas: 3,220
19) McAllen, TX: 3,049

Total Immigration from South America during 2011. All over 1,000 are listed:

1) New York: 23,444
2) Miami: 17,693
3) Washington/Baltimore: 3,776
4) Los Angeles: 3,138
5) Orlando: 2,655
6) Boston: 2,503
7) Houston: 2,438
8) Atlanta: 2,255
9) Chicago: 1,341
10) Tampa: 1,324
11) Dallas: 1,204
12) Bridgeport: 1,023

Total Immigration from Europe during 2011. All over 1,000 are listed:

1) New York: 15,741
2) Chicago: 6,586
3) Los Angeles: 4,035
4) San Francisco/San Jose: 3,591
5) Miami: 3,168
6) Washington/Baltimore: 3,107
7) Boston: 2,632
8) Philadelphia: 2,049
9) Seattle: 2,018
10) Detroit: 1,701
11) Houston: 1,567
12) Atlanta: 1,287
13) Sacramento: 1,317
14) Dallas: 1,136
15) San Diego: 1,113

Total Immigration from Mexico in 2011. These numbers are part of the whole for North America, but since Mexico is (by far) the largest source of immigrants to America, I decided to break it down further. All over 2,000 are listed:

1) Los Angeles: 16,565
2) Houston: 7,792
3) Dallas: 7,492
4) San Diego: 7,402
5) Chicago: 7,049
6) Riverside: 6,608
7) El Paso, TX: 5,083
8) Phoenix: 4,472
9) San Francisco/San Jose: 3,928
10) McAllen, TX: 2,987
11) San Antonio: 2,538
12) Denver: 2,161
13) New York: 2,103

ENJOY!!!

[First24]

The international prowess of Metro NYC speaks for itself. What a beast.

[Slyman11]

Originally Posted by justme02

First off, this thread is for Slyman11 for being so good as to help me find the data.

Youre very welcome.

BTW thank you for the kind words my friend

[Slyman11]

Originally Posted by Scout_972

The international prowess of Metro NYC speaks for itself. What a beast.

If immigration stays the same each year then in 10 years the NY area gains 1.8 million new immigrants. If it could ever reverse its net migration that would be 3 million in population growth each census

[afonega1]

If these were listed by percentage of total population of each group,it would appear that many cities are much more international than cities with larger populations.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by afonega1

If these were listed by percentage of total population of each group,it would appear that many cities are much more international than cities with larger populations.

What do you propose would be the best way to measure internationalness based on these numbers?

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by justme02

What do you propose would be the best way to measure internationalness based on these numbers?

Anyway that makes Atlanta rank high.

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Originally Posted by Slyman11

If immigration stays the same each year then in 10 years the NY area gains 1.8 million new immigrants. If it could ever reverse its net migration that would be 3 million in population growth each census

Now are these immigrants residing in NYC or landing there? Same for any city? I'm sure that gets difficult to track but how close is the correlation between where the immigrant lands and where the immigrant ultimately resides? For instance, I don't know one person who is older than 70 that immigrated to the U.S. who didn't go through Ellis Island (and I personally don't know one person over 70 who lives in New York City).

I am not doubting the numbers or trying to come up with some conspiracy, I am just curious if anyone knows how the system works and can explain it to me.

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Where in Africa are the immigrants from in cities like Washington, Atlanta and Boston? I assume it's not primarily Somalia, because I always hear the Twin Cities as being the Somali mecca in America, yet it's barely top 5 for total African immigration, DWARFED by DC/Baltimore and NYC!

Total Immigration from Africa during 2011 by MSA/CSA. All over 2,000 are listed:

1) Washington/Baltimore: 12,707
2) New York: 12,576
3) Atlanta: 4,687
4) Boston: 4,359
5) Minneapolis: 3,900
6) Dallas: 3,868
7) Philadelphia: 3,483
8) Houston: 3,038
9) Seattle: 2,816
10) Los Angeles: 2,685
11) Chicago: 2,365
12) Columbus, OH: 2,026

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

A big percentage of Boston's African immigrants come from Cape Verde and Washington gets large numbers of Ethiopian immigrants. By the same token Minneapolis gets a lot of Somalis. Atlanta and Dallas dont have a huge number coming from one particular country, its more scattered from around Sub-Saharan Africa.