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I thought it would be interesting to see which countries have the most foreign born people by MSA. For each country that the US Census collects data on, there is listed the top 10 MSAs which have the most people born in said country. This is also for MSAs with 1M+ in theory, although, unfortunately, all of the MSAs between 1 million and 1.6 million people except for Hartford, CT didn't have data in the dataset that's being used for this. There were a few more MSAs that didn't have data besides this, but not many. Most would not have been listed at all or very highly in any of the countries. In total, data was collected about 34 MSAs.
The order of the MSAs represented below is ordered by the sum of each country for the MSAs descending.
Source: US Census 2016 American Community Survey, 1 Year. Table B05006
Mexico
1. Los Angeles: 1,671,180 people
2. Houston: 638,520
3. Dallas: 631,243
4. Chicago: 630,065
5. Riverside, CA: 565,229
6. San Diego: 354,365
7. Phoenix: 341,721
8. New York: 321,254
9. San Francisco: 238,364
10. Las Vegas: 186,394
China
1. New York: 452,732 people
2. Los Angeles: 352,140
3. San Francisco: 297,832
4. San Jose: 123,565
5. Boston: 94,486
6. Chicago: 77,575
7. Seattle: 73,088
8. Washington DC: 69,476
9. Houston: 62,889
10. Philadelphia: 50,981
India
1. New York: 361,910 people
2. Chicago: 142,508
3. San Francisco: 128,512
4. San Jose: 121,391
5. Dallas: 108,570
6. Washington DC: 104,432
7. Los Angeles: 94,007
8. Philadelphia: 82,091
9. Houston: 75,609
10. Atlanta: 64,614
Philippines
1. Los Angeles: 290,701 people
2. San Francisco: 158,581
3. New York: 156,778
4. San Diego: 95,853
5. Las Vegas: 77,827
6. Chicago: 76,603
7. Riverside, CA: 67,031
8. San Jose: 59,995
9. Seattle: 51,903
10. Washington DC: 44,102
El Salvador
1. Los Angeles: 298,340 people
2. Washington DC: 200,283
3. New York: 151,674
4. Houston: 117,801
5. San Francisco: 63,310
6. Dallas: 57,117
7. Boston: 41,944
8. Riverside, CA: 34,449
9. Miami: 31,539
10. Atlanta: 21,415
Cuba
1. Miami: 807,571 people
2. Tampa: 66,596
3. New York: 61,248
4. Houston: 30,582
5. Orlando: 26,648
6. Las Vegas: 19,694
7. Los Angeles: 17,309
8. Dallas: 8086
9. Chicago: 7355
10. Atlanta: 7302
Vietnam
1. Los Angeles: 263,816 people
2. San Jose: 103,290
3. Houston: 91,080
4. San Francisco: 60,601
5. Dallas: 57,467
6. Washington DC: 49,992
7. Seattle: 46,491
8. San Diego: 41,079
9. Boston: 34,030
10. Atlanta: 30,456
Haiti
1. Miami: 219,033 people
2. New York: 177,656
3. Boston: 51,073
4. Orlando: 38,174
5. Philadelphia: 18,553
6. Atlanta: 13,960
7. Tampa: 10,107
8. Providence: 6701
9. Washington DC: 4491
10. Chicago: 3065
Honduras
1. New York: 86,845 people
2. Miami: 80,412
3. Houston: 60,812
4. Washington DC: 53,296
5. Los Angeles: 37,499
6. Dallas: 21,160
7. Atlanta: 17,261
8. Charlotte: 11,993
9. Boston: 11,434
10. Chicago: 10,026
Canada
1. New York: 48,003 people
2. Los Angeles: 40,842
3. Phoenix: 33,911
4. Miami: 32,010
5. Seattle: 25,009
6. Boston: 21,408
7. Detroit: 21,281
8. San Francisco: 18,599
9. Tampa: 17,839
10. Chicago: 15,130
United Kingdom
1. New York: 64,550 people
2. Los Angeles: 44,190
3. Boston: 19,866
4. Houston: 19,252
5. Washington DC: 18,682
6. Miami: 17,541
7. Chicago: 16,487
8. Seattle: 15,430
9. Atlanta: 15,262
10. Tampa: 14,610
Ecuador
1. New York: 247,223 people
2. Miami: 30,017
3. Chicago: 15,283
4. Los Angeles: 13,963
5. Orlando: 6967
6. Washington DC: 6754
7. Charlotte: 6368
8. Boston: 5638
9. Dallas: 5418
10. Tampa: 4899
Poland
1. Chicago: 131,410 people
2. New York: 105,941
3. Hartford, CT: 14,237
4. Detroit: 9757
5. Los Angeles: 9333
6. Miami: 8826
7. Philadelphia: 7749
8. Boston: 5786
9. Tampa: 4681
10. San Francisco: 4427
Peru
1. New York: 106,909 people
2. Miami: 54,939
3. Washington DC: 34,112
4. Los Angeles: 31,228
5. San Francisco: 16,748
6. Chicago: 7836
7. Riverside, CA: 7504
8. Houston: 7377
9. Orlando: 6474
10. Tampa: 6332
Iran
1. Los Angeles: 142,774 people
2. Washington DC: 22,905
3. New York: 22,214
4. San Francisco: 16,521
5. San Jose: 16,190
6. San Diego: 12,007
7. Dallas: 9799
8. Houston: 9587
9. Chicago: 7731
10. Atlanta: 6826
Brazil
1. Boston: 56,741 people
2. New York: 50,526
3. Miami: 48,389
4. Orlando: 19,584
5. Los Angeles: 14,596
6. Washington DC: 13,375
7. San Francisco: 12,534
8. Philadelphia: 10,943
9. Atlanta: 9519
10. San Diego: 8032
Pakistan
1. New York: 72,145 people
2. Houston: 34,931
3. Washington DC: 30,566
4. Chicago: 27,930
5. Los Angeles: 18,266
6. Dallas: 15,371
7. San Francisco: 12,631
8. Atlanta: 11,727
9. Philadelphia: 9143
10. Miami: 7901
Germany
1. New York: 48,164 people
2. Los Angeles: 23,394
3. Chicago: 17,950
4. Washington DC: 16,674
5. San Francisco: 15,186
6. Miami: 12,543
7. Seattle: 11,880
8. Atlanta: 10,759
9. Philadelphia: 10,046
10. Detroit: 9921
Russia
1. New York: 84,987 people
2. Los Angeles: 25,308
3. Chicago: 16,983
4. Boston: 16,169
5. San Francisco: 14,510
6. Washington DC: 11,704
7. Seattle: 11,686
8. Miami: 9992
9. Philadelphia: 9902
10. Portland: 9615
Ukraine
1. New York: 89,222 people
2. Chicago: 21,609
3. Portland: 19,239
4. Seattle: 18,748
5. Los Angeles: 17,035
6. Philadelphia: 16,990
7. Sacramento: 15,618
8. Boston: 8496
9. Miami: 8413
10. San Francisco: 7883
Nigeria
1. New York: 44,915 people
2. Houston: 39,672
3. Washington DC: 27,916
4. Dallas: 27,047
5. Atlanta: 22,819
6. Los Angeles: 13,435
7. Chicago: 11,954
8. Baltimore: 10,377
9. Philadelphia: 7043
10. Riverside, CA: 5068
Italy
1. New York: 113,791 people
2. Chicago: 18,510
3. Boston: 17,025
4. Miami: 14,440
5. Philadelphia: 11,875
6. Los Angeles: 11,793
7. Detroit: 8112
8. Hartford, CT: 6630
9. San Francisco: 6167
10. Washington DC: 4570
Venezuela
1. Miami: 114,178 people
2. Orlando: 27,324
3. Houston: 21,075
4. New York: 18,156
5. Tampa: 8056
6. Atlanta: 6520
7. Washington DC: 5217
8. Boston: 4810
9. Los Angeles: 4359
10. Dallas: 3885
Japan
1. Los Angeles: 46,495 people
2. New York: 40,293
3. San Francisco: 17,248
4. Seattle: 14,130
5. San Jose: 13,315
6. Chicago: 10,689
7. San Diego: 10,350
8. Washington DC: 9509
9. Boston: 7348
10. Detroit: 6400
South Africa
1. New York: 8922 people
2. Los Angeles: 7733
3. Miami: 4735
4. Atlanta: 4671
5. San Francisco: 4101
6. Dallas: 3481
7. San Diego: 3053
8. Washington DC: 2988
9. Seattle: 2598
10. Houston: 2423
Chile
1. New York: 15,387 people
2. Miami: 13,407
3. Los Angeles: 7563
4. Washington DC: 4123
5. San Francisco: 2731
6. Chicago: 1952
7. Seattle: 1690
8. Houston: 1559
9. Boston: 1477
10. San Jose: 1364
Portugal
1. Providence: 52,014 people
2. Boston: 14,898
3. San Francisco: 4257
4. New York: 4186
5. San Jose: 3817
6. Hartford, CT: 2656
7. Los Angeles: 2467
8. Washington DC: 2237
9. Miami: 2125
10. Philadelphia: 2044
This one stood out to me the most. For such a small city to be leading so much above all those much larger cities, some even pretty close by. Very interesting.
Now I know why Minneapolis has so many Thai restaurants. I thought they were just trendy. The Hmong, Lao and Vietnamese are such a big part of our Asian population here that I think we forget about the rest.
This one stood out to me the most. For such a small city to be leading so much above all those much larger cities, some even pretty close by. Very interesting.
Agreed....I also thought Newark would have made the list the Ironbound and other areas close in seem to have quite a few Portuguese.
Agreed....I also thought Newark would have made the list the Ironbound and other areas close in seem to have quite a few Portuguese.
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Originally Posted by That_One_Guy
This one stood out to me the most. For such a small city to be leading so much above all those much larger cities, some even pretty close by. Very interesting.
As the title and paragraph say clearly, this is for MSAs - not cities. Every MSA listed has at least 1.6 million people with the exception of Hartford, CT which has 1.2 million people.
As the title and paragraph say clearly, this is for MSAs - not cities. Every MSA listed has at least 1.6 million people with the exception of Hartford, CT which has 1.2 million people.
Does this mean that no MSA between 1.2 million and 1.6 million is in the top ten of any of these immigrant origins?
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