/ dave / arouet at winternet.com, Tue Jan 20 00:58:55 PST 2004
>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>As far as flows of human beings across national borders are
>>concerned, the world today is radically less fluid than a century
>>ago.
>>
>>***** From 1860 to 1920, more than 13 percent of the population
>>was foreign-born. In 1990, roughly 8.5 percent of the
>>population--about 1 person in 12 in the United States--was born
>>abroad, considerably smaller proportionally than during much of
>>U.S. history.
>
>Ten dollars says that's been on the increase since 1990. Are there
>any current estimates?
>
>Wait, here it is:
>
>About 10 percent of Americans are foreign born - less than the
>highest share during the last century (15 percent in 1910), but
>more than the lowest share (5 percent in 1970).
<snip>
>The foreign-born population in the United States grew from 10
>million in 1970, the lowest total in the 20th century, to 14
>million in 1980, and 20 million in 1990. By March 2000, the
>estimated foreign-born population in the United States was 28
>million, according to the Current Population Survey (CPS).
<snip>
>http://www.census.gov/population/pop-profile/2000/chap17.pdf
Then came recession, 9.11, and Homeland Security. I doubt that the proportion of the foreign born will ever approach the level before the introduction of modern immigration control after WW1. -- Yoshie Furuhashi English & Comparative Studies Ohio State University <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> 614-668-6554