...and for tonight we are going to explore the 6 largest metropolitan areas/regions in the US...
Kicking things off is the largest metropolitan area in the land and one of the largest in the World. It is truly a beast not just by population, skyline but also the sheer size of it's foreign born and the diverse regions of the world that they come from -- it's very difficult to compare with this giant as it is in a league of its own...and that is...
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Top 50 Non-United States countries or places of birth
*Puerto Rico included in Top 50 (but not considered foreign-born)
New York City, United States 2017
1 Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) 709,482
2 China, People's Republic of 514,656
3 India (Bhārat) 417,996
4 Puerto Rico 400,627
5 México (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) 328,327
6 Jamaica 291,997
7 Ecuador 280,896
8 Colombia 210,947
9 Guyana 175,190
10 Haïti 174,119
11 El Salvador 163,819
12 Philippines (Pilipinas), Republic of the 154,745
13 Korea, Republic of (South) 150,962
14 Italy (Italia) 124,967
15 Perú 124,076
16 Bangladesh 122,520
17 Poland (Polska) 113,122
18 Guatemala 112,937
19 Trinidad and Tobago 111,174
20 Honduras 91,091
21 Russian Federation (Russia) 90,512
22 Ukraine 87,606
23 Pakistan 85,666
24 United Kingdom 84,573
25 Cuba 67,853
26 Brasil 64,921
27 Nigeria 58,137
28 Canada 53,673
29 Germany (Deutschland) 51,378
30 China, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) 50,818
31 Portugal 48,696
32 Egypt, Arab Republic of 48,435
33 Ghana 41,568
34 Taiwan 40,226
35 Greece (Hellenic Republic) 40,204
36 Japan 36,204
37 Ireland, Republic of (Éire) 35,314
38 Vietnam (Việt Nam), Socialist Republic of 33,791
39 Israel (Yisra'el) 33,621
40 France 32,235
41 Albania (Shqiperia) 32,161
42 Barbados 31,985
43 Argentine Republic (Argentina) 29,721
44 Uzbekistan (O‘zbekiston) 28,899
45 Turkey (Türkiye) 27,030
46 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 24,037
47 Spain (España) 23,887
48 Romania (România) 23,365
49 Chile 22,357
50 Grenada (Camerhogne) 21,664
Total Foreign-born: 6,463,292
CSA Population: 23,876,155
U.S. Island Areas (Guam, USVI, American Samoa, CNMI) 14,675
*NYC has the largest population of people born in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica, Peru & Ecuador (to name a few) than any other metro outside of their region of origin (e.g., South America, Caribbean, etc.) NYC also has the largest population of immigrants born in India, China, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Israel, Uzbekistan, Albania, Greece, Bangladesh, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Ukraine & Italy than any other metro in the Americas.
Top 40 newly added legal permanent residents by country of birth
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA/Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 2017
1 Dominican Republic 33,768
2 China, People's Republic 18,343
3 India 9,780
4 Jamaica 8,198
5 Bangladesh 7,906
6 Ecuador 6,232
7 Haiti 5,764
8 Colombia 4,339
9 Pakistan 4,233
10 Guyana 3,955
11 Philippines 3,799
12 Mexico 3,627
13 El Salvador 3,176
14 Korea, South 2,793
15 Egypt 2,760
16 Peru 2,668
17 Uzbekistan 2,331
18 Ghana 2,291
19 Brazil 2,140
20 Yemen 2,121
21 Ukraine 1,975
22 Nigeria 1,901
23 Honduras 1,781
24 Russia 1,708
25 United Kingdom 1,659
26 Albania 1,616
27 Trinidad and Tobago 1,603
28 Poland 1,371
29 Guatemala 1,335
30 Nepal 1,210
31 Cuba 1,127
32 Turkey 1,102
33 Canada 1,087
34 France 1,007
35 Georgia 952
36 Israel 905
37 Morocco 779
38 Italy 770
39 Venezuela 740
40 Vietnam 703
Total CBSA/MSA or Combined Tallied & Represented of CSA above: 178,821
Total CSA or MSA Legal Permanent Residents: 186,876 (meaning there's another 8,055 in the CSA that aren't included in the total that the Top 40 was compiled from). So each could be higher.
Total Legal Permanent Residents by Country of Birth
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Next up we head to the West Coast to the other giant in the US that -- in so many ways a world a part culturally from NYC and that city is...
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Top 50 Non-United States countries or places of birth
*Puerto Rico included in Top 50 (but not considered foreign-born)
Los Angeles, United States 2017
1 México (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) 2,280,398
2 Philippines (Pilipinas), Republic of the 379,510
3 El Salvador 309,444
4 Vietnam (Việt Nam), Socialist Republic of 281,172
5 China, People's Republic of 266,616
6 Korea, Republic of (South) 241,257
7 Guatemala 205,816
8 Iran, Islamic Republic of 152,425
9 India (Bhārat) 121,797
10 Taiwan 104,294
11 Armenia (Hayastan) 71,559
12 Canada 62,807
13 Japan 56,174
14 United Kingdom 54,826
15 Honduras 45,766
16 Perú 43,539
17 China, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) 37,910
18 Cambodia (Kampuchea) 33,391
19 Germany (Deutschland) 31,943
20 Nicaragua 31,876
21 Thailand 31,252
22 Colombia 29,990
23 Indonesia 28,330
24 Cuba 27,450
25 Egypt, Arab Republic of 27,259
26 Russian Federation (Russia) 24,991
27 Lebanese Republic (Lebanon) 22,488
28 Argentine Republic (Argentina) 21,520
29 Pakistan 20,134
30 Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 19,595
31 Ecuador 19,426
32 Israel (Yisra'el) 19,106
33 Puerto Rico 18,324
34 Ukraine 17,550
35 Brasil 16,888
36 France 16,645
37 Nigeria 14,832
38 Italy (Italia) 14,447
39 Belize 13,712
40 Australia 12,114
41 Iraq 11,124
42 Chile 10,827
43 South Africa, Republic of 10,789
44 Romania (România) 10,276
45 Bangladesh 10,257
46 Myanmar (Burma) 10,216
47 Poland (Polska) 9,822
48 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 9,403
49 Jamaica 8,861
50 Ethiopia 8,721
Total Foreign-born: 5,571,129
CSA Population: 18,788,800
U.S. Island Areas (Guam, USVI, American Samoa, CNMI) 12,574
*Los Angeles has the largest population of people born in Mexico, Belize, Philippines, South Korea, El Salvador, Guatemala & Taiwan than another metro outside of their region of origin (e.g., Asia, Central America, etc.). LA also has the largest population of people born in Armenia, Iran, Cambodia, Japan, Indonesia & Thailand than any other metro in the Americas.
Top 40 newly added legal permanent residents by country of birth
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim-Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2017
1 Mexico 26,823
2 China, People's Republic 11,146
3 Philippines 7,285
4 Vietnam 6,343
5 El Salvador 5,004
6 Iran 4,411
7 Korea, South 4,288
8 Guatemala 2,550
9 Armenia 2,506
10 India 2,499
11 Egypt 1,092
12 Taiwan 1,014
13 Afghanistan 916
14 Syria 895
15 United Kingdom 887
16 Honduras 874
17 Canada 839
18 Peru 791
19 Russia 737
20 Japan 726
21 Cambodia 711
22 Pakistan 662
23 Thailand 621
24 Bangladesh 614
25 Brazil 596
26 Colombia 576
27 Nigeria 535
28 Israel 446
29 Jordan 422
30 France 420
31 Indonesia 411
32 Ukraine 394
33 Iraq 386
34 Australia 381
35 Hong Kong 381
36 Lebanon 370
37 Germany 350
38 Cuba 328
39 Nicaragua 304
40 Nepal 300
Total CBSA/MSA or Combined Tallied & Represented of CSA above: 98,457
Total CSA or MSA Legal Permanent Residents: 101,275 *Similar explanation as NYC's
Total Legal Permanent Residents by Country of Birth
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Top 50 Non-United States countries or places of birth
*Puerto Rico included in Top 50 (but not considered foreign-born)
Chicago, United States 2017
1 México (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) 639,520
2 India (Bhārat) 146,819
3 Poland (Polska) 134,324
4 Philippines (Pilipinas), Republic of the 82,178
5 China, People's Republic of 61,315
6 Puerto Rico 49,993
7 Korea, Republic of (South) 36,533
8 Pakistan 30,111
9 Ukraine 26,943
10 Guatemala 26,343
11 Vietnam (Việt Nam), Socialist Republic of 21,994
12 Italy (Italia) 18,660
13 Germany (Deutschland) 18,542
14 Ecuador 18,127
15 Nigeria 16,801
16 Romania (România) 16,604
17 Russian Federation (Russia) 16,554
18 Canada 15,778
19 United Kingdom 15,135
20 Honduras 13,683
21 Greece (Hellenic Republic) 13,401
22 Bulgaria (Balgariya) 13,101
23 Iraq 12,962
24 Colombia 12,916
25 Lithuania (Lietuva) 12,076
26 El Salvador 11,805
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,481
28 Jordan (Al Urdun) 9,107
29 Japan 8,716
30 Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) 8,223
31 Jamaica 7,591
32 Cuba 7,509
33 Perú 7,495
34 Ireland, Republic of (Éire) 6,760
35 Egypt, Arab Republic of 6,514
36 Taiwan 6,472
37 Ghana 6,430
38 Serbia (Srbija) 5,858
39 China, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) 5,682
40 Belarus 5,486
41 Brasil 5,480
42 Saudi Arabia 5,432
43 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5,420
44 Thailand 5,294
45 Czechoslovakia, former 5,290
46 Belize 4,672
47 Israel (Yisra'el) 4,663
48 Croatia (Hrvatska) 4,277
49 Argentine Republic (Argentina) 4,270
50 Moldova, Republic of 4,139
Total Foreign-born: 1,734,662
CSA Population: 9,901,356
U.S. Island Areas (Guam, USVI, American Samoa, CNMI) 1,223
*Chicago has the largest Poland-born population of any metro area in all of the Americas.
Top 40 newly added legal permanent residents by country of birth
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 2017
1 Mexico 9,596
2 India 3,713
3 China, People's Republic 1,793
4 Philippines 1,667
5 Poland 1,504
6 Pakistan 1,123
7 Ukraine 1,090
8 Nigeria 679
9 Vietnam 646
10 Jordan 624
11 Korea, South 582
12 Iraq 518
13 Burma 439
14 Moldova 439
15 Bulgaria 417
16 Guatemala 355
17 Albania 352
18 Syria 350
19 Russia 348
20 Romania 335
21 Ecuador 326
22 United Kingdom 318
23 Colombia 299
24 Serbia 291
25 Canada 285
26 Iran 279
27 Ghana 274
28 Malaysia 255
29 Ethiopia 240
30 Nepal 229
31 Yemen 229
32 Brazil 210
33 Lithuania 207
34 Egypt 201
35 Jamaica 200
36 Congo, Democratic Republic 197
37 El Salvador 196
38 Honduras 184
39 Afghanistan 174
40 Dominican Republic 170
Total CBSA/MSA or Combined Tallied & Represented of CSA above: 36,832
Total CSA or MSA Legal Permanent Residents: 37,092
Total Legal Permanent Residents by Country of Birth
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
...we've got three more to go for tonight...but those are the big three overall population-wise.
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