Combined Statistical Area(CSA) by Foreign Born Population, 2019

[dimondpark]

*Austin, San Diego & Tampa MSAs were included.

Combined Statistical Area(CSA) by Foreign Born Population(25,000+), 2019
6,230,338 New York-Newark
5,529,651 Los Angeles-Long Beach
2,860,863 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
2,673,091 Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
1,770,979 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
1,670,425 Houston-The Woodlands
1,647,827 Chicago-Naperville
1,482,840 Dallas-Fort Worth
1,346,553 Boston-Worcester-Providence
923,059 Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs
852,776 Seattle-Tacoma
776,316 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
761,933 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
709,716 Phoenix-Mesa
640,792 Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona
516,123 Las Vegas-Henderson
509,017 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
481,850 Sacramento-Roseville
461,368 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater MSA
416,134 Denver-Aurora
404,370 Minneapolis-St Paul
386,259 Portland-Vancouver-Salem
350,067 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown
297,573 San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall
288,358 Charlotte-Concord
268,536 Fresno-Madera-Hanford
262,951 Raleigh-Durham-Cary
246,828 Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
246,339 McAllen-Edinburg
241,604 Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples
222,049 El Paso-Las Cruces
191,445 Columbus-Marion-Zanesville
184,417 Hartford-East Hartford
179,319 Cleveland-Akron-Canton
178,211 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro
165,323 Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City
160,082 Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie
157,113 Tucson-Nogales
151,393 Jacksonville-St Marys-Palatka
138,014 Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha
135,907 St Louis-St Charles-Farmington
135,755 Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point
127,604 Virginia Beach-Norfolk
121,337 North Port-Sarasota
119,296 Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville
113,800 Oklahoma City
112,034 Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas
101,518 Brownsville-Harligen-Raymondville
101,293 Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton
100,913 New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond
93,707 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson
93,818 Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Bardstown
85,999 Albany-Schenectady
85,607 Reno-Carson City-Fernley
80,099 Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls
77,759 Grand Rapids-Kentwood-Muskegon
75,426 Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont
73,134 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean
71,342 Tulsa-Muskogee-Bartlesville
71,002 Harrisburg-York-Lebanon
69,480 Memphis-Forrest City
69,385 Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines
63,029 Madison-Janesville-Beloit
60,207 Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton
58,288 Boise-Mountain Home-Ontario
53,786 Midland-Odessa
52,896 Kennewick-Richland-Walla Walla
51,585 South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka
50,107 Wichita-Winfield
50,106 Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton
49,522 Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville
49,122 Columbia-Orangeburg-Newberry
47,095 Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega
45,164 Lexington-Richmond-Frankfort
43,502 Syracuse-Auburn
40,789 Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice
39,207 Dayton-Springfield-Kettering
30,175 Huntsville-Decatur
36,111 Gainesville-Lake City
34,888 Little Rock-North Little Rock
34,035 Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d’Alene
33,583 Salisbury-Camden
33,414 Portland-Lewiston-South Portland
32,982 Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn
31,819 Asheville-Marion-Brevard
30,693 Cedar Rapids-Iowa City
30,422 Myrtle Beach-Conway
29,835 Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle
29,358 Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro
28,694 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage
28,622 Columbus-Auburn-Opelika
27,331 Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort
26,535 Amarillo-Pampa-Borger
26,426 Lubbock-Plainview-Levelland
25,708 Lincoln-Beatrice
25,531 Pensacola-Ferry Pass
25,328 Davenport-Moline

Foreign Born Persons as a Percentage of the Total Population, 2019
38.8% Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
29.6% Los Angeles-Long Beach
29.6% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
27.6% New York-Newark
26.4% McAllen-Edinburg
23.0% Houston-The Woodlands
22.9% Brownsville-Harligen-Raymondville
22.8% San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
22.3% Las Vegas-Henderson
20.9% El Paso-Las Cruces
20.5% Fresno-Madera-Hanford
20.2% Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples
18.4% Dallas-Fort Worth
18.3% Sacramento-Roseville
18.0% Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
17.4% Seattle-Tacoma
17.0% Chicago-Naperville
16.2% Boston-Worcester-Providence
15.7% Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown MSA
15.4% Midland-Odessa
15.4% Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona
14.7% Kennewick-Richland-Walla Walla
14.4% Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater MSA
14.4% Tucson-Nogales
14.2% Phoenix-Mesa
13.5% Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs
13.4% Reno-Carson City-Fernley
12.6% Raleigh-Durham-Cary
12.5% Hartford-East Hartford
11.8% Portland-Vancouver-Salem
11.6% San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall
11.5% Denver-Aurora
11.4% North Port-Sarasota
10.8% Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
10.3% Charlotte-Concord
10.3% Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort
10.0% Minneapolis-St Paul
9.7% Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas
9.5% Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
9.3% Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
9.0% Gainesville-Lake City
9.0% Jacksonville-St Marys-Palatka
8.6% Amarillo-Pampa-Borger
8.6% Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro
8.0% Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point
7.9% Des Moines-Ames-West Des Moines
7.7% Oklahoma City-Shawnee
7.6% Columbus-Marion-Zanesville
7.6% Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice
7.6% Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont
7.5% Salisbury-Camden
7.4% Albany-Schenectady
7.4% Wichita-Winfield
7.2% Lincoln-Beatrice
7.1% Madison-Janesville-Beloit
7.0% Boise-Mountain Home-Ontario
7.0% Lubbock-Plainview-Levelland
6.9% Cedar Rapids-Iowa City
6.9% Virginia Beach-Norfolk
6.9% Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls
6.9% Rockford-Freeport-Rochelle
6.9% Virginia Beach-Norfolk
6.7% Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha
6.7% New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond
6.6% Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City
6.5% Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie
6.4% Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson
6.4% South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka
6.4% Tulsa-Muskogee-Bartlesville
6.3% Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabeth-Bardstown
6.1% Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean
6.1% Lexington-Richmond-Frankfort
6.0% Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton
6.0% Syracuse-Auburn
5.9% Asheville-Pampa-Borger
5.9% Columbus-Auburn-Opelika
5.9% Fayetteville-Sanford-Lumberton
5.7% Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage
5.6% Harrisburg-York-Lebanon
5.5% Grand Rapids-Kentwood-Muskegon
5.4% Davenport-Moline
5.4% Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn
5,4% Myrtle Beach-Conway
5.2% Cincinnati-Wilmington-Maysville
5.2% Portland-Lewiston-South Portland
5.1% Columbia-Orangeburg-Newberry
5.1% Memphis-Forrest City
5.0% Cleveland-Akron-Canton
5.0% Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro
4.8% Huntsville-Decatur
4.7% Pensacola-Ferry Pass
4.7% St Louis-St Charles-Farmington
4.6% Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d’Alene
4.3% Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville
3.9% Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton
3.8% LIttle Rock-North Little Rock
3.6% Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega
3.6% Dayton-Springfield-Kettering

source: data.census.gov

[kingkirbythe....]

This is some interesting shit.

[dimondpark]

^I agree.

US Counties, 25%+ Foreign Born, 2019
54.6% Miami-Dade, FL
47.6% Queens, NY
44.6% Hudson, NJ
40.4% Santa Clara, CA
35.9% San Mateo, CA
35.4% Kings, NY
35.0% Broward, FL
34.2% Passaic, NJ
33.9% Los Angeles, CA
33.7% Bronx, NY
33.7% San Francisco, CA
33.6% Middlesex, NJ
32.5% Montgomery, MD
32.4% Alameda, CA
32.0% Union, NJ
31.5% Bergen, NJ
31.4% Fairfax, VA
29.9% Orange, CA
29.0% Essex, NJ
29.4% Imperial, CA
28.6% Monterey, CA
28.5% Suffolk, MA
28.4% Fort Bend, TX
28.4% Merced, CA
27.8% New York, NY
27.3% Gwinnett, GA
26.5% Palm Beach, FL
26.4% Collier, FL
26.4% Contra Costa, CA
26.3% Harris, TX
26.3% Hidalgo, TX
26.3% Yuma, AZ
26.1% Somerset, NJ
26.0% Prince William, VA
25.6% Dallas, TX
25.5% Westchester, NY
25.4% Alexandria, VA

[dimondpark]

Somewhat related:

Combined Statistical Areas(CSA) by Persons Speaking a Foreign Language, 2019(250,000+)
8,914,233 Los Angeles-Long Beach
7,981,624 New York-Newark
3,896,767 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
3,340,011 Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
2,669,580 Houston-The Woodlands
2,644,335 Chicago-Naperville
2,327,298 Dallas-Fort Worth
2,135,036 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
1,796,506 Boston-Worcester-Providence
1,237,867 Phoenix-Mesa
1,159,320 Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs
1,149,698 Philadephia-Reading-Camden
1,127,798 Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona
1,014,955 Seattle-Tacoma
845,214 San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall
744,059 Las Vegas-Henderson
702,010 Sacramento-Roseville
698,658 McAllen-Edinburg
668,225 Denver-Aurora
657,394 Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
650,451 El Paso-Las Cruces
557,406 Portland-Vancouver-Salem
543,711 Fresno-Madera-Hanford
538,842 Minneapolis-St Paul
422,699 Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
361,041 Charlotte-Concord
336,416 Albuquerque--Santa Fe-Las Vegas
326,377 Raleigh-Durham-Cary
322,007 Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples
312,688 Tucson-Nogales
299,163 Cleveland-Akron-Canton
277,111 Hartford-East Hartford

Percentage of Population that Speaks a Foreign Language
82.0% McAllen-Edinburg
65.8% El Paso-Las Cruces
51.3% Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
50.7% Los Angeles-Long Beach
44.9% Fresno-Madera-Hanford
42.7% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
39.6% Houston-The Woodlands
37.5% New York-Newark
35.2% San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall
34.3% Las Vegas-Henderson
31.0% Dallas-Fort Worth
30.8% Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas
30.3% Tucson-Nogales
28.7% Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona
28.6% Chicago-Naperville
28.3% Sacramento-Roseville
28.1% Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples
26.3% Phoenix-Mesa
23.2% Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
22.9% Boston-Worcester-Providence
22.0% Seattle-Tacoma
19.8% Hartford-East Hartford
19.6% Denver-Aurora
18.1% Portland-Vancouver-Salem
18.0% Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs
17.4% Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
16.9% Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
16.7% Raleigh-Durham-Cary
14.3% Minneapolis-St Paul
13.7% Charlotte-Concord
13.5% Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
8.8% Cleveland-Akron-Canton

[Yuri]

Dimond's lists are the best!

And arguably Rust Belt population stagnation is today more a matter of lack of foreigners than domestic emigration.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by yuriandrade

Dimond's lists are the best!

And arguably Rust Belt population stagnation is today more a matter of lack of foreigners than domestic emigration.

That is exactly what it is. It is definitely linked to the economy, but the bigger takeaway is that the large Rust Belt cities basically saw their inflow of immigrants suddenly shut off while their policies didn't adapt from being high-growth regions to ones with low-growth.

[Yuri]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

That is exactly what it is. It is definitely linked to the economy, but the bigger takeaway is that the large Rust Belt cities basically saw their inflow of immigrants suddenly shut off while their policies didn't adapt from being high-growth regions to ones with low-growth.

I think then it's safe to say Rust Belt massive flight was a 1970's-1980's thing. Since then, the region stabilized, the US resumed immigration, but the Rust Belt was left out of it.

[galleyfox]

Originally Posted by yuriandrade

I think then it's safe to say Rust Belt massive flight was a 1970's-1980's thing. Since then, the region stabilized, the US resumed immigration, but the Rust Belt was left out of it.

The U.S. Federal government also tends to cut off immigrant groups who do favor the Rust Belt. So cities that Mexican, Caribbean, Chinese and Indian immigrants favor do well, whereas destinations for Arab and African immigrants founder. Few people would guess that Detroit is NYC‘s equal when competing for Arab immigrants. It’s a very frustrating situation.

[drummer]

Originally Posted by galleyfox

The U.S. Federal government also tends to cut off immigrant groups who do favor the Rust Belt. So cities that Mexican, Caribbean, Chinese and Indian immigrants favor do well, whereas destinations for Arab and African immigrants founder. Few people would guess that Detroit is NYC‘s equal when competing for Arab immigrants. It’s a very frustrating situation.

From what I understand Minneapolis is up there with Detroit on that particular stat - don't know the numbers, but it's substantial.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by drummer

From what I understand Minneapolis is up there with Detroit on that particular stat - don't know the numbers, but it's substantial.

Doubt that, but would like to see it if you find it. I believe the largest groups of Middle Easterners and North Africans live in the Detroit area, NYC area, and southern California.

[drummer]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Doubt that, but would like to see it if you find it. I believe the largest groups of Middle Easterners and North Africans live in the Detroit area, NYC area, and southern California.

My info is purely anecdotal from friends who live there or have lived in both. Nothing more to support. I believe I read somewhere about Minneapolis having the largest Somali population outside of Somalia, however - don't have time to look that up, but whether or not it compares directly to Detroit, there are a lot of immigrants in that area.

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by dimondpark

Percentage of Population that Speaks a Foreign Language
82.0% McAllen-Edinburg
65.8% El Paso-Las Cruces
51.3% Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
50.7% Los Angeles-Long Beach
44.9% Fresno-Madera-Hanford
42.7% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
39.6% Houston-The Woodlands
37.5% New York-Newark
35.2% San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall
34.3% Las Vegas-Henderson
31.0% Dallas-Fort Worth
30.8% Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas
30.3% Tucson-Nogales
28.7% Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona
28.6% Chicago-Naperville
28.3% Sacramento-Roseville
28.1% Cape Coral-Fort Myers-Naples
26.3% Phoenix-Mesa
23.2% Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
22.9% Boston-Worcester-Providence
22.0% Seattle-Tacoma
19.8% Hartford-East Hartford
19.6% Denver-Aurora
18.1% Portland-Vancouver-Salem
18.0% Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs
17.4% Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
16.9% Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
16.7% Raleigh-Durham-Cary
14.3% Minneapolis-St Paul
13.7% Charlotte-Concord
13.5% Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor
8.8% Cleveland-Akron-Canton

What does this mean? The percentage of the population that is multi-lingual, or the percentage with a non-English first language? If the latter, seems unintuitive that it'd exceed the foreign-born population.

[Crawford]

Yes, the Midwest population is flat largely because of lack of immigration, rather than outmigration, but it's a bit of chicken-and-egg. Domestic outmigration and immigration have a causal relationship, so if there were more immigration there would likely be more outmigration.

Also, high growth Rust Belt metros, like Cincy, have very low immigration, while low growth Rust Belt metros, like Detroit have relatively high immigration. The trends are more metro-specific than regionwide.

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by galleyfox

The U.S. Federal government also tends to cut off immigrant groups who do favor the Rust Belt. So cities that Mexican, Caribbean, Chinese and Indian immigrants favor do well, whereas destinations for Arab and African immigrants founder. Few people would guess that Detroit is NYC‘s equal when competing for Arab immigrants. It’s a very frustrating situation.

Metro Detroit has huge Lebanese, Yemeni and Iraqi populations. But it doesn't have the breadth and diversity of the NYC-area ME population. And I'm not aware of the U.S. targeting these populations, as the ME community in Metro Detroit tends to be Christian and arrived via family immigration, long before the current administration. Dearborn, which is heavily Muslim, is probably affected by current politics, but not the region as a whole.

Also, Metro Detroit doesn't have a large African population, at all. African populations are largest in the NY and DC areas, and Philly and Atlanta have decent numbers.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by yuriandrade

I think then it's safe to say Rust Belt massive flight was a 1970's-1980's thing. Since then, the region stabilized, the US resumed immigration, but the Rust Belt was left out of it.

Yes, the Rust Belt hemorrhaged population in the 70's well into the 90's but since leveled off and even rebounded somewhat but never attracted immigrants due to stagnant economies and little to no growth prospects. Fortunately, I think the worst days are behind them.

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

What does this mean? The percentage of the population that is multi-lingual, or the percentage with a non-English first language? If the latter, seems unintuitive that it'd exceed the foreign-born population.

It's all persons ages 5+ that speak a language other than English--including those who also speak English.

[edale]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Also, high growth Rust Belt metros, like Cincy, have very low immigration, while low growth Rust Belt metros, like Detroit have relatively high immigration. The trends are more metro-specific than regionwide.

Columbus doesn't really fit this narrative, though. It has pretty substantial levels of immigration, both from Mexicans and Somalians. I believe Columbus is second only to Minneapolis in terms of Somalians. Granted, that is more of a result of government relocation than some natural immigration pattern, but still noteworthy.

I also wouldn't call the Cincy metro a high growth area. It has consistently experienced modest, steady growth over the years, which is better than stagnation or population loss, which is the case in Cleveland and Pittsburgh MSAs. But the real growth machine in the Midwest is Columbus (maybe Indy, too), and it's a result of natural growth, immigration, and in-state moves. Much of Cleveland's loss is Columbus' gain.

[Buckeye Native 001]

Yeah, Cincinnati's metro is not high growth and I don't think the State of Ohio reaps most of the benefits since a lot of the Tri-State's growth is across the river in Kentucky. Then again, Butler and Warren counties are two of the fastest growing in Ohio...

Aside from Chicago, which will always reign supreme, when I think of "the new Midwest" (in terms of growth and economy) its places like Kansas City, Columbus, Indianapolis and probably also Minneapolis/St Paul. Possibly even Grand Rapids.

[PoshSteve]

I'm surprised the total number for Cleveland-Akron-Canton is that high. We talk all the time about that population group being low here (it is), but from the talk I would have figured numbers closed to Buffalo. I would be interested to see the breakdown between the different Cleveland/Akron/Canton MSAs. The foreign language stats do not surprise me. While we have a decent number of Spanish speakers, primarily a large Puerto Rican community on the near west side, there is also a large Russian community here. I live in the east suburbs ("The Heights"), and you just going out you hear Russian here as often as I heard Spanish in other cities.

[dimondpark]

CSAs by Foreign Language Speakers, 2019
250,000+ Speakers

Spanish
6,242,583 Los Angeles-Long Beach
4,066,479 New York-Newark
2,585,254 Miami-Port St Lucie-Fort Lauderdale
2,022,395 Houston-The Woodlands
1,798,371 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
1,678,610 Dallas-Fort Worth
1,568,496 Chicago-Naperville
957,744 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
929,369 Phoenix-Mesa
854,946 Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona
758,771 San Antonio-New Braunfels-Pearsall
706,128 Boston-Worcester-Providence
688,769 McAllen-Edinburg
630,980 El Paso-Las Cruces
613,645 Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs
544,557 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden
503,059 Las Vegas-Henderson
446,821 Denver-Aurora
441,471 Fresno-Madera-Hanford
317,997 Sacramento-Roseville
307,654 Seattle-Tacoma
294,616 Portland-Vancouver-Salem
281,614 Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem
269,188 Albuquerque-Santra Fe-Las Vegas

Indo-European
2,213,879 New York-Newark
745,994 Los Angeles-Long Beach
661,719 Boston-Worcester-Providence
622,026 Chicago-Naperville
611,047 Miami-Fort Lauderdale
586,132 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
484,166 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
299,204 Philadelphia-Reading-Camden

Asian & Pacific Island Languages
1,733,171 Los Angeles-Long Beach
1,410,959 San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
1,263,474 New York-Newark
436,991 Washington-Baltimore-Arlington
396,106 Seattle-Tacoma
325,093 Chicago-Naperville
318,193 Boston-Worcester-Providence
307,893 Houston-The Woodlands
300,988 Dallas-Fort Worth