10.10.2006
From 200 Million to 300 Million: The Numbers behind Population Growth
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The U.S. population will reach 300 million some time this month. This fact sheet presents an analysis, by race/ethnicity and nativity, of the 100 million people who were added to the population since 1966-67. In addition, the fact sheet breaks down the U.S. population, again by race/ethnicity and nativity, when it was 200 million and at the 300 million mark.
Other Immigration Fact Sheets
August 25, 2006: Cubans in the United States
June 7, 2006: Hispanic Attitudes Toward Learning English
May 22, 2006: Modes of Entry for the Unauthorized Migrant Population
May 17, 2006: The State of American Public Opinion on Immigration in Spring 2006: A Review of Major Surveys
April 26, 2006: Estimates of the Unauthorized Migrant Population for States based on the March 2005 CPS
April 13, 2006: The Labor Force Status of Short-Term Unauthorized Workers
April 5, 2006: Recently Arrived Migrants and the Congressional Debate on Immigration
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