E.g., 04/25/2024
E.g., 04/25/2024
Immigrant Profiles & Demographics

Immigrant Profiles & Demographics

_WorldGraphic

In an era when publics are seeking to understand how immigration is reshaping populations and local communities, and the effect that newcomers are having on economic, educational, and labor systems, it is imperative to have access to credible and authoritative data. The U.S. and international data-rich research offered here, and data resources offered through our Data Hub, empower users to learn more about the role of immigration in today's world. Browse by region, by type of research, and more. And visit MPI's Data Hub for data tools, maps, and more.

Recent Activity

au map
Articles
Articles
cover census2010andforeignborn
Policy Briefs
February 2003
By  Elizabeth Grieco
Articles
Articles
sp map
Articles
Articles
nzmap
Articles

Pages

Long a country of emigration, immigration, and asylum, Turkey has also become a country of transit for immigrants, according to Kemal Kirisci of Boagazici University.

be map
Marco Martiniello and Andrea Rea examine how immigration has made Belgium a multicultural society in perpetual renewal.

MPI Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco provides an overview of the largest immigrant group in the United States.

ke map
Kenya is looking to its educated diaspora to meet development goals and achieve global competitiveness, according to MPI’s Ken Okoth.

MPI’s Jill Wilson provides an in-depth look at the United States’ population of people born in Africa.

Pages

Recent Activity

Articles
Recent policies — some more restrictive, some more liberal — reflect Austria's continuing ambivalence about immigration.
Reports
March 2003

This report explores the key themes that emerged during a conference convened on September 9, 2002 by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Migration Policy Institute.

Articles
Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco examines the size and distribution of the foreign-born Hispanic population throughout the United States.
Articles
In the mid-1990s, immigration became a matter of vital importance to Spain's political elites and in the eyes of the public.
Articles
La Gerente de Datos Elizabeth Grieco considera el tamaño y la distribución de la población hispana extranjera en los EEUU.
Articles

En la última mitad de la década de los 90, la inmigración llegó a ser un tema de vital importancia para los políticos y el público español.

Policy Briefs
February 2003

This policy brief examines the implications of the Census Bureau’s proposed discontinuation of the “long-form” questionnaire in 2010 for data and research on the foreign born population in the United States. 

Articles
Large gaps exist in the social science and public policy research on immigration. Guillermina Jasso of New York University, Douglas S. Massey of the University of Pennsylvania, Mark R. Rosenzweig of Harvard University, and James P. Smith of RAND take an in-depth look at the New Immigrant Survey, which aims to bridge the chasm between information needs and existing data.

Pages