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Current selection: Population — immigration
Over the past decade, Chinese nationals made up the largest group of asylum seekers from any country.
Domestic migration is the largest driver of different growth rates, followed by births.
Government data shows how COVID-19 intersected with everything from the economy to how people watch television.
Even during the pandemic, immigration has contributed to US population growth.
About 0.8% of people enrolled in the program were able to legally enter the US.
The Census Bureau won't release one-year estimates for the 2020 American Communities Survey due to nonresponses skewing the data. The nation will miss out as a result.
The US population grew 0.4% in 2020. This is the lowest annual growth rate since 1918, the year of the Spanish flu pandemic.
The number of H-2A foreign workers more than quadrupled since 2007.
The visa allows skilled workers entry into the US. While total approvals are up, the approval rate dropped from 95.7% in 2015 to 84.9% in 2019 — and the administration has paused all H-1B admissions through the end of 2020.
Around 16.5 million authorized foreign nationals live in the US. How many of them are eligible for American citizenship?
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