Indianas Growing Immigrant Population

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Indianas Growing Immigrant Population

• Timothy Ready
• Director of Research
• Institute for Latino Studies
• University of Notre Dame
• Presentation for the
• Informed Discussion of Financial Access for
  Immigrants
• Sponsored by
• The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicagos Consumer
  and Community Affairs Division and the Indiana
  State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• December 17, 2003
• Indianapolis Marriott Downtown

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Immigrants in Indiana
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Indianas Immigrant PopulationStill Small but
Growing Fast!

• 186,534 Indiana Residents Foreign-Born
• Percent of Population Foreign-Born
• United States Indiana
• 11.0 3.1
• Source The source for this, and all information
  in this presentation, is Census 2000.

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Origins of Foreign-Born Residents of Indiana

• N
• Latin America 77,457 41.5
• Asia 46,613 26.6
• Europe 43,305 23.2
• Canada 7,861 4.2
• Africa 7,308 3.9

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Percent of Immigrants Arrived since 1990

• United States Indiana
• Total 42 52
• Latin American 45 63

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Latinos and Immigration
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Recent Immigrants to Indiana Are Far More Likely
to be from Latin America

• Latinos as a Percentage of All Immigrants
• U.S. Indiana
• Pre-1990 49.5 32.4
• Post-1990 54.7 49.8

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Latino Population 1980-2002 and 2002-2030
(projection)
Projection based on 1990-2000 Growth Rate
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Latino Population Growth 1980-1990 and 1990-2000
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Indiana Latino Population, 1980-2002, and
Projected, 2002 - 2030
Projection based on 1990-2000 growth rate.
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Main Countries of Origin for Foreign-Born
Hoosiers

• Mexico, by far, is the largest source of
  immigrants to Indiana.
• 62,113 Mexican-born residents of Indiana.
• Mexico is the birthplace of 33 of all foreign
  born residents of the state.
• Canada is second, with 7,756 (4 of total).

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Indiana Latinos who Are Foreign-Born

• 35 Latinos who are foreign-born
• 23 Percent of foreign-born Latinos who are
  citizens

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Immigration Status of Latino Population
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Latino Population by Country of Origin
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Ability to Speak English for Latinos
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Who Speaks Spanish in Indiana?

• 185,576 report speaking Spanish at home.
• Of these,
• 116,756 (63) are U.S. born
• 71 of U.S. born Spanish speakers report also
  speaking English very well.
• 68,820 (37) are foreign-born
• 27 of foreign-born Spanish speakers report also
  speaking English very well.

Universe Population 5 years and older.
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Educational Attainment
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Indiana Educational Attainment Latino, Black
and White (not Latino), in Percent

• Latino Black White
• lt 12 Years 42 25 17
• HS Grad 28 33 38
• Some College 19 30 25
• Bachelors 7 8 12
• Grad/Prof Degree 4 4 7

Universe Population 25 years and older
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Indiana Latino Educational Attainment by Gender,
in Percent

• Men Women
• lt 12 Years 45 38
• HS Grad 28 28
• Some College 17 22
• Bachelors 6 8
• Grad/Prof Degree 4 5

Universe Population 25 years and older
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Economy
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Indiana Work Force that is Latino by Industry,
in Percent
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Latino and Total Population By Industry, in
Percent
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Median Household Income in 1999
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Percent of Population below Poverty Level by Age
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Work Status
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Labor Force Participation Rate
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Unemployment Rate
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Homeownership Rate
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Indiana Counties
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Ten Indiana Counties with at Least 3,000 Latino
Residents

• Latino Percent of Latinos
• Residents Latino Foreign-Born
• Lake 59,128 12.2 20.2
• Marion 33,290 3.9 54.1
• Elkhart 16,300 8.9 58.9
• Allen 13,877 4.2 36.3
• St. Joseph 12,557 4.7 35.5
• Tippecanoe 7,834 5.3 54.1
• Porter 7,097 4.8 12.6
• Kosciusko 3,722 5.0 39.9
• LaPorte 3,402 3.1 29.9
• Noble 3,299 7.1 57.9

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Counties with the Most Foreign-Born

• N Percent of
• State Total
• Marion 39,386 21
• Lake 25,848 14
• Allen 13,394 7
• Elkhart 12,982 7
• Tippecanoe 12,167 6
• St. Joseph 12,113 6
• State Total 186,534 100

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Percent of Citizens among Foreign-Born Latino
Residents of Indiana Counties

• Percent County
• Citizens
• 50.1 Porter County
• 43.6 Lake County
• 17.1 Marion County
• 15.2 White County
• 14.5 Elkhart County
• 7.1 Clinton County

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Counties with the Highest Percentage of
Immigrants who Arrived since 1990

• Clinton 78
• Tippecanoe 70
• Noble 67
• Marshall 66
• Elkhart 64
• Marion 60
• State Average 52

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Counties with the Lowest Percentage of Immigrants
who Arrived since 1990

• Lake 29
• Porter 33
• St. Joseph 49
• State Average 52

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Counties with the Most Latin American Born
Residents

• N Percent of
• State Total
• Marion 18,023 23
• Lake 11,936 15
• Elkhart 9,601 12
• Allen 5,031 7
• St. Joseph 4456 6
• Tippecanoe 4236 5
• State Total 77,457 100

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Counties with the Highest Percentage of Their
Foreign-Born Residents from Latin America

• Clinton 92.6
• Noble 84.6
• White 77.0
• Cass 75.1
• Elkhart 74.0
• Kosciusco 69.4

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Counties with the Largest Latino Populations
1990 and 2000
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Counties with the Highest Percentage of
Foreign-Born Residents Speaking- Spanish

• Noble 82
• White 74
• Elk hart 70
• Marshall 70
• Cass 68
• Kosciusco 65

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Counties with the Lowest Percentage of
Foreign-Born Residents who Are Speaking- Spanish

• Tippecanoe 31
• Allen 34
• Lake 43
• Marion 40