Where Immigrants Came the Then and Now % ofus immigrants born in each region 27 ASIA
Even more dramatically, the ethnic composition of immigrants has changed. In 1960, the overwhelming share of immigrants were of European origin and few were born in Latin America and the Caribbean or Asia. By 2013, a census survey found half of immigrants were Latin American/Caribbean and 27% were Asian, while the European share of the immigrant population had fallen to a mere 13%.
Where Immigrants Came  | the Then and Now  | % ofus immigrants born  | in each region  | 5 OTHER REGIONS  | 4 AFRICA  | 16  | 21  | 13 EUROPE  | 27 ASIA  | 58  | 67  | 52 LATIN AMERICA  | CARIBBEAN  | 19  | 1960 1970 2013  | Note: Africans comprised less than .%%  | of the immigrant 2013 population in 1960.  | Source immigrant 2013 Ame population rican Community  | Survey, 1960 and 1970 Dece nnial  | Census (1% IPUMS)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 