Figure 2 Mexican-Born Popula tion in the U.S. as Share of Mexicans in the U.S. fand Mexico, 1950-2008
The number of Mexicans living in the U.S. is very large from Mexico’s perspective, too. About 11% of everyone born in Mexico is currently living in the U.S. This large-scale transfer of population has taken place fairly quickly in demographic terms. As of 1970, 760,000 Mexican immigrants, or 1.4% of Mexico’s population, lived in the U.S. And in 1960, Mexico ranked seventh as a source of immigrants to the U.S., behind Italy, Germany, Canada, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and Poland.
Figure 2  | Mexican-Born Popula tion in the U.S. as Share of  | Mexicans in the U.S. fand Mexico, 1950-2008  | 10. .6%  | 9.0%  | 5.19  | 3.1%  | 1.7%  | 1.5%  | 1.4%  | 1950  | 1960  | 1970  | 1980  | 1990  | 2000  | 2010  | Source: Mexican data from CONAPO (National Population Council of Mexico), United  | Nations Population Division, and U.5. Census Bureau International Programs;  | for source ofus data, see Figure 