Mexican Immigrants in the United States By Sierra Stoney and Jeanne Batalova

Mexican Immigrants in the United States  By Sierra Stoney and Jeanne Batalova 

Over the past five decades, the single largest origin group of Latin American immigrants in the United States has been from Mexico. The number of Mexican immigrants living in the United States rose rapidly from 1960 to 2000 — nearly tripling during the 1970s and doubling during both the 1980s and 1990s. The Mexican-born share of the US immigrant population has steadily increased since 1960, topping out at 30 percent by 2000. However, the rates of growth of both the Mexican born’s overall number and share have slowed considerably since the onset of the economic recession at the end of 2007.

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