| New
Jersey Ranks Third in the Nation in Foreign Born Population
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2003 American Community Survey
| Rank |
State |
Percentage |
|
Rank |
State |
Percentage |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
California
|
26.5 |
|
26 |
Michigan
|
5.9 |
2
|
New York
|
20.8 |
|
27 |
Kansas
|
5.5 |
3
|
NEW
JERSEY |
19.2 |
|
28
|
New
Hampshire |
5.0 |
4
|
Florida |
17.6 |
|
29 |
Nebraska
|
4.8 |
| 5 |
Nevada |
17.2 |
|
30
|
Pennsylvania
|
4.6 |
| 6 |
Hawaii
|
17.0 |
|
31 |
Oklahoma
|
4.5 |
| 7 |
Texas
|
15.6 |
|
32 |
Wisconsin
|
4.2 |
| 8 |
Arizona
|
13.8 |
|
33 |
Indiana
|
3.7 |
9
|
Massachusetts
|
13.7 |
|
34
|
Vermont
|
3.5 |
| 10 |
Illinois
|
13.3 |
|
35
|
Missouri
|
3.4 |
| 11 |
Rhode
Island
|
11.6 |
|
35 |
Ohio
|
3.4 |
| 12 |
Connecticut
|
11.4 |
|
35 |
South
Carolina
|
3.4 |
| 13 |
Maryland
|
10.6 |
|
38 |
Iowa
|
3.3 |
| 14 |
Washington
|
10.3 |
|
39
|
Arkansas
|
3.1 |
| 15 |
New Mexico
|
10.0 |
|
39 |
Tennessee
|
3.1 |
| 16 |
Colorado
|
9.7 |
|
41
|
Louisiana
|
3.0 |
| 17 |
Virginia |
9.2 |
|
41 |
Maine |
3.0 |
| 18 |
Oregon
|
8.7 |
|
43
|
North
Dakota |
2.7 |
| 19 |
Georgia
|
7.9 |
|
44 |
Alabama
|
2.4 |
| 20 |
Utah |
7.2 |
|
45 |
Kentucky
|
2.3 |
| 21 |
North
Carolina |
6.2 |
|
46 |
Wyoming
|
2.2 |
| 22 |
Alaska
|
6.1 |
|
47 |
Montana
|
1.8 |
22
|
Delaware
|
6.1 |
|
48 |
South
Dakota |
1.7 |
24
|
Minnesota
|
6.1 |
|
49 |
Mississippi
|
1.6 |
| 25 |
Idaho |
5.9 |
|
50 |
West
Virginia |
1.5 |
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|
50
State Average
|
7.7% |
| |
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Above Average |
149% |
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