title: Fewer immigrants settle in nonmetro areas and most fare less well than metro immigrants.
abstract: "Recent attention to the issue of immigration in the United States has led to the addition of questions about immigration status to the Current Population Survey. Data from the March 1996 version show that Mexico has been the single largest source of immigration to the nonmetro United States, that a large proportion of nonmetro immigrants are children, and that nonmetro immigrants generally have lower earnings, higher unemployment, and higher poverty rates than metro immigrants and nonmetro natives. Fewer immigrants live in nonmetro areas than in metro, but they are concentrated in particular areas."
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Effland
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005843:Geography; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011203:Poverty; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013383:Suburban Population; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Child; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Immigrants; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Nonmetropolitan Population; North America; Northern America; Origin; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Poverty; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; United States; Youth