Monday, February 10, 2014

America: The Champeen of the Foreign Born

Fascinating and enlightening chart:
Rank[9]CityCountryForeign-Born Pop
1New York metropolitan area United States5,117,290
2Los Angeles metropolitan area United States4,407,353
3London and Home Counties United Kingdom4,051,502[5]
4Hong Kong (SAR) Hong Kong2,793,450
5Toronto metropolitan area Canada2,512,373[10]
6Paris metropolitan area France2,429,223[11]
7Miami metropolitan area United States1,949,629
8Chicago metropolitan area United States1,625,649
9Sydney Greater Statistical Area Australia1,235,908
10San Francisco metropolitan area United States1,201,209
11Moscow (City Only) Russia1,128,035
12Houston metropolitan area United States1,113,875
13Metropolitan Dubai United Arab Emirates1,056,000
14Riyadh (City Only) Saudi Arabia1,054,000
15Washington metropolitan area United States1,017,432
16Dallas metropolitan area United States1,016,221
Of the top 16 half are American and if you consider that fully 13 of the 16 are former British colonies or protectorates you realize just how anglocentric international immigration is.

Whatever the world wants it appears that we anglospherians have boatloads of it.  Tally ho!

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