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lolaraincoat ([personal profile] lolaraincoat) wrote 2012-06-16 04:40 am (UTC)

Ah, you inspired me to do a little research. 2008 share of immigrants in NYC population = ~35%. 1940 share of immigrants in NYC population = ~30%. So yes, clearly more immigrants in New York now than in 1940. (On the other hand, 1910 share of immigrants in NYC population = 40%, which is pretty impressive, but still not close to Buenos Aires at the same time, or Toronto right now, both over 50%, but this is a total digression, I <3 demographic history so much.)

Anyway, there's a useful graph here:

http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt17-2010.pdf

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