{"id":5084313,"date":"2019-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/majority-of-immigrants-no-longer-coming-from-latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T05:00:00","slug":"majority-of-immigrants-no-longer-coming-from-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2019\/11\/27\/majority-of-immigrants-no-longer-coming-from-latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of immigrants no longer coming from Latin America and the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vickiadame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vicki Adame,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ctln.local\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTLatinoNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 20 years, Latin America and the Caribbean were the fastest-growing sources of international immigrants to the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the past few years, that growth began to slow, according to the Pew Research Center, which analyzed government data. The analysis found that the slowdown was due in large part to fewer people leaving Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the most recent data from the U.S. census, the total Hispanic population in Connecticut is 16.5 percent of the state\u2019s 3,572,665 residents \u2014 or 589,490 Hispanic residents. Puerto Ricans make up the largest group of Hispanics at 194,443 or 5.7 percent. Mexicans accounted for 23,484 individuals or 0.7 percent of the state\u2019s population.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The slowdown is\na contrast to previous decades, when from 1990 to 2000 the emigrant population\ngrew 58 percent. And from 2000 to 2010, the population from these regions grew\n44 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of this\ngrowth was attributed to Mexico. Between 1990 and 2000 the number of Mexicans\nliving outside their birth country grew 114 percent \u2014 about 5 million. While\ngrowth continued through the 2000s, it did so at a slower pace of 34 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the current\ndecade through 2017, the number of Mexican emigrants has leveled off according\nto Pew Research Center estimates. In 2017, the number of people born in Mexico\nand living outside the country was 12.3 million, compared to 12.5 million in\n2010.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the\nPew analysis, the global population from Latin America and Caribbean nations\ngrew 7 percent between 2010 and 2017 \u2014 slower than the 17 percent overall\nworldwide growth rate during the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Middle East\nand North Africa saw a 38 percent increase during the same period, while\nsub-Saharan Africa saw a 32 percent increase.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spite of the\nslowdown of emigrants from Latin American and Caribbean nations, the region\nstill accounts for a large source of emigrants, according to the analysis. In\n2017, an estimated 37 million people from the region lived outside their birth\ncountry, compared to 35 million in 2010. They accounted for 15 percent of the\nmore than 250 million international immigrants in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Latin American and Caribbean countries with the fastest-growing immigrant populations since 2010 are: <\/h4>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong> Honduras, 29%<\/strong><\/li><li><strong> Venezuela, 28 %<\/strong><\/li><li><strong> Dominican Republic, 21%<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Guatemala, 19%<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Costa Rica, 17%  <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All of these saw populations of 100,000 or more emigrating. Factors included political and economic instability, conflict and violence; and climate-related events. For example, hyperinflation in Venezuela made certain basic goods and services unaffordable. <\/h4>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These factors\nalso led to an ever-growing number of migrants from these regions to seek\nasylum \u2014 both in the United States and Europe. In 2017, roughly 350,000 asylum\napplications were submitted worldwide by people from Latin America and the\nCaribbean. A sharp increase from the 70,000 submitted in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Salvador,\nGuatemala, Honduras and Venezuela accounted for about 70 percent of the asylum\napplications submitted in 2017 from the region \u2014 up from 14 percent in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysis\nfound that, while the destination for emigrants from Latin America and the\nCaribbean has changed slightly since 1990, the United States remains the\noverwhelming destination of choice. In 2017, the United States was home to 67\npercent of the region\u2019s emigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publisher\u2019s note:&nbsp;<\/em><em>CTLN is committed to providing in-depth news and information on the&nbsp;2020 U.S. Census&nbsp;in order to educate and empower all Connecticut communities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Vicki Adame,&nbsp;CTLatinoNews.com For 20 years, Latin America and the Caribbean were the fastest-growing sources of international immigrants to the United 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