Growing share of US Black population are immigrants, data finds
One in 10 Black people living in the U.S. are immigrants, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.
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Shirin Ali | Feb. 8, 2022
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Pew Research estimates that roughly 4.6 million Black people in the U.S. were born in a different country as of 2019.
That's a big jump compared to Black immigrants accounting for only 3 percent of the U.S. Black population in 1980.
From 2010 to 2019, African-born Black immigrants accounted for 43 percent of the U.S. Black population, higher than the shares among all U.S. immigrants.
Immigrants from African nations are becoming a growing share of the U.S. Black population, as new data from Pew Research reveals an increasingly diverse and changing demographic.
Pew Research found that roughly 4.6 million Black people in the U.S. were born in a different country in 2019, up from only 3 percent in 1980. The U.S. Census Bureau has also noted the trend, projecting that there will be 9.5 million Black Americans born outside the U.S. by 2060.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/593394-growing-share-of-us-black-population-are
