International Adoption Rate in U.S. Doubled in the 1990s
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents has increased sharply, nearly doubling during the 1990s. At less than 5 percent of legal immigrants, international adoptees add relatively little to national population growth, but they contribute to racial and ethnic diversity and links to other countries. And because many adopted children come from different racial or ethnic backgrounds than their parents, they contribute to the blurring of racial and ethnic boundaries. (January 2003)

What Drives U.S. Population Growth? (PDF: 540KB)

 The U.S. population is growing as fast as, or faster than, any other developed country. The country's young age structure, along with relatively high fertility and immigration, will fuel continued growth over the next several decades. This Population Bulletin, written by Mary Kent and Mark Mather, explores these dynamics (BUL57.4, December 2002)

China’s Economic Reforms Likely to Increase Internal Migration
An estimated 130 million Chinese were living away from the places they were registered to live in mid-2001. Economic opportunities make it likely this number will increase. (October 2002)

Iraqis in the United States
In 2000, there were just under 90,000 residents of the United States who were born in Iraq. (AmeriStat, September 2002)

U.S. Census Shows Different Paths for Domestic and Foreign-Born Migrants
Although data from the 2000 Census confirm that native-born and foreign-born people continue to choose different destinations when they move within the United States, census data also reveal a “tag-along” migration dynamic: The foreign-born are heading to states and metro areas favored by domestic migrants to take advantage of service-sector and other employment opportunities created by domestic migration. (Population Today, August/September 2002)

Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Displaced People

 Reproductive health care is among the crucial elements that can save lives, improve health, and ensure displaced people's basic human welfare and dignity. (July 2002)

Russia's Demographic Decline Continues
Migration into Russia offset over half of its natural decrease until 1998, but the flow of returnees appears to be tapering off. Recently released population estimates will likely be the last before Russia conducts its first post-Soviet census this October. (June 2002)

Census-Taking and the Invisibility of Urban American Indians
Contrary to stereotypes about reservation living, most American Indians live in cities. Research conducted in the San Francisco Bay area shows a mobile population that can be impossible for census takers to track. (Population Today, May/June 2002)

Mexican Immigration to the United States
Data from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey indicate that about 8.8 million people living in the United States in 2000 were born in Mexico. This represents just under 30 percent of the total U.S. foreign-born population. (AmeriStat, May 2002)

Minority Suburbanization
The suburbs of America's cities are often seen as the bastions of white, middle-class families. But increasingly, America's suburbs reflect the growing diversity in the United States as a whole. (AmeriStat, May 2002)