Where the Immigrants Are

The Washington Examiner reports immigrant levels in various states:

Today one third of the nation's states register over 15 percent immigrant: California, Nevada, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Arizona, Illinois, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Oregon.

The population of immigrants and their children in six are over 25 percent: California, Nevada, Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey.

One wonders - when will California decide to formally change its name to "Alta California" and Texas begin pronouncing its name "tay-hoss?" Because:

California, for example, went from 13 percent immigrant in 1970 to over 37 percent last year. Texas went from 5 percent to 25 percent over that same period.

Meanwhile, eight states have 5% or fewer immigrants: Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Maine, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Errata: Washington Examiner's map of the continental 48 states shows all of the Great Lakes except Lake Michigan. It makes the upper Midwest look just plain "wrong."