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Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States
Publication Date: October 2009
Publisher(s): Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Center for Civic Innovation
Author(s): Jacob L. Vigdor
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation and General Funding
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation and General Funding
Series: Civic Report 59
Topic: Culture and religion (Cultural heritage and preservation)
Culture and religion (Language and languages)
Population and demographics (Demography and census)
Population and demographics (Immigration and immigration policy)
Keywords: immigration; naturalization; assimilation; citizenship
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The Manhattan Institute's Center for Civic Innovation released a report by Jacob L. Vigdor about the state of economic, civic, and cultural assimilation of immigrants to the United States. The economic downturn has slowed both the growth of the immigrant population and the rate at which immigrants assimilate into the mainstream. Findings include an in-depth analysis of immigrants' English language ability and naturalization rates and how the reduced inflow and increased outflow of recent immigrants has affected these factors.