Visas and Immigration

Tim Henderson

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New Immigrant Map and Story

Data Sources for New Immigrants

• IPUMS project, University of Minnesota
• Download data or Analyze Online
• Method: use CITIZEN variable (codes 2-*) to get immigrants, detailed BPL (birth place) to get country of birth, and YRSUSA1 (years in this country, 0 or 1)
• Another method was used by Census Bureau and outlined here

H-1B Visas Story and Map