Washington — The U.S. immigrant population from South and Central Asia has swelled to new heights over the past decade and continues to grow rapidly.
Between 2010 and 2022, the number of immigrants from these regions residing in the United States soared to nearly 4.6 million from 2.9 million — a jump of almost 60%, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The surge dwarfs the 15.6% rise in the overall “foreign-born' population of the U.S. during the same period, the data show.
Jeanne Batalova, a demographer at the Migration Policy Institute, said the rise was “incredible.'
“We're talking about a rate of growth of four times higher,
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