The World In A Zip Code

The Greater Washington region has become one of the top immigrant destinations in the country

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April 26, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The World in a Zip Code," finds that the Greater Washington region has become one of the top immigrant destinations in the country. Unlike many high-immigration regions, Greater Washington has both a remarkable diversity of newcomers and a wide dispersion of immigrants throughout the region, even in the far-flung suburbs. Of the top-ten zip codes of immigrant settlement, four each are located in Virginia and Maryland, while two are in the District of Columbia. The vast majority--87 percent--of the past decade's immigrants settled in the suburbs, with 46 percent moving to communities beyond the Washington Beltway.

Thanks to Kurt Sommer

FULL STORY: The World in a Zip Code: Greater Washington, D.C. as a New Region of Immigration

Wednesday, April 25, 2001 in The Brookings Institution

Social / Demographics United States

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