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Page | 18 MN STATE DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER JANUARY 2015 <br />In-migration Of International Migrants <br />Much of this report has focused upon the net domestic losses from migration that Minnesota has experienced <br />since 2001. However, the international component of the migration equation has been consistently positive for <br />Minnesota during all the years of our analysis, since 1991. But which foreign sending countries are these new <br />Minnesotans leaving? And why are these migrants choosing Minnesota above all others as their new home? <br />While we cannot fully answer these questions <br />without directly asking our immigrant <br />populations, the data set does allow us to sketch <br />out the basic characteristics of these <br />international in-migrants who relocated to <br />Minnesota. Approximately 24,000 immigrants <br />from other countries have arrived in Minnesota <br />in each of the past five years. These arriving <br />international residents include foreign students <br />and work VISA holders, refugees and asylees, <br />children of international adoption, and other <br />types of immigrants, broadly defined—although <br />the data do not allow a precise breakdown of <br />these groups of arrivals. <br />While Minnesota receives its new residents <br />from numerous places around the globe, the limitations of the survey that created our primary data set do not <br />allow us to examine countries for many of the smaller population groups. Among countries we can examine, <br />India (2,000 annual arrivals), Mexico (1,600 arrivals), and China (1,500 arrivals) emerge as the most likely sending <br />countries for new Minnesota residents from foreign destinations—accounting for more than one-fifth of the <br />total arrivals (see Figure 20). <br />Countries in both Eastern <br />and Western Africa were <br />responsible for sending <br />Minnesota more than 1,000 <br />arrivals from each region. <br />About 700 additional <br />Africans arrived in Minnesota <br />but didn’t indicate the <br />country they had left. <br />Examining all international <br />arrivals by age, we find that <br />about 1 in 5 international <br />arrivals was under age 18, <br />another 1 in 5 was age 18-24, <br />while about 3 in 5 were age <br />25 or older. The high <br />concentration in the 18- to <br />Figure 20: Annual Recent International Arrivals To Minnesota, <br />By Country Or Region Of Prior Residence, 2008-2012 <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. <br />Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. <br /> 2,000 <br /> 1,700 <br /> 1,600 <br /> 1,500 <br /> 1,300 <br /> 700 <br /> 900 <br /> 14,500 <br />India <br />Eastern Africa <br />Mexico <br />China <br />Western Africa <br />Africa, region not specified <br />Asia, region not specified <br />Another country/World Region <br />Figure 21: Highest Level Of Education Completed By Recent International <br />Arrivals to Minnesota, Age 25+, 2008-2012 <br />Source: IPUMS version of U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey. Tabulations by MN State Demographic Center. <br /> <br />16% <br />17% <br />21% <br />30% <br />15% <br />Less than H.S. Diploma <br />H.S. Diploma/GED <br />Associate's Degree or Some College <br />Bachelor's Degree <br />Graduate/Professional Degree