Mexicans Are the Top Immigrant Group in the US, Not Just Now, But in History Ana Campoy - Quartz
go to original September 30, 2015

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In the history of US immigration, Mexicans have achieved something no other group that preceded them ever has: They are the top foreign-born population in nearly every state in the nation.

An interactive map released by the Pew Research Center on Sept. 28 tracks the origin of each state’s largest immigrant group over time. A chronological slider shows how the US went from splotches of Irish and Germans in the 1800s to patches of Italians, British and Swedes in the first half of the 20th century to a full quilt of different nationalities in the second half.

In the most contemporary version of the map, from 2013, people born in Mexico make up the biggest immigrant group nationwide.

Graphic: Pew Research Center

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