Emerging rural settlement patterns and the geographic redistribution of America's new immigrants

This paper analyzes geographic patterns of population concentration and deconcentration among the foreign-born population during the 1990-2000 period. A goal is to examine whether the foreign-born population, including recent arrivals, are dispersing geographically from metro gateway cities into rur...

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Published inRural sociology Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 109 - 131
Main Authors Lichter, D.T, Johnson, K.M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2006
Rural Sociological Society
Subjects
Assimilation
balkanization hypothesis
Counties
Cultural studies
Data Analysis
Demographic Change
Demographics
Dispersion
Empirical analysis
Ethnic groups
Foreigners
Geographic distribution
geographical distribution
Human geography
human settlements
Immigrants
Immigration
Incidence
Land Settlement
Metropolitan Areas
migration behavior
Migration Patterns
Noncitizens
Pattern Recognition
Population density
Population Distribution
Population growth
Race
Racial Segregation
Rural and urban sociology
Rural Areas
Rural sociology
Rural studies
Segregation
Settlement patterns
Social conditions & trends
Social isolation
Sociology
Space
U.S.A
United States of America
White people
Whites
United States
United States Of America
United States > US
Geography
Immigration
Rural Development
Distribution
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Summary:This paper analyzes geographic patterns of population concentration and deconcentration among the foreign-born population during the 1990-2000 period. A goal is to examine whether the foreign-born population, including recent arrivals, are dispersing geographically from metro gateway cities into rural and other less densely populated parts of the country. The paper also evaluates the so-called balkanization hypothesis, which is that immigration flows run counter-cyclical to the redistribution trends of the native-born population, while reinforcing spatial isolation and immigrant segregation. Data for U.S. counties or county equivalents come from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census (Summary Files 1, 3 and 4). Our results suggest that America's immigrant population is dispersing spatially. Immigrants are less concentrated today than in the past and they are less segregated from other population groups, including their own racial group and whites. However, changes over the past decade have been modest. The immigrant population, even in 2000, remained considerably more concentrated than the native-born population. The empirical results provide little evidence of geographic balkanization.
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Sacramento, CA, August 11, 2004. The authors acknowledge the research assistance of Tim Weddle and Priyank Shah, and the helpful comments of the anonymous reviewers and editor. Financial support was provided from the North Central Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service and a population center grant (1 R21 HD47943-01) awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to The Ohio State University's Initiative in Population Research. Direct all correspondence to Daniel T. Lichter, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, 102 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 67th annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Sacramento, CA, August 11, 2004. The authors acknowledge the research assistance of Tim Weddle and Priyank Shah, and the helpful comments of the anonymous reviewers and editor. Financial support was provided from the North Central Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service and a population center grant (1 R21 HD47943‐01) awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to The Ohio State University's Initiative in Population Research. Direct all correspondence to Daniel T. Lichter, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, 102 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
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ISSN:0036-0112
1549-0831
DOI:10.1526/003601106777789828