Immigrants still flock to NY melting pot
Record numbers of foreigners are still settling in New York, with Bangladeshis, Mexicans and Pakistanis the fastest-growing immigrant groups in the famously diverse city, a report said on Monday.
Immigrants were not deterred by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the economic downturn that followed, the 265-page City Planning Department report said.
Mexican immigration quadrupled to more than 120,000 between 1990 and 2000. Immigrants from Bangladesh, who numbered 8,695 in 1990, jumped to 42,865 in 2000, and the Pakistani population grew to 39,165 from 14,911.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Overall, New York saw a net gain of 339,000 immigrants from April 2000 to July 2003, pushing the city's foreign-born population to a record 3.2 million.
Topping the list of New York's largest foreign-born populations was the Dominican Republic at 369,186, followed by China (261,551), Jamaica (178,922) and Guyana (130,647).
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