The Changing Face of American Immigration: Why Mexico Is the New Germany
Chris Cillizza - The Washington Post
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May 30, 2014
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One hundred years ago, almost one in every five immigrants in the United States hailed from Germany — by far the largest of any immigrant group. Today, roughly three in every 10 immigrants hail from Mexico.  This is not your grandparents' United States.

That reality is driven home by this amazing GIF, built by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Michael Keegan of the Pew Research Center, that shows the states in which Germany and Mexico provided the majority of immigrants from 1850 to 2010.



GIFS not your thing? Krogstad and Keegan built maps of the largest immigrant communities in each state in 1910 and 2010.



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