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Infographic of the Day: Where Virginia’s Immigrants Come From

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James A. Bacon
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Infographic credit: Virginia Public Access Project

One out of eight inhabitants of Virginia was born outside the United States, according to a post about Virginia’s foreign-born population published by the Virginia Public Access Project. The percentage is even higher in two congressional districts (CDs) with highly competitive races this year — 23.1% in CD 10, where Republican Hung Cao, the son of Vietnamese immigrants, is running, and 14.5% in CD 7, where Republican Yesli Vegam, the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, is running.

Statewide, Asia is the largest source of immigrants to Virginia (47%), followed by Latin America (37%). Far fewer come from either Africa (7%) or Europe (8%).

Correction: The original version of this post placed Cao and Vegam in the wrong districts. The error has been corrected.

— JAB

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5 responses to “Infographic of the Day: Where Virginia’s Immigrants Come From”

  1. Don Bowler Avatar
    Don Bowler

    Jim,
    You got it backwards. Yesli Vega is running in CD7.

  2. James McCarthy Avatar
    James McCarthy

    The narrative cited data do not comport with the graph data. Is the point that the opposition candidates in CDs 7 and 10 are not foreign born or children of immigrats?

  3. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
    Dick Hall-Sizemore

    Thanks for posting this. I did not know the composition of the foreign born population in Virginia. 12 percent is quite amazing. I would bet that that group has been the main driver in the increase in the state’s overall population.

    1. James McCarthy Avatar
      James McCarthy

      And an impetus for some to conclude the validity of Tucker Carlson’s mewling about replacement.

  4. how_it_works Avatar
    how_it_works

    Vega, not Vegam.

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