{"id":17268,"date":"2013-02-23T08:57:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=17268"},"modified":"2013-02-23T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T13:57:44","slug":"kotkin-new-immigrant-hubs-are-in-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/17268\/kotkin-new-immigrant-hubs-are-in-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotkin: New Immigrant Hubs Are in the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Demographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newgeography.com\/content\/003512-why-the-red-states-may-benefit-most-from-more-us-immigration?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newgeography+%28Newgeography.com+-+Economic%2C+demographic%2C+and+political+commentary+\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Kotkin<\/a> draws attention to a new study on America\u2019s fastest growing immigration hubs, and the results are surprising:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Indeed an analysis of foreign born population by demographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demographia.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wendell Cox<\/a> reveals that the fastest growth in the numbers of newcomers are actually in cities (metropolitan areas) not usually seen as immigrant hubs. The fastest growth in population of foreign born residents\u2013more than doubling over the decade was #1 Nashville, a place more traditionally linked to country music than ethnic diversity. Today besides the Grand Old Opry, the city also boasts the nation\u2019s largest Kurdish population, and a thriving \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnpt.org\/productions\/nextdoorneighbors\/kurds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Little Kurdistan<\/a>,\u201d as well as growing <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2007\/apr\/04\/nation\/na-nashville4\" target=\"_blank\">Mexican<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/newroutes.org\/node\/31615\" target=\"_blank\">Somali<\/a> and other immigrant enclaves.<\/p>\n<p>Other cities are equally surprising, including #2 Birmingham, AL; #3 Indianapolis, IN; #4 Louisville, KY and#5 Charlotte, NC, all of which doubled their foreign born population between 2000 and 2011. Right behind them are #6 Richmond, VA, #7 Raleigh, NC, #8 Orlando, Fl, #9 Jacksonville, Fl and #10 Columbus, OH. All these states either voted for Mitt Romney last year or have state governments under Republican control. None easily fit the impression of liberally minded immigrant attracting bastions from only a decade ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>True, these immigrant-attractive locales don\u2019t fit the stereotype for red state resistance to open borders and amnesty.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t necessarily follow that a red state\u2019s overall population is comfortable with the rapidly changing demographics of its urban centers.\u00a0 While Kotkin is bullish on the economic benefits of increased immigration to many of the South\u2019s growing metro areas, it will be interesting to see whether these red states can absorb and assimilate their new arrivals in ways that enhance their civic cultures and state budgets, not diminish them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demographer Joel Kotkin draws attention to a new study on America\u2019s fastest growing immigration hubs, and the results are surprising: Indeed an analysis of foreign born population by demographer Wendell Cox reveals that the fastest growth in the numbers of newcomers are actually in cities (metropolitan areas) not usually seen as immigrant hubs. 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