Asians will become the largest immigrant group in the US by 2055
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Your support makes all the difference.Asians will become the largest immigrant group in the US by 2055, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.
The US will become home to more than 78 million immigrants in the coming years. Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew's director of Hispanic research and the study’s co-author, told the Associated Press that the fertility rate of Hispanic women may be a factor in the decline of immigrants.
"There are relatively fewer people who would choose to migrate from Mexico so demographic changes in Mexico have led to a somewhat smaller pool of potential migrants. At the same time we've seen a growing number of immigrants particularly from China or India who are coming for reasons such as pursuing a college degree or coming here to work temporarily in the high-tech sector."
Asian immigrants are projected to account for 88 percent of the population increase, that's 103 million people as the US grows to 441 million.
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