Table 4.  Comparing Direct and Indirect Methods of Assigning
          International Immigration

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  June 20, 1997

                  Total Immigrants    Numerical    Percent Difference
                                      Difference
                                                    Popul-     Immi-
                           Indirect   (Direct -     ation     gration
States            Direct  (Current)    Indirect)   Estimate   Estimate

Total,
United States    818,234    818,234            -          -          -

California       235,162    233,221        1,941       0.01        0.8
New York         161,571    149,560       12,011       0.07        8.0
Florida           58,372     47,866       10,507       0.08       22.0
Texas             50,644     48,836        1,808       0.01        3.7
New Jersey        47,990     36,304       11,686       0.15       32.2
Illinois          35,382     45,540      -10,158      -0.09      -22.3
Massachusetts     25,117     19,551        5,566       0.09       28.5
Virginia          17,261     16,103        1,158       0.02        7.2
Pennsylvania      16,469     17,231         -762      -0.01       -4.4
Maryland          16,092     14,695        1,397       0.03        9.5

Washington        12,447     15,368       -2,921      -0.06      -19.0
Michigan          12,435     17,097       -4,663      -0.05      -27.3
Connecticut       11,296      9,283        2,012       0.06       21.7
Hawaii             9,923     13,146       -3,223      -0.29      -24.5
Georgia            8,653      7,052        1,600       0.02       22.7
Arizona            8,536      5,998        2,539       0.07       42.3
Ohio               8,414     12,737       -4,323      -0.04      -33.9
Minnesota          7,597      8,352         -755      -0.02       -9.0
Oregon             5,742      7,420       -1,678      -0.06      -22.6
Colorado           5,136      7,531       -2,396      -0.07      -31.8

Wisconsin          4,840      5,555         -715      -0.01      -12.9
North Carolina     4,578      5,299         -722      -0.01      -13.6
District of
Columbia           4,272      3,728          544       0.09       14.6
Missouri           4,088      5,226       -1,138      -0.02      -21.8
Louisiana          4,067      7,723       -3,656      -0.09      -47.3
Nevada             3,480      3,333          147       0.01        4.4
Rhode Island       3,362      3,740         -378      -0.04      -10.1
Indiana            3,186      5,157       -1,971      -0.04      -38.2
Tennessee          2,976      3,680         -703      -0.01      -19.1
Utah               2,644      3,816       -1,172      -0.07      -30.7

Oklahoma           2,605      5,638       -3,033      -0.10      -53.8
Kansas             2,435      4,104       -1,669      -0.07      -40.7
Iowa               2,327      3,572       -1,244      -0.04      -34.8
South Carolina     2,134      2,950         -816      -0.02      -27.6
New Mexico         2,130      2,488         -358      -0.02      -14.4
Alabama            1,877      2,923       -1,047      -0.03      -35.8
Kentucky           1,481      2,606       -1,125      -0.03      -43.2
New Hampshire      1,291        841          450       0.04       53.5
Alaska             1,289      1,138          151       0.03       13.2
Nebraska           1,289      1,815         -525      -0.03      -29.0

Maine              1,054        839          216       0.02       25.7
Arkansas           1,027      1,729         -703      -0.03      -40.6
Mississippi          917      1,747         -831      -0.03      -47.5
Delaware             841        835            6          -        0.7
Idaho                822      1,130         -308      -0.03      -27.3
Vermont              741        482          260       0.05       53.9
West Virginia        624      1,141         -517      -0.03      -45.3
North Dakota         537        579          -42      -0.01       -7.3
Montana              503        647         -144      -0.02      -22.3
South Dakota         331        415          -84      -0.01      -20.3
Wyoming              248        469         -221      -0.05      -47.2

Note:  Total Immigrants = Alien Immigration + Refugees - Adjustees
       (See text for discussion.)

Source:  Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D. C.
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