Table 6.  Temporary Migrants by Visa Category: 1990 and 2000

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                                     |                   |       2000
           Visa Category             |       1990        |    (Household
                                     |                   |Population Only)/1
                                     |-------------------|-------------------
                                     | Number  | Percent | Number  | Percent
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Total                                  487,453     100.0   731,001     100.0

Student                                232,706      47.7   292,331      40.0
Student Dependent                       40,259       8.3    41,885       5.7

Nurse                                   14,901       3.1     7,899       1.1
Nurse Dependent                          7,619       1.6     7,074       1.0

Scholar                                 32,641       6.7    51,784       7.1
Scholar Dependent                       29,263       6.0    42,388       5.8

Jamaican Agricultural Worker                98       0.0         0       0.0
Jamaican Agric. Worker Dependent             0       0.0         0       0.0

Intracompany Transferee                 50,394      10.3   121,616      16.6
Intracompany Transferee Dependent       75,561      15.5   155,529      21.3

Canadian part-year resident              4,011       0.8    10,495       1.4

Au Pair                                      0       0.0         0       0.0

High School Student                          0       0.0         0       0.0
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/1 The 2000 estimate was from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, which 
only includes households.


Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  January 4, 2002