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June 07, 2005
Report: The Health and Well Being of Young Children of Immigrants
The Urban Institute took a look at the increasing number of children of immigrants in the U.S.:
Children of immigrants are the fastest growing component of the child population (Hernandez 1999). While immigrants are 11 percent of the total U.S. population, children of immigrants make up 22 percent of the 23.4 million children under 6 in the United States. They make up a larger share of the population under 6 than the population age 6 to 17 (20 percent).
The Health and Well Being of Young Children of Immigrants