Immigration Statistics

1. Immigration Statistics • Nearly 850,000 immigrants were granted legal permanent resident status in 2000, an increase of 200,000 from the previous year. • Leading countries of origin are Mexico (173,919), the People’s Republic of China (45,652), the Philippines (42,474), India (42,4206), and Vietnam (26,747). • These five countries represented 39% of all immigrants.

13. Refugees • At the beginning of each fiscal year, the president, after consultation with congress, sets a worldwide refugee admissions ceiling. • The authorized ceiling was decreased from 91,000 in 1999 to 90,000 in 2000.

26. Summary of Hate Crime Statistics, 2001 Number ofincidents Number ofoffenses Number ofvictims Number ofknownoffenders Race 4,366 5,289 5,544 4,494   Anti-white 889 1,032 1,063 1,147   Anti-black 2,900 3,530 3,701 2,819   Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native 80 95 100 103   Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander 280 349 363 271   Anti-multi-racial group 217 283 317 154 Ethnicity/national origin 2,098 2,507 2,634 2,192   Anti-Hispanic 597 755 812 941   Anti-other ethnicity/national origin 1,501 1,752 1,822 1,251

27. Religion Number ofincidents Number ofoffenses Number ofvictims 1,828 Number ofknownoffenders 2,004 2,118 917   Anti-Jewish 1,043 1,117 1,196 389   Anti-Catholic 38 38 40 12   Anti-Protestant 35 36 36 45   Anti-Islamic 481 546 554 334   Anti-other religious group 181 211 235 102   Anti-multi-religious group 45 51 52 28   Anti-atheism/agnosticism/etc. 5 5 5 7

28. Number ofincidents Sexual orientation Number ofoffenses Number ofvictims 1,392 1,591 Number ofknownoffenders 1,663 1,576   Anti-male homosexual 980 1,103 1,152 1,196   Anti-female homosexual 205 245 257 170   Anti-homosexual 173 207 217 179   Anti-heterosexual 18 20 21 17   Anti-bisexual 16 16 16 14 Disability 33 35 35 39   Anti-physical 12 12 12 16   Anti-mental 21 23 23 23 Multiple-bias incidents1 9 21 22 13 Total 9,726 11,447 12,016 9,231