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Immigration, Illustrated REGIONS OF BIRTH FOR FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION

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COUNTRIES OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGNBORN POPULATION

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INDIA - 125 JAPAN - 83 ENGLAND - 62 ITALY - 47 GREECE - 46 CHINA - 33

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