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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	1.774		[130th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	368,000		[72nd of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Net migration rate	-1.12 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[119th of 225]
DEFINITION: The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Refugees	717,760		[8th of 110]
DEFINITION: Refugees (number in each country, 1990-99)
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Refugees > Outflow	113,000		[12th of 76]
DEFINITION: Refugees by country of origin (2000). The country of origin for many refugees is unavailable or unreported. These data may therefore be underestimates.
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Refugees > US acceptance rates	60		[18th of 49]
DEFINITION: The number of US refugee status applications approved in the 2002 fiscal year divided by the number of applications filed in that same period. Note that the applications approved have often been filed in previous years. This explains, for example, why Ghana has a 2002 approval rate of over 100%
SOURCE: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva.
Refugees > US applications	10		[40th of 64]
DEFINITION: Number of refugee status applications filed in the United States in 2002, listed by country of chargeability
SOURCE: Nationmaster.com calculations based on USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) data
Refugees > US applications approved	6		[33rd of 53]
DEFINITION: Number of applications for Refugee status in the United States in the 2002 fiscal year approved. Listed by country of chargeability.
SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Refugees > US applications denied	7		[31st of 41]
DEFINITION: Number of refugee status applications denied in the United States in the 2002 fiscal year, listed by country of chargeability
SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs	460,000		[8th of 40]
DEFINITION: This entry includes those persons residing in a country as refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs). The definition of a refugee according to a United Nations Convention is "a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable or unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution." The UN established the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1950 to handle refugee matters worldwide. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has a different, operational definition for a Palestinian refugee: "a person whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict." However, UNHCR also assists some 400,000 Palestinian refugees not covered under the UNRWA definition. The term "internally displaced person" is not specifically covered in the UN Convention; it is used to describe people who have fled their homes for reasons similar to refugees, but who remain within their own national territory and are subject to the laws of that state.		View time series
SOURCE: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
US visa lottery winners	1,418 US visa lottery winners		[24th of 178]
DEFINITION: The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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