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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	10.19		[47th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	441,000		[65th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
International migration stock > % of population	10.19 %		[59th of 205]
International migration stock, total	440,957		[66th of 205]
Net migration	84,000		[37th of 180]
Net migration rate	0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[66th of 225]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum	11,253		[57th of 151]
Refugees	23,000		[50th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees	28 Mar 1978 a
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)	9,699-11,500 (Colombia)
US visa lottery winners	12 US visa lottery winners		[127th of 178]

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