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Asylum Seekers	20.8		[10th of 28]
Asylum Seekers > 1980-89	100		[7th of 16]
Asylum Seekers > 1990-99	282.7		[6th of 18]
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1990-99	38.5%		[9th of 18]
Foreign population	19.3		[4th of 27]
Foreign population inflow	87.4 thousand		[7th of 17]
Foreign population outflow	55.8 thousand		[4th of 13]
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	22.89		[19th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	1,660,000		[25th of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	0.8897
Immigration to the United States > Immigration summary 1830 to 2000 > 1880	89		[9th of 9]
International migration stock > % of population	22.32 %		[26th of 205]
International migration stock, total	1,659,686		[25th of 205]
Net migration	40,000		[49th of 180]
Net migration rate	2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[43rd of 225]
New citizenships	28.7 thousand		[10th of 20]
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum	48,030		[35th of 151]
Refugees > Convention on refugees	21 Jan 1955
Refugees > Inflow 1990-99	82		[10th of 18]
US visa lottery winners	183 US visa lottery winners		[61st of 178]

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