By The Numbers: Ministering to Immigrants_12405

January 22, 2005

John Rutledge

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Posted: 1/21/05

Texas has 1.1 million legal resident immigrants.

(2002 estimate from the U.S. Homeland Security Department)

Texas has close to 1.1 million undocumented immigrants.

(Urban Institute estimate, based on the 2000 census and March 2002 current population survey)

An additional 914,000 foreign-born Texas
residents are naturalized citizens.

(2000 census)

Number and percentage
of Texas population

Based on total Texas population of 20,851,820 (2000 census)

One out of every
seven Texans was
not born in
the United States.

—Clay Price, manager of Baptist General Convention of Texas Research & Information Services

All Foreign Born
2, 899,642
13. 9%

Mexico
1, 879,369
9. 0%

Vietnam
107, 027
0. 5%

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El Salvador
101, 259
0. 5%

India
78, 388
0. 4%

 China
69, 654
0. 3%

Philippines
45, 907
0. 2%

Caribbean
41, 777
0. 2%

Germany
39, 249
0. 2%

Canada
36, 802
0. 2%

 United Kingdom
36, 176
0. 2%

Korea
35, 986
0. 2%

Honduras
33, 655
0. 2%

Pakistan
26, 981
0. 1%

Guatemala
26, 130
0. 1%

 Colombia
22, 073
0. 1%

Nigeria
20, 927
0. 1%

Cuba
16, 011
0. 1%

Iran
15, 581
0. 1%

Japan
13, 070
0. 1%

See Related Stories:
• 'We are here illegally': Texas Baptist family describes life as undocumented aliens

• Pastor sees BUA as 'God-sent' opportunity for undocumented student

• Pastor helps immigrants gain legal status

• Austin woman believes citizens can shape immigration policy

• Immigration and churches

• Congress expected to address immigration issues

• FAQs: How can churches help undocumented immigrants?

• Hispanic but multi-ethnic

• By The Numbers: Ministering to Immigrants

• Student develops resource to help churches grasp immigration issues



Additional Resources on Immigration:
• Proposed federal Legislation to Legalize Undocumented Farm Workers: The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2003

• Undocumented Immigrants: Fact and Figures from the Urban Institute Immigration Studies Program, 2004

• The Border Security and immigration Reform Act of 2003, section by section summary

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