Bay Area Foreign Born Persons
County Foreign Born Persons
Percent of Total County Population
Percent Growth 1980-90
Language Spoken at Home
(persons 5 yrs and over)
Speak only English at home
Speak non-English at home
Linguistic Isolation
(persons 5 yrs and over)
Speak only English
Speaking Spanish
Speaking Asian/PI language
Speaking Other/Languages
Percent of Foreign Born Residents Who
Arrived in U.S. During 1980's
Estimated Number of Refugees
Estimated Number of
Documented Immigrants
Estimated Number of
Undocumented Immigrants
Under Count of Immigrants & Refugees
Countries From Which Largest Number
of Legal Immigrants & Refugees Come
To The County
Impact On Education System/ESL
Services
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1980
509,352
105,832
18.0% of Co. pop.
Between 40,000-70,000 in San
Mateo approximately 13.9% of
Co. pop
40,017
40,848
Mexico leading country in San Mateo's Immigration Statistics
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1990
778,725 - 52.9% increase
164,767
24.4% of Co. pop
55.7% growth
67.9% of total persons
19,482 - 32.1% of total
persons
67.8% of total persons
80,679 - 13.6%
71,277 - 12.0%
39,133 - 6.6%
1980-1990: 43.9%
1970-1979: 26.4%
Before 1970: 29.7%
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- Immigrants and refugees are among the most statistically
hidden group. Disabled, current date are often piecemeal and difficult to obtain.
(International Institutes of San Francisco and East Bay. 1992)
- Regardless of the status with which they enter the US,
immigrants bring some common strengths and often face common hardship. Many newcomers work
long hours to attain better educational and employment opportunities for themselves and
their children. While many cite "freedom" as a quality of this country that they
value immeasurably, they did not expect learning English to be so difficult, nor did they
anticipate employment discrimination or health and educational systems that are severely
limited in their ability to address newcomers' needs. The certainly did not expect hate
crimes violence based upon their ethnic origin or immigrant status.
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