Immigrant Population for the
Top-20 U.S. Metro Areas Compared to
Kentucky's Metro Areas, 2000
(% foreign born)
1.  Miami, FL PMSA

50.9

2.  Jersey City, NJ PMSA

38.5

3.  Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA

36.2

4.  San Jose, CA PMSA

34.1

5.  New York, NY PMSA

33.7

6.  San Francisco, CA PMSA

32.0

7.  Orange County, CA PMSA

29.9

8.  McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA

29.5

9.  Laredo, TX MSA

29.0

10.  Salinas, CA MSA

29.0

11.  El Paso, TX MSA

27.4

12.  Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA

25.7

13.  Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX MSA

25.6
14.  Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 25.3
15.  Merced, CA MSA 24.8
16.  Yuma, AZ MSA 24.0
17.  Oakland, CA PMSA 24.0
18.  Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA 22.6
19.  San Diego, CA MSA 22.6
20.  Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA

21.2
194.  Lexington, KY MSA

  4.0
203.  Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY MSA

  3.7
245.  Louisville, KY MSA

  2.7
253.  Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA

  2.6
312.  Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY MSA

  1.4
327.  Owensboro, KY MSA

  1.0
331.  Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA

  0.9

Source: INS