while Illinois as a whole may be the most accurate mirrow of the country it is because there are two Illinois' that average out. One metro Chicago and the other is the rest of the state which is a few million people and mostly white with a smattering of black and some latino.
The foreign born population for the urbanized area of Chicago is 1,696,705. The foreign born population of the whole state of Illinois is 1,862,755. The population of the urbanized area of Chicago is 8.6 million people and the population of the whole state is 12.8 million. For the 4.2 million people of Illinois that are not in metro chicago there are 166,000 immigrants.
Here is the break down.
Metro Chicago is 19.6 percent immigrant and of metro chicago's 1.7 million immigrants, Cook County has 1.16 million or 21% of its population. The collar counties are 3.3 million people and have about 550,000 immigrants or about 17% of its population. The rest of the state is 4.2 million people and have 166,000 immigrants or about 4% of its population.
Last edited by pip; Jun 28, 2008 at 2:15 AM.
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