The foreign-born population (legal and illegal) was estimated at 26.6 percent this year.
The figure is down from a period in 2007 when the numbers peaked at 27.4 percent.
When translated into actual residents (and not percentages) the figures are quite telling.
Foreign-born residents are hovering in numbers at approximately 9.9 million, while the total population in California is currently 37.2 million.
Researchers have noted that this trend in a decrease in foreign-born population is across the country, and does not apply strictly to California.
The USC study, which draws on up-to-date Census Bureau data, reported that all six counties that make up Southern California were majority foreign-born in 1980.
In 2008, there was a noticeable change, however, in that all six counties were majority native except for two of the large counties (Los Angeles & San Diego).
For obvious reasons, those pushing for tougher immigration laws are elated.
“The crack-down on illegal immigration is working.”
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