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| Immigrants are more likely to settle
in more populated areas. In the twelve New England
cities with populations exceeding 120,000, over
25 percent of the inhabitants are immigrants.
By contrast, in the smallest towns (those with
populations under 10,000), only 7 percent of the
population is not native-born. |
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| The settlement
patterns of New England’s immigrants vary
significantly by country of origin. A comparison
of the three largest groups, Portuguese, Canadians,
and Dominicans, illustrates this variability.
A large percentage of the region’s Portuguese
immigrants live in southeastern Massachusetts
and Rhode Island – over 25 percent of all
Portuguese live in the cities of Fall River and
New Bedford, Massachusetts alone. By contrast,
Canadians are spread evenly throughout New England.
The five largest cities of residence for Canadian
immigrants account for less than 9 percent of
their total population. On the opposite end of
the spectrum, immigrants from the Dominican Republic
are highly concentrated in several municipalities
– 57 percent of Dominicans live in the cities
of Lawrence, Providence, and Boston. |
