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Thoughts on Immigration survey results (long description)

Results from question 1

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2045 less than 50 percent of the U.S. population will be considered non-Hispanic White. Participants were asked how positive or negative do you feel about this? Of those who responded to the question:

  • 15 percent felt very positive.
  • 13 percent felt positive.
  • 55 percent felt neither positive nor negative.
  • 10 percent felt negative.
  • 7 percent felt very negative.

The following statistics break down the results by political leaning.

Note: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

Of those respondents who reported as liberal leaning:

  • 24 percent felt very positive.
  • 17 percent felt positive.
  • 54 percent felt neither positive nor negative.
  • 3 percent felt negative.
  • 1 percent felt very negative.

Of those respondents who reported as conservative leaning:

  • 4 percent felt very positive.
  • 6 percent felt positive.
  • 49 percent felt neither positive nor negative.
  • 22 percent felt negative.
  • 18 percent felt very negative.

Of those respondents who reported as neither liberal nor conservative leaning:

  • 8 percent felt very positive.
  • 8 percent felt positive.
  • 63 percent felt neither positive nor negative.
  • 13 percent felt negative.
  • 9 percent felt very negative.

Results from questions 3-6 (question 2 results not presented at this time)

APP members were asked if they were born in the United States. Of those who participated in the survey, 5% said no, while 95% said yes.

Of those respondents who answered no, the top five countries listed as their country of birth were:

  1. Mexico
  2. Tie between Canada and Germany
  3. England
  4. Romania

Of those respondents who answered no, they were asked how long they have lived in the U.S.:

  • 5% have lived in the U.S. less than 5 years.
  • 12% have lived in the U.S. 5-9 years.
  • 20% have lived in the U.S. 10-19 years.
  • 63% have lived in the U.S. 20 or more years.

Of those respondents who answered yes to being born in the U.S.:

  • 6% of their mothers were not born in the U.S.
  • 5% of their fathers were not born in the U.S.
  • 17% of mother's mother (maternal grandmother) were not born in the U.S.
  • 17% of mother's father (maternal grandfather) were not born in the U.S.
  • 18% of father's mother (paternal grandmother) were not born in the U.S.
  • 19% of father's father (paternal grandfather) were not born in the U.S.