Of the 1.1 million people who got green cards to the US in 2009, the Dominican Republic was the fifth country of birth of the new immigrants. Mexico leads with 15% of immigrants, followed by China, the Philippines, India and the DR, each of which accounted for 4-6% of the new immigrants, according to Homeland Security statistics.
Of the total, 37% come from Asia and 31% from North America.
Most of the new immigrants settled in California (20%), New York (13%), Florida (11%), Texas (8%) and New Jersey (5%).
Interestingly, most of the new immigrants are women (54.6%), 58% are married. The new median age of immigrants is 31.