Results of a new survey by Ness Sandoval, Ph.D., associate professor and co-director of the public and social policy doctoral program at Saint Louis University, showed that the Indian foreign-born population is the largest foreign-born population in the St. Louis region.
The St. Louis region includes St. Louis City and St. Louis, St. Charles, Madison, St. Clair, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, Macoupin, Clinton, Monroe, Warren, Jersey, Bond, and Calhoun Counties in Missouri and Illinois.
The annual American Community Survey (ACS), the premier source for population and housing information, shows that the Indian foreign-born was estimated to be 15,081. This is slightly larger compared to the Mexican foreign-born population (14,910). Although the populations are statistically similar, the trend for the growth of the foreign-born Indian population is clear.
In 2000, there were 5,129 foreign-born Indians living in the region. The new estimates represent a 194% increase. Sandoval said the data, which is collected annually, is used to help understand demographic transitions to help federal, state, and local agencies meet the needs of changing population.
“The new estimates show that the composition of the foreign-born population is changing for the St. Louis region,” said Sandoval. “In most major metropolitan regions, the largest foreign-born population is from Mexico. However, St. Louis has joined a small group of 14 metropolitan regions where the Indian foreign-born population is larger than the Mexican foreign-born population.”
Unlike the other 14 regions, where there is a significant gap between the two populations, the two populations for St. Louis are statistically similar. Per the study, 11.4% of the foreign-born population is Indian and 11.3% of the foreign-born population is Mexican.
The study also showed that among the 14 regions, St. Louis is ranked sixth in terms of the share of the foreign-born that is Indian. Cincinnati was ranked first where the share of the foreign-born population was 14.6%.
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