Top 100 Cities with Highest Percentage of Foreign-Born Residents (pop. 5000+)

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[doug from upland]

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Top 100 Cities with Highest Percentage of Foreign-Born Residents (pop. 5000+)

1. Sweetwater, Florida (74.9%)
2. Fountainbleau, Florida (73.0%)
3. Hialeah, Florida (72.1%)
4. Hialeah Gardens, Florida (69.9%)
5. Westchester, Florida (69.0%)
6. West Miami, Florida (68.9%)
7. University Park, Florida (66.5%)
8. Chamblee, Georgia (66.1%)
9. Coral Terrace, Florida (66.1%)
10. Tamiami, Florida (65.4%)
11. West New York, New Jersey (65.2%)
12. Langley Park, Maryland (64.5%)
13. Doral, Florida (62.8%)
14. Seven Corners, Virginia (61.2%)
15. Miami, Florida (59.5%)
16. Mecca, California (59.4%)
17. Kendall West, Florida (59.3%)
18. Olympia Heights, Florida (58.9%)
19. Kendale Lakes, Florida (58.8%)
20. Union City, New Jersey (58.7%)
21. Westwood Lakes, Florida (58.1%)
22. Palisades Park, New Jersey (57.0%)
23. Sunny Isles Beach, Florida (56.7%)
24. Rosemead, California (56.1%)
25. Harrison, New Jersey (56.0%)
26. Huntington Park, California (56.0%)
27. Lennox, California (55.9%)
28. Miami Beach, Florida (55.6%)
29. Maywood, California (55.2%)
30. Glendale, California (54.4%)
31. North Bay Village, Florida (54.1%)
32. Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia (54.0%)
33. Huron, California (53.7%)
34. Monterey Park, California (53.5%)
35. Bell, California (53.3%)
36. Santa Ana, California (53.2%)
37. Cudahy, California (53.1%)
38. Rowland Heights, California (52.6%)
39. The Hammocks, Florida (52.5%)
40. Daly City, California (52.3%)
41. Walnut Park, California (52.2%)
42. Naples Manor, Florida (52.2%)
43. San Gabriel, California (51.9%)
44. El Monte, California (51.4%)
45. South El Monte, California (51.4%)
46. Calexico, California (51.1%)
47. Mendota, California (50.9%)
48. Alhambra, California (50.9%)
49. Orange Cove, California (50.6%)
50. Sunset, Florida (50.5%)
51. Bell Gardens, California (50.4%)
52. Arvin, California (50.4%)
53. Key Biscayne, Florida (50.2%)
54. Stone Park, Illinois (50.1%)
55. Somerton, Arizona (49.8%)
56. North Miami Beach, Florida (49.5%)
57. South Gate, California (49.3%)
58. North Fair Oaks, California (49.3%)
59. San Luis, Arizona (49.1%)
60. Livingston, California (48.8%)
61. East Los Angeles, California (48.8%)
62. North Miami, Florida (48.7%)
63. Guttenberg, New Jersey (48.7%)
64. Fairview, New Jersey (48.4%)
65. Roma, Texas (48.3%)
66. Orosi, California (48.3%)
67. Doraville, Georgia (47.9%)
68. Earlimart, California (47.8%)
69. King City, California (47.7%)
70. Miami Lakes, Florida (47.7%)
71. Lincolnia, Virginia (47.7%)
72. Milpitas, California (47.3%)
73. Country Club, Florida (47.1%)
74. South San Jose Hills, California (47.0%)
75. Coachella, California (46.9%)
76. La Homa, Texas (46.9%)
77. Greenfield, California (46.7%)
78. The Crossings, Florida (46.4%)
79. Alton North, Texas (46.4%)
80. Walnut, California (46.2%)
81. Hawaiian Gardens, California (46.0%)
82. Artesia, California (45.8%)
83. Passaic, New Jersey (45.8%)
84. Baldwin Park, California (45.7%)
85. Cerritos, California (45.6%)
86. Richmond West, Florida (45.5%)
87. Florence-Graham, California (45.4%)
88. Nogales, Arizona (45.4%)
89. New Cassel, New York (45.3%)
90. Glenvar Heights, Florida (45.1%)
91. Immokalee, Florida (45.0%)
92. Fort Lee, New Jersey (44.7%)
93. Lamont, California (44.7%)
94. Golden Glades, Florida (44.7%)
95. Watsonville, California (44.4%)
96. South Miami Heights, Florida (44.2%)
97. Union City, California (44.0%)
98. San Elizario, Texas (44.0%)
99. Elizabeth, New Jersey (43.9%)
100. East Palo Alto, California (43.7%)

 

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[stands2reason]

Dang! Florida Florida Florida

I'm guessing those foreign-born aren't all Cubans?

[MizSterious]

Pity they aren't considering "temporary" residents, otherwise a lot of college towns would be included. I think Norman Oklahoma has pretty high percentage of foreign students.

[Texas_Jarhead]

lot of California in that list

[I still care]

wow. Sweetwater is 93% hispanic.

I knew we had some heavy hispanic populations in south florida, but I didn't realize it was that high.

[WorkingClassFilth]

They're only living in cities that Americans won't live in.

[doug from upland]

Good comment. Several of the ones in California are within an hour of me. Most are hellholes. Alhambra is largely Asian.

[Mears]

Good Lord!

And I thought it was bad in parts of Massachusetts.

[Clemenza]

Not anymore. Hialeah (which has voted Republican in EVERY Presidential election since 1980) is still poltically controlled by the Cubans, but the Dominican and Central American populations are growing fast. The Hispanic population in Sweetwater is about 80% Nicaraguan, and they have a Republican mayor!

The big trend over the past 15 years has been the movement of Cuban Americans out of the "old neighborhoods" and into wealthier towns, while they are replaced by Colombians, Salvadorans, etc.

[monkeywrench]

Ha. I was hoping they're all cuban.

[doug from upland]

NOTE: if you go to the website and click on the city, it may well have more current info.

[umgud]

This doesn't consider anchor babies.

[doug from upland]

Updated example:

Races in Mecca:

Hispanic (98.0%)
Other race (70.7%)
Two or more races (3.4%)
American Indian (2.0%)
White Non-Hispanic (0.8%)
Filipino (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

[MplsSteve]

Glendale seems to have a high proportion of whites.

I'm guessing they're Armenians.

[Clemenza]

# Doral, Florida (62.8%)

I lived in Doral from 1997-1999. It is largely an upscale community with several famous golf courses (including the "blue monster").

A lot of people don't realize that many of those towns listed in Florida are quite wealthy (Key Biscayne, Doral, Coral Gables, etc.). That is because South Florida is a haven for wealthy Latin Americans escaping political turmoil. Who else do you think has been driving up the real estate prices down there?

[doug from upland]

That is my understanding.

[frannie]

We don't know, without checking the size of these cities.

California has more cities than Florida. I wish they had put the size of the cities. I think that Calif. has more illegals than Florida.

I like, so many others, believe they aren't all Cubans. We know there is an area that has a large number of Muslims.

[American Quilter]

There's actually a city in CA called Mecca (#16)???

Apparently Colorado doesn't make the list. Yet.

[Gay State Conservative]

I can't find Chappaqua,NY..Hyannisport,MA...the "Beacon Hill" district of Boston (JFK's home)...Martha's Vineyard,MA

There are obviously many errors in this list because I just *know* that this nation's foremost "progressives" would want to live along side of "the most vulnerable among us".

[Hank Rearden]

Mecca, California?

[dalereed]

"I'm guessing they're Armenians."

I don't know what the #s are now but 15 years ago there were over 85,000 armenians that had imigrated from the middle east.

One of these days i'm going to sell my home there and get out, Oceanside is getting bad enough with illegals but my wife doesn't want to move back there.

[4integrity]

where is Sweetwater?

btw, we met several yrs ago at Sarasota rally for troops...at lunch with Julie and MinuteGal

[germanicus]

I thought for sure Dearborn MI (Mecca West) would be in the top 100. Maybe most of the residents are US born.

[Osage Orange]

Surprised that the majority there aren't Saudi's....

[4integrity]

meant to say ..hello again. lol.

[marajade]

Only three in AZ? What about TX or NM? This can't be right.

[Tall_Texan]

So what sort of foreigners would be attracted to Mecca, California do you think?

[aft_lizard]

I am surprised some Kansas meatpacking cities arent there like Garden City or Dodge City.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Wow, I thought Beanerton or Hillsburrito, Orygun would be somewhere on that list?

[paul51]

A drive down the salinas or central valleys in Ca. would leave someone with the impression there are a few cities missing on that list

[HostileTerritory]

To make this list, you need not just a lot of immigrants, but for nearly all of the native-born Americans to sell out and move away, too. This hasn't happened in most places which is why most of these towns are small enough to have complete ghettoization.

[buccaneer81]

And I thought it was bad in parts of Massachusetts.

Lowell, Lawrence and Holyoke come to mind. And Central Falls ,RI...yikes!

[aft_lizard]

Last time I was in Dodge City, in February, it was more Ghetto than South Phoenix and almost 70% of the faces I saw and the languages I heard were hispanic.

[John Filson]

And guess which are the most socialist? Quite a few of these.

[Sometimes A River]

Many are, most are white, relatively few from other countries are of Mestizo extraction.

[buccaneer81]

Oh, and Framingham was already horrible when I lived there in the mid '80s. Can't imagine it now.

[EDINVA]

surprised to see only four TX towns

[raybbr]

Wow! Great site.

[stands2reason]

I'm not concerned with their color.

Just their attitude.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I'm guessing those foreign-born aren't all Cubans?

Nah, but lot's of Venezuelans are seeing the handwriting on the wall and getting out while the getting is good.

Florida is their destination of choice because so many of them have vacationed there.

[doug from upland]

Mecca, CA is Hispanic.

[I got the rope]

I've been seeing lots of older europeans lately. There are also a "ton" of Mexicans.

[2dogjoe]

"This can't be right."

And the city at #76 does not even exist. There is no La Homa, Texas.

[Servant of the 9]

While we still got 'em in ghettos, lets get those walls built.

So9

[diverteach]

"I'm guessing those foreign-born aren't all Cubans?"

No, not at all. They are all mexican. In the last 3-4 years I have increasingly become a minority as a white male.

Heck, a stop into ANY convenience store in the morning on the way to work and you'd be LUCKY to see anything other than mexican.

[diverteach]

"They're only living in cities that Americans won't live in."

I have to say that statement is BS. Cost of average house in South Walton county Florida is $800,000 and we're inundated with mexicans.

30 mexicans stuffed into 1 house and 2 cars and cook meals together have a very low cost of living.

[jammer]

There is no La Homa, Texas.

Well...it didn't until the semi arrived last night. Surprise!

[TheOracleAtLilac]

Hot Link

1. Sweetwater, Florida (74.9%)
2. Fountainbleau, Florida (73.0%)
3. Hialeah, Florida (72.1%)
4. Hialeah Gardens, Florida (69.9%)
5. Westchester, Florida (69.0%)
6. West Miami, Florida (68.9%)
7. University Park, Florida (66.5%)
8. Chamblee, Georgia (66.1%)
9. Coral Terrace, Florida (66.1%)
10. Tamiami, Florida (65.4%)
11. West New York, New Jersey (65.2%)
12. Langley Park, Maryland (64.5%)
13. Doral, Florida (62.8%)
14. Seven Corners, Virginia (61.2%)
15. Miami, Florida (59.5%)
16. Mecca, California (59.4%)
17. Kendall West, Florida (59.3%)
18. Olympia Heights, Florida (58.9%)
19. Kendale Lakes, Florida (58.8%)
20. Union City, New Jersey (58.7%)
21. Westwood Lakes, Florida (58.1%)
22. Palisades Park, New Jersey (57.0%)
23. Sunny Isles Beach, Florida (56.7%)
24. Rosemead, California (56.1%)
25. Harrison, New Jersey (56.0%)
26. Huntington Park, California (56.0%)
27. Lennox, California (55.9%)
28. Miami Beach, Florida (55.6%)
29. Maywood, California (55.2%)
30. Glendale, California (54.4%)
31. North Bay Village, Florida (54.1%)
32. Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia (54.0%)
33. Huron, California (53.7%)
34. Monterey Park, California (53.5%)
35. Bell, California (53.3%)
36. Santa Ana, California (53.2%)
37. Cudahy, California (53.1%)
38. Rowland Heights, California (52.6%)
39. The Hammocks, Florida (52.5%)
40. Daly City, California (52.3%)
41. Walnut Park, California (52.2%)
42. Naples Manor, Florida (52.2%)
43. San Gabriel, California (51.9%)
44. El Monte, California (51.4%)
45. South El Monte, California (51.4%)
46. Calexico, California (51.1%)
47. Mendota, California (50.9%)
48. Alhambra, California (50.9%)
49. Orange Cove, California (50.6%)
50. Sunset, Florida (50.5%)
51. Bell Gardens, California (50.4%)
52. Arvin, California (50.4%)
53. Key Biscayne, Florida (50.2%)
54. Stone Park, Illinois (50.1%)
55. Somerton, Arizona (49.8%)
56. North Miami Beach, Florida (49.5%)
57. South Gate, California (49.3%)
58. North Fair Oaks, California (49.3%)
59. San Luis, Arizona (49.1%)
60. Livingston, California (48.8%)
61. East Los Angeles, California (48.8%)
62. North Miami, Florida (48.7%)
63. Guttenberg, New Jersey (48.7%)
64. Fairview, New Jersey (48.4%)
65. Roma, Texas (48.3%)
66. Orosi, California (48.3%)
67. Doraville, Georgia (47.9%)
68. Earlimart, California (47.8%)
69. King City, California (47.7%)
70. Miami Lakes, Florida (47.7%)
71. Lincolnia, Virginia (47.7%)
72. Milpitas, California (47.3%)
73. Country Club, Florida (47.1%)
74. South San Jose Hills, California (47.0%)
75. Coachella, California (46.9%)
76. La Homa, Texas (46.9%)
77. Greenfield, California (46.7%)
78. The Crossings, Florida (46.4%)
79. Alton North, Texas (46.4%)
80. Walnut, California (46.2%)
81. Hawaiian Gardens, California (46.0%)
82. Artesia, California (45.8%)
83. Passaic, New Jersey (45.8%)
84. Baldwin Park, California (45.7%)
85. Cerritos, California (45.6%)
86. Richmond West, Florida (45.5%)
87. Florence-Graham, California (45.4%)
88. Nogales, Arizona (45.4%)
89. New Cassel, New York (45.3%)
90. Glenvar Heights, Florida (45.1%)
91. Immokalee, Florida (45.0%)
92. Fort Lee, New Jersey (44.7%)
93. Lamont, California (44.7%)
94. Golden Glades, Florida (44.7%)
95. Watsonville, California (44.4%)
96. South Miami Heights, Florida (44.2%)
97. Union City, California (44.0%)
98. San Elizario, Texas (44.0%)
99. Elizabeth, New Jersey (43.9%)
100. East Palo Alto, California (43.7%

[doug from upland]

Thanks. How did you get the hot links? I got the source for the whole page and cut and pasted it.

[BW2221]

I'm surprised Dearborn, MI isn't included because it's crawling with Muzzies. That's much worse than crawling with Hispanics.

If a Hispanic kills you it's for your wallet. If a Muzzie kills you, it could be because someone 5,000 miles away said something negative (but true) about the prophet.