California Streamin'-Most Immigrants in U.S.

Voter redistricting is underway in California and it's easy to see why, when you consider the numbers of immigrants (and their children) living in California.

California is home to ten million people who were born in other countries. That's the highest number of all the states in America. (About 1/4 of all the U.S. immigrants live in the Golden State.)

From 1970-2009, California's foreign-born population has grown by 20 percent, representing almost two million people. That's the word from the Public Policy Institute of California, which analyzed the most recent Census data.

According to an article in the Sacramento Bee, "Most California immigrants come from Latin America (35 percent) and Asia (32 percent). Mexico leads the originating countries with 4.5 million, follwed by the Phillipines (783,000) and China (681,000)."