After a largely uninterrupted increase in …San Diego’s Mexican immigrant population throughout the decade, there was a drop of 9 percent, or 29,000 fewer immigrants, between 2007 and 2008, according to estimates released yesterday by the Census Bureau.
Among all county residents identifying themselves as foreign-born, the decline was nearly 2 percent, the same as in California.
Nationwide, the number of immigrants remained largely flat.
the new data is a reaffirmation of previous reports documenting a growing number of Latinos bypassing or migrating from California to states where the cost of living is lower and job prospects better.
Some demographers predict that San Diego could see a reversal in the declining number of immigrants once the local economy strengthens
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