turation via Nature - Based Outdoor Recreation : A Comparison of Mexican and Chinese Ethnic Croups in the United States

DOI: 10.1 01 7iS14660.16605050398 B etween 1990 and 2000, the United States foreign-born population increased by 43%; not since 1930 has the immigrant population comprised such a large share1o.4Y0-of the LJS population iSchmidley, zoos, p. 9). This post-1965 immigration differs kom the mass migrations at the turn of the twentieth century in that the majority of migrants to the US nowadays come from either Latin America or Asia, rather than from Europe (Schmidley, zoosf. Latin-American immigrants comprise 53.3% of the foreignborn population and Asian immigrants 25% (US Ge~isus Bureau, 2004). Latinos (including persons of Mexican origin) are the fastest growing minority and have outpaced African Americans to become the largest ethnic minority in the country. Immigration, along with the relatively higher fertility rates among Latinos, contributes most to this growth.