Immigration

[pash]

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[chaglang]

Olathe wouldn't be a bad place to start.

[earthling]

KCK has had a big jump in immigrants. Latinos have passed up black population and Asians also increasing at higher rate than rest of metro. I saw a stat maybe a month ago that Asians are the highest income demographic of KCK.

On the MO side, the NE side has most concentration of immigrants but KC North is also picking up pace - KC has one of largest Sudanese populations in US, a lot of Somalians too. JoCo seems to attract most from India but have noticed a lot more near Plaza area than 10 years ago.

[flyingember]

KCK has had a big jump in immigrants. Latinos have passed up black population and Asians also increasing at higher rate than rest of metro. I saw a stat maybe a month ago that Asians are the highest income demographic of KCK.

On the MO side, the NE side has most concentration of immigrants but KC North is also picking up pace - KC has one of largest Sudanese populations in US, a lot of Somalians too. JoCo seems to attract most from India but have noticed a lot more near Plaza area than 10 years ago.

I added a recommendation for them to cover 64116.

[earthling]

64123, 64124, 64125, 64126, 64127 together has the more hispanics than every other zip in the KC Metro combined.

Those zips have dominant Latino pops but not sure what you meant by 'combined' - that those 5 zips have over 50% of metro hispanics/latinos? There are over 200K Latinos in KC metro. There are not 100K+ latinos in those 5 zips, or even 100K total people.

I wonder what % of NE Side Latinos are actually foreign born immigrants compared to KCK.

[flyingember]

In ALL of the KCMO there's not more than 46K Latinos.

each KCMO council district has around 77K people and those zips cover about 1/3 of each of two different districts.

So there's maybe 20-30K Latinos in those zips

[Stockton]

I wonder what % of NE Side Latinos are actually foreign born immigrants compared to KCK.

I could be wrong because this is just from my personal observation, but it seems Argentine and probably also KCMO's Westside are where the more established Latino (mostly Mexican) populations live, at least those who have remained in enclaves/originally Hispanic areas. I suspect the same is true for the Westside neighborhood, but I know for a fact Argentine was one of the very first neighborhoods Latinos (again, mostly Mexicans) moved to in Kansas City. There's a long history there and it's largely rooted in the fact the Catholic parishes were segregated and that St. John the Divine in Argentine just happened to become the Latino parish. Recently I wondered why Argentine's main street (Strong Ave) or former downtown area isn't lined with businesses like you see on Central Ave, Kansas Ave, and Independence Ave. I suspect the reason is because of what I just said, that Argentine is a long-time established Latino area combined with the fact that the Latino businesses we see seem to be associated with more recent arrivals. But to directly answer your question, I suspect there's not much, if any, difference between KCK and KCMO regarding foreign born latinos. The Central Ave corridor, Armourdale neighborhood, and the Northeast area all seem to have a ton of them.

[aknowledgeableperson]

Article tied to immigration but in a different light - a way to repopulate a city. True, KCMO has benefited recently from various waves of immigrants but the city has not gone out actively in their recruitment. From Time Magazine.

In old North Dayton, It’s easy to spot the newcomers. Over the past few years, about 3,000 Turkish refugees have settled here and set about rebuilding this blighted neighborhood. Decaying houses with weed-choked lawns are giving way to tidy dwellings with colorful paint jobs. As his minivan winds through the streets, businessman Islom Shakhbandarov points out the white picket fences the Turks favor–a sign that they have achieved the American Dream. “This,” he says from the front seat, “is the Ellis Island of our region.”

Southwest Ohio has never been much of a melting pot. Even now, Dayton’s proportion of foreign-born residents is among the lowest of any large U.S. city. But economic decline is the mother of reinvention. Dayton’s population has plunged 40% since 1960, as the loss of manufacturing jobs hollowed out its middle class. “We were hit really hard,” says city manager Tim Riordan. And so in 2009, Dayton began plotting an unlikely path to renewal–growing its economy by courting immigrants.

Two years later, the city adopted a series of policies designed to lure new residents: tutoring for foreign students, support networks to help entrepreneurs clear complex bureaucratic hurdles, and translation services to help immigrants integrate into the community. Libraries began stocking books in new languages. Police officers were directed not to check the immigration status of victims or witnesses of crimes, or of people suspected of minor offenses.
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And Dayton has plans to expand its approach by recruiting immigrant entrepreneurs, using a visa program that offers green cards to foreigners who invest in rural or cash-strapped areas.

Dayton’s model is attracting copycats elsewhere in the Midwest. And the experiment has “changed the culture and the way people perceive immigrants,” says Tony Ortiz, vice president of Dayton’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the head of Latino Affairs at nearby Wright State University. “Instead of a burden, they see these folks as potential taxpayers and contributing members to the area. Instead of chasing them away, all we have to do is make them feel welcome.”

[loftguy]

Article tied to immigration but in a different light - a way to repopulate a city. True, KCMO has benefited recently from various waves of immigrants but the city has not gone out actively in their recruitment. From Time Magazine.

In old North Dayton, It’s easy to spot the newcomers. Over the past few years, about 3,000 Turkish refugees have settled here and set about rebuilding this blighted neighborhood. Decaying houses with weed-choked lawns are giving way to tidy dwellings with colorful paint jobs. As his minivan winds through the streets, businessman Islom Shakhbandarov points out the white picket fences the Turks favor–a sign that they have achieved the American Dream. “This,” he says from the front seat, “is the Ellis Island of our region.”

Southwest Ohio has never been much of a melting pot. Even now, Dayton’s proportion of foreign-born residents is among the lowest of any large U.S. city. But economic decline is the mother of reinvention. Dayton’s population has plunged 40% since 1960, as the loss of manufacturing jobs hollowed out its middle class. “We were hit really hard,” says city manager Tim Riordan. And so in 2009, Dayton began plotting an unlikely path to renewal–growing its economy by courting immigrants.

Two years later, the city adopted a series of policies designed to lure new residents: tutoring for foreign students, support networks to help entrepreneurs clear complex bureaucratic hurdles, and translation services to help immigrants integrate into the community. Libraries began stocking books in new languages. Police officers were directed not to check the immigration status of victims or witnesses of crimes, or of people suspected of minor offenses.
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And Dayton has plans to expand its approach by recruiting immigrant entrepreneurs, using a visa program that offers green cards to foreigners who invest in rural or cash-strapped areas.

Dayton’s model is attracting copycats elsewhere in the Midwest. And the experiment has “changed the culture and the way people perceive immigrants,” says Tony Ortiz, vice president of Dayton’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the head of Latino Affairs at nearby Wright State University. “Instead of a burden, they see these folks as potential taxpayers and contributing members to the area. Instead of chasing them away, all we have to do is make them feel welcome.”

Best post you've ever made AKP.

[FangKC]

Hispanics are fixing up many run-down and vacant properties in the Old Northeast.

They appear to buy the properties for very little, then do the work themselves involving many of their Hispanic friends and neighbors who work in the building trades.

My Hispanic neighbor used to work in roofing before he started working for the city. Almost all of his friends work in building trades: roofing, plumbing, electrical, masonry, drywall, painting, and landscaping. They help each other fix up their own houses.

The Northeast has so many minority businesses. Not only Hispanic and Asian-minorities, but immigrant businesses run by refugees from other countries--including Muslims and Middle-eastern residents.

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[swid]

FiveThirtyEight has a good article up on how much (foreign and/or illegal) immigration patterns have changed in the past 20 years, and why the political rhetoric hasn't changed to match:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/imm ... on-debate/

[flyingember]

Hispanics are fixing up many run-down and vacant properties in the Old Northeast.

They appear to buy the properties for very little, then do the work themselves involving many of their Hispanic friends and neighbors who work in the building trades.

this is called being intelligent.