Diversity Facts • According to the U.S. Census 2000, the population of the three largest racial minority groups in the U.S. as a whole is almost double that of the Massachusetts population of the same minority groups Actual Census Figures U.S. minorities: 28.4% Massachusetts: 16% • In the 1990s, 13 to 14 million new immigrants arrived in the United States. To place this number in perspective, this immigration total exceeds the decennial immigration numbers during the “Great Wave of Immigration” from 1890 to 1920. This high number of new immigrants accounted for over 40 percent of the country’s population growth during the decade. - The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University