DOMINICAN IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK CITY

Census figures of Dominican immigration to NYC

decade of the 1990s saw 145,000 new arrivals

New York City Dominican population now 500,000

NYC has more Less English proficient population than any other US city.

originally came to work in factories

There are a growing number of Dominican entrepreneurs

Most NYC bodegas are Dominican-owned

City offering little help for them to succeed

Many flee back home where there is no extradition treaty

Negative views of police due to brutality

Hope for the next generation is based on economic and assimilation opportunities, and improved educational programs.

In recent years, the latest census figures show that more Dominican immigrants have arrived in, and made New York City their home than any other Hispanic ethnic group. Only natives of India, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines have seen more of their numbers well the melting pot of New York City. USA Today provides annual figures of "21,412 US immigrants from the Dominican Republic (1995 figures)" (Page 1997 1A). The decade of the Nineties saw the immigration of nearly 150,000 natives of The Dominican Republic into New York City. The recent 2000 census figures, still being developed, showed that the non-Mexican or Puerto Rican population

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