Between 2000 and 2008, annual births increased by only 188,880 — because births to Non-Hispanic whites declined

Births to Hispanic women increased by 225,371 annually and to Asian/Pacific Islanders [API] by 52,642 annually. In this same period, annual births to foreign-born mothers increased by 159,356. Therefore, 84% of that annual birth increase of 188,880 was the result of increased births to immigrants. In 2008, 60% of Hispanic birth mothers and 80% of API birth mothers were immigrants and over half (52.6%) of Hispanic birth mothers were not married. The rates of non-marriage for non-Hispanics are: non-Hispanic whites (28.7%), non-Hispanic blacks (72.3%), American Indians (65.8%) and API (16.9%). Between 2000 and 2008, births to teens declined by 37,180 annually. But births to Hispanic teens increased by 14,644 annually. In California, in 2009, Hispanics accounted for 73% of all teen births (47,811) and 71% of these girls were U.S citizens. Nationally, California has been the epicenter of immigration and many of the Hispanic teen mothers are second and third generation citizens there. In 2009, in California, 43% of new mothers were immigrants and half of total births for the state were to Hispanic women, both native- and foreign-born. Hispanic immigrant workers bring a heritage of negative economic and social characteristics. Their children, many of them U.S. born-citizens, display these same negative economic and social characteristics and their grandchildren display these same negative characteristics.