1) Which state had the most immigrants in 1996?
D) California
California is the state that has the largest numbers of immigrants in the US. According to the Migration Policy Institute, between 1990 and 2000 California had 2.4 million immigrants. To this day California remains the state that has more immigrants with 10.5 million.
2) from which two regions did most immigrants come in 1996?
B. The Americas and Asia/Oceania
The majority of immigrants in 1996 came from countries in the Americas and Asia, especially Mexico with 206,426 thousand immigrants, followed by India, China, Phillipines, Vietnam, El Salvador, Cuba and Haiti.