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Research Notes Demographic Evolution of Pakistanis in America: Case Study of A Muslim Subgroup Arif Ghayur* According to the last head count in 1981 the total population of Pakistan was 83.
In this manner, my estimate of the total number of immigrants for the 29-year period (1954-1983) is 49,280 persons.
18 Data was not available for 1983 but I am assuming that last year at least 25,000 persons entered America from Pakistan on non-immigrant visas.
It would not be unrealistic to estimate that 10 percent of these non-immigrant visa holders either end up i) staying for about a year with relatives here; ii) get married and apply for permanent residency; iii) get admitted to American universities; iv) start businesses, or buy property; or v) are sponsored by large American corporations for immigration.
Therefore, I will project only a 5 percent increase in the number of persons from Pakistan admitted annually during the 1984-1990 period.
In this fashion I have arrived at the following figures: Table 4 Population Projections for Pakistanis Admitted as Immigrants to the U.
If the present trends continue in the rates of immigrations, fertility and mortality more or less in the same manner as present, it will'not be unrealistic to assume that the population of persons of Pakistani origins will be about 250,000 by the year 2000 A.
Where We are Conservative estimates of the number of Muslims in North America use one million as an approximate figure, two-thirds of whom reside in or near the major urban areas of the United States.