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Do you think the number of immigrants to America nowadays should be…
Should number of immigrants nowadays be increased or reduced · Asked in 4 waves, 1996–2024 · 5,503 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Increased a lot | Increased a little | Remain the same as it is | Reduced a little | Reduced a lot | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,646 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,274 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,216 |
| General Social Survey 1996 | 1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25 | face to face | 2,904 | 1,367 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 5% |
| 12% |
| 35% |
| 20% |
| 28% |
| 1646 |
| ±3 |
| Protestant | 2% | 8% | 31% | 23% | 36% | 725 | ±5 |
| Catholic | 7% | 8% | 35% | 18% | 32% | 313 | ±8 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ±29 |
| Other faith | 7% | 28% | 36% | 19% | 11% | 110 | ±12 |
| None | 8% | 17% | 41% | 18% | 17% | 454 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2024 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.