In the modern era, the majority of immigrants comes from which area?

Today's recently arrived immigrants are sharply different from their counterparts of 50 years ago, not only in their origins and current states of residence, but also in their education levels, occupations and economic well-being, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U. S. Census Bureau data. Most visibly, Asia is now the largest region of origin among recently arrived immigrants-those who have been in the U. S. for five years or less-supplanting Central and South America in 2011.