Immigrant Profiles of U.S. Urban Areas and Agents of ResettlementFootnote*

*We acknowledge with appreciation the helpful comments from three anonymous reviewers, the editor of The Professional Geographer, and audience members of presentations at meetings of the Western Regional Science Association, Association of American Geographers, and Population Association of America. We also thank Loren Bussert and Gayle Smith, Office of Refugee Resettlement, for providing data used in this research and, for cartographic assistance, Robert E. Forrest of Nationwide Insurance.

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