The crumbling economy has slowed the rate of foreign-born people making the Washington area home, but the rate of migration to the District and its suburbs remains higher than the national average.

Fewer than 10 percent of immigrants in Maryland, and 8 percent in Virginia arrived there in 2008 or later. In Washington, about 12 percent of foreign-born residents arrived since the recession hit.

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