Measured in absolute numbers, the level of immigration during the 1990s into the united states was compared with the levels of previous decades. when considered as a percentage of the population at the time, the level of immigration into the united states during the 1990s was than the levels experienced during the earlier decades of the twentieth century.

Measured in absolute numbers, the level of immigration during the 1990s into the United States was HIGHER compared with the levels of previous decades. When considered as a percentage of the population at the time, the level of immigration into the United States during the 1990s was LOWER than the levels experienced during the earlier decades of the twentieth century.