1/18
@ellim992
Far-right movements have been using Springfield, Ohio as a propaganda tool since early 2023.
There aren’t 20,000 Haitian immigrants there
in fact, there are barely 5,000 in the entire state.
The level of cognitive dissonance required for this narrative is staggering.
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2/18
@ellim992
The Census Bureau ACS lists the Haitian-born population in Ohio as 5,264 as of July 7, 2023.
This is the most recent and reliable data.
These groups have been claiming that there are 20,000 to 70,000 Haitians in just Springfield since May 2023.
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B05006?q=Place of Birth&g=040XX00US39&y=2023
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3/18
@ellim992
The Springfield City School District posts their enrollment online.
This week, their head count is 7,415.
Huge increase from last year, right?
Except not... The district is still below pre-pandemic levels. They had 7,716 students in 2020.
https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Data/Frequently-Requested-Data/Enrollment-Data
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4/18
@ellim992
Annual head count for Springfield City School District on those files -
2024: 7,415
2023: 7,227
2022: 7,107
2021: 7,099
2020: 7,716
2019: 7,551
2018: 7,661
2017: 7,759
Take a look at the data tables yourself.
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5/18
@ellim992
Again, the ACS lists the July 2023 population of people born in Haiti living in Ohio as 5,264.
Vital statistics show 599 births in 2023 to mothers born in Haiti
472 in 2024.
Birth trends aren’t linear, but even assuming linear increase, that’s a max of ~700 births.
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6/18
@ellim992
For deaths, CDC Wonder won't let you search by country of origin, but search by race categories:
Through August 2024, there's been 29 deaths among Black Hispanic Ohiohans.
2023: 62
2022: 45
2021: 59
Fact check if you want to, it's public data.
https://wonder.cdc.gov/natality-expanded-provisional.html
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7/18
@ellim992
You cannot tell me that a population of immigrants has grown 4x it's size in a year, and their death rate has not increased?
(especially a population that is supposedly sucking up health resources?)
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8/18
@ellim992
These 15,000-25,000 Hatian immigrants beyond what the Census lists?
They're not dying,
they're not having extra babies,
they're not in the schools?
Where are they? The Haitian population ~doubled in recent years.
1,934 Haitian Immigrants lived in the entire state in 2021.
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9/18
@ellim992
In 2022, ACS listed 5,442 people born in Haiti in Ohio.
In 2023, ACS listed 5,264 people.
This is fake. And bad journalism.
Especailly since they've been making up this number for a year now - and we have the data for the ACTUAL population when this rumor started.
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10/18
@ellim992
The media is moving quickly on this and not fact checking. The initial report of "20,000-30,000" is linked to a Heritage-affiliated anti-immigration think-tank that writes a lot about brown immigrants.
(Somehow Ukraine is fine?)
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11/18
@ellim992
Bottom line:
Folks are choosing to believe and spread any of these lies
because it fits their racist narrative.
Inventing a massive population surge of immigrants is just to serve this. It isn't about facts for them, it's about targeting communities of color.
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12/18
@ellim992
@Reuters should really show us where they got this graph:
Because the state medicaid dashboard shows another story about enrollment.
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[Quoted tweet]
Clark County, Ohio Medicaid Enrolled Population Totals from August 2023 to August 2024, from the state Medicaid enrollment dashboard.
Black population Medicaid enrolled totals in Clark County, Ohio, August 2023 to August 2024:
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medicaid.ohio.gov/stakeholde…
13/18
@ellim992
"Well, the Reuters graph could still be true if people are dying or moving at the same rate as Haitian immigrants are moving in?"
"Maybe 4000 people died or moved out and 4000 Haitian immigrants moved in?"
Nope. Here's all resident deaths for Clark County, Ohio
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14/18
@ellim992
Hey @JuddLegum @ItsDocumented @RonFilipkowski
I think a FOIA request is in order for what the Clark County, Ohio government said to the press - and who.
What I initially believed just a rumor that accidentally got picked up as offical, looks a lot worse with graphs.
15/18
@ellim992
(little apology: sorry Judd and Ron I didn't mean to attach you to this thread.... just tag you.
I guess you'll see it.
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16/18
@ellim992
@DaveYostOH Ohio AG Dave Yost ignores stats provided by Springfield and Clark County officials.
There’s NO basis for "1/4 to 1/3" of Springfield being new immigrants — no data backs this.
He is simply inciting violence against his own constituents.
17/18
@ellim992
Folks, the numbers from the City of Springfield are clear: 12,000 - 15,000 total immigrants in the entire county.
That's not Haitian immigrants, that's not just the immigrants in Springfield. Media keeps linking to this while claiming 12-15k. Can you see how this happened?
18/18
@ellim992
Clark County, Ohio has 136,000 people. The city estimates 9-11% of the county is foreign-born.
14.3% of the U.S. population is foreign-born, and 52% are naturalized citizens.
Clark County, Ohio foreign-born population is lower than the national average.
https://springfieldohio.gov/immigration-faqs/
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