What are some possible reasons that the foreign-born population increased in some States but decreased in others from 2005 to 2012?

Question- What are some possible reasons that the foreign-born population increased in some States but decreased in others from 2005 to 2012?

Answer- This estimate, the latest available for the foreign-born population, is 1.5 million, ... January 9, 2012 ... the absolute increase and the percentage increase in the foreign-born population ... in the foreign-born population from 2009 to 2010 is a markedly lower ... there were notable discrepancies for some subgroups—especially ...

no statements but ok.

the statement that best describes the idea of manifest destiny that was used in the 19th century would be that "it was fate that the united states would continue to  expand westward," since people thought the us was "destined" to do so. 

that would be the steamboat because none of the other things are forms of transportation