At the same time, this book is a tangible result of our Diaspora and Homeland Development Projects in the United States. "Providing a comprehensive study of the socioeconomic status of the overall Dominican population of the United States at the beginning of a new millennium is essential. Firstly, existing accounts of the situation of Dominicans often focus exclusively on New York. In the past, it has been a natural outcome of the overwhelming concentration of Dominicans in the city. In 1980, for example, three out of four Dominicans in the U.S. resided in New York. But this has change. By the year 2000, the Dominican population in New York accounted for about half of Dominicans in the United States. "The increased complexity of the Dominican experience in the United States is not only geographical, but also generational. In the past, studies of Dominicans focused almost exclusively on analyzing immigrants. This reflected the predominance of those born in the Dominican Republic within the community. But this has also changed. A rapidly-growing second generation is becoming a major force. In 2000, one out of every three Dominicans in the United States was born in the U.S."