1 Nearly one in five Americans (19%) will be an immigrant in 2050, compared with one in eight (12%) in 2005. 2  By 2025, the immigrant, or foreign-born, share of the population will surpass the peak during the last great wave of immigration a century ago.
According to Rowling's agent, Christopher Little, the seven Harry Potter books have so far been translated into 67 languages, amassing the 400m figure since the publication of the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in 1997.
There is no doubt that the books have been a publishing sensation. In the 10 years since the first one, âHarry Potter and the Sorcererâs Stone,â was published, the series has sold 325 million copies worldwide, with 121.5 million in print in the United States alone. Before Harry Potter, it was virtually unheard of for kids to queue up for a mere book.