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International Community Bridge Index

B · Understand the people who can connect two places.

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The community connection component

International Community Bridge Index™

Understand the country-of-birth community evidence supporting the Sister City research, and explore its released component values.

Explore the published component values
RESEARCH PRIORITY · V1.0.0

Start with the score.
Add context as you learn.

Research priority = the published Global Consumer Opportunity score. This edition needs only the released score, country, U.S. market, and source release. All 69 published leads can be explored now.

Community Bridge evidence appears beside each lead. City Population, Country Conversion, and Upstream Match Strength are optional context. They do not block this edition, and we do not add them to G again. G already contains upstream conversion, community, and affinity signals.

Higher G scores appear first. Equal scores share a priority rank; source lead IDs keep their original meaning. This identifies country-to-U.S.-market research priorities. It does not assign every foreign city a compatibility score or measure an existing partnership’s performance.

The earlier five-component international-city model remains available as a separate method. A new global city ranking can follow its own revised definition without holding back this research release.

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WHAT IT MEANS

Understand the question.

A country-origin community can help connect a U.S. market with another part of the world. People may bring cultural knowledge, business experience, and trusted introductions.

Why it matters

Commercial diplomacy works through people. Understanding community connections can help leaders listen, invite participation, and build relationships with a clear shared purpose.

PUT THIS TO WORK

Who could help you understand another place?

Imagine a visiting delegation wants to meet people who know both its home country and a U.S. community. A resident, business owner, or university group may have useful experience. Community evidence helps you know where to listen. It gives you a starting point for invitations, rather than a list of people who have agreed to help.

The bridge component in the published leads uses country-of-birth evidence. Your separate Heritage Search can show other community roots. Those views answer different questions. The Follow Your Heart community directory also labels its Census measures, helping you distinguish ancestry from birthplace before you use a ranking.

Three steps you can take

  1. Choose the community and U.S. market you want to understand. Check whether the measure is birthplace or ancestry.
  2. Look for groups, businesses, colleges, and hosts that invite participation. Ask people what interests they want to share.
  3. Record the date, geography, and available uncertainty with the estimate. Use business access to plan the introduction.

Read the source: Follow Your Heart: labeled community rankings. This reference explains the source or research context; the inventory figures below come from the reviewed NDS package.

Know what you are looking at.

Symbol
B
Geography
Country origin and U.S. market area
International-city model weight
25%

How the measure is used

The published B score comes from the released country-to-U.S.-market lead table. The reviewed source describes birthplace evidence; it is not a combined ancestry, language, citizenship, and migration score.

Recalculation requires the country-origin resident count, the matching U.S. market population denominator, country and market identifiers, the observation period, and available uncertainty information.

Use approved ACS and community rows at the correct geographic level. ZIP heritage summaries and CBSA birthplace measures are different data products.

Available results and rankings

  • Published B values are connected to the released Sister City leads.
  • The separate heritage search helps users explore selected ZIP-level community summaries. It does not reproduce the B calculation.
Inspect all 69 published component values

Original lead order is retained. This is not a new ranking by this component. Observation periods are not separately established by this export; October 14, 2026 identifies its source release.

International Community Bridge Index · Released country-to-U.S.-market evidence
Source lead orderCountryU.S. marketComponent value
1AustraliaAUSNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 3562099.98
2ChinaCHNNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 3562099.57
3IndiaINDNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 2070099.43
4MexicoMEXMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TXCBSA 3258098.85
5IndiaINDSan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CACBSA 4194098.78
6MexicoMEXLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CACBSA 3108098.07
7MexicoMEXEl Paso, TXCBSA 2134097.61
8MexicoMEXBrownsville-Harlingen, TXCBSA 1518097.20
9MexicoMEXEl Centro, CACBSA 4174097.16
10BrazilBRANew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 3562096.95
11JapanJPNUrban Honolulu, HICBSA 4652096.77
12IndiaINDRaleigh-Cary, NCCBSA 3958096.00
13IndiaINDSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WACBSA 4266095.76
14MexicoMEXPhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZCBSA 3806095.44
15MexicoMEXChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WICBSA 1698095.38
16MexicoMEXRiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CACBSA 4014095.18
17CanadaCANBellingham, WACBSA 1338095.14
18MexicoMEXOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CACBSA 3710094.96
19IndiaINDChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WICBSA 1698094.79
20MexicoMEXSan Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CACBSA 4174094.72
21JapanJPNDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MICBSA 2242094.35
22MexicoMEXEagle Pass, TXCBSA 2058094.10
23MexicoMEXRio Grande City-Roma, TXCBSA 4010093.96
24ChinaCHNSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WACBSA 4266093.13
25IndiaINDDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MICBSA 2242092.71
26MexicoMEXHanford-Corcoran, CACBSA 4730091.90
27IndiaINDSan Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CACBSA 4174091.41
28CanadaCANCape Coral-Fort Myers, FLCBSA 1598090.79
29JapanJPNNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 2070090.47
30ChinaCHNUrban Honolulu, HICBSA 4652090.35
31MexicoMEXSalem, OHCBSA 4966089.90
32MexicoMEXKennewick-Richland, WACBSA 2842089.26
33MexicoMEXHobbs, NMCBSA 2602089.17
34MexicoMEXOdessa, TXCBSA 3622088.84
35ChinaCHNChicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WICBSA 1698088.81
36MexicoMEXDel Rio, TXCBSA 1962088.35
37ItalyITANew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 2070088.33
38MexicoMEXMilwaukee-Waukesha, WICBSA 3334087.54
39IndiaINDPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDCBSA 3798086.98
40MexicoMEXGainesville, GACBSA 1206086.34
41IndiaINDBaltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDCBSA 1258086.19
42ChinaCHNPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDCBSA 3798086.15
43IndiaINDColumbus, MSCBSA 1806086.11
44GermanyDEUKilleen-Temple, TXCBSA 2866084.89
45MexicoMEXOklahoma City, OKCBSA 3642084.88
46MexicoMEXDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MICBSA 2242084.30
47MexicoMEXMount Pleasant, TXCBSA 3098084.13
48IndiaINDCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCCBSA 1674083.66
49IndiaINDLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CACBSA 3108083.30
50MexicoMEXVallejo, CACBSA 4670083.13
51MexicoMEXWaco, TXCBSA 4738082.97
52IndiaINDMemphis, TN-MS-ARCBSA 3282082.21
53IndiaINDTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLCBSA 4530082.16
54MexicoMEXReno, NVCBSA 3990080.93
55MexicoMEXDeming, NMCBSA 1970080.47
56MexicoMEXRoswell, NMCBSA 4074080.02
57MexicoMEXBeaumont-Port Arthur, TXCBSA 1314079.71
58MexicoMEXTyler, TXCBSA 4634079.66
59GermanyDEUCape Coral-Fort Myers, FLCBSA 1598079.39
60SpainESPNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 2070078.74
61MexicoMEXMidland, TXCBSA 3326078.73
62MexicoMEXNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PACBSA 2070078.42
63MexicoMEXRockford, ILCBSA 4042078.40
64MexicoMEXJacksonville, NCCBSA 2734077.13
65ChinaCHNDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MICBSA 2242076.84
66MexicoMEXTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLCBSA 4530075.30
67MexicoMEXColumbus, MSCBSA 1806074.92
68ChinaCHNRaleigh-Cary, NCCBSA 3958072.72
69ChinaCHNDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXCBSA 1910070.17
Download released lead valuesSource release and scope (JSON)

Coverage and limits

  • Population evidence alone does not establish an active business network or prove that someone wants a partnership.
  • Ancestry, birthplace, citizenship, language, and broad race context must keep their separate meanings.

Choose your next useful step.

Use a community estimate to begin a respectful conversation. Ask who wants to participate, which language they prefer, and what a useful shared project would look like.

Explore community-linked leadsUse the separate heritage searchFind diplomacy networks

Other Sister City components

Global Consumer Opportunity IndexCity Population IndexCountry Conversion PercentileUpstream Match Strength

Commercial Diplomacy Index™ · National Data System · Source and method guide · October 20, 2026

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