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Immigrants in the Workforce, State by State and Industry By Industry

A new interactive tool from The Pew Charitable Trusts compares immigrant labor force to U.S-born workers.


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January 7, 2016

Shift*ing demo*graph*ics na*tion*wide are chan*ging the face of Amer*ic*an em*ploy*ment. Im*mig*rants make up 13 per*cent of the pop*u*la*tion and 17 per*cent of the work*force, but their em*ploy*ment pat*terns con*trast with those of their U.S.-born coun*ter*parts across in*dus*tries and states. Un*der*stand*ing these dif*fer*ences na*tion*ally and with*in each state is vi*tal for poli*cy*makers as they con*sider strategies to boost their eco*nom*ies and de*vel*op their work*forces. To help give them the clear pic*ture they need, The Pew Char*it*able Trusts pro*duced first-of-their-kind data on the like*li*hood of im*mig*rant work*ers be*ing em*ployed in 13 ma*jor in*dus*tries, com*pared with U.S.-born work*ers, in all 50 states and the Dis*trict of Columbia.
Pew’s on*line in*ter*act*ive tool builds on these data to com*pare the work*force dis*tri*bu*tion of im*mig*rants re*l*at*ive to U.S.-born work*ers across all states and with na*tion*al fig*ures. Fol*low*ing are some key takeaways that can help guide ex*plor*a*tion of the in*ter*act*ive and in*form strategies for poli*cy*makers to make use of the data:

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At the na*tion*al level, im*mig*rant work*ers are dis*trib*uted dif*fer*ently across in*dus*tries than their U.S.-born coun*ter*parts. Im*mig*rants are more likely than U.S.-born work*ers to hold jobs in six of the 13 ma*jor in*dus*tries ex*amined, in*clud*ing man*u*fac*tur*ing and ad*min*is*trat*ive ser*vices.







The dis*tri*bu*tion of im*mig*rants across in*dus*tries dif*fers from state to state, but some trends are wide*spread throughout the states, and some in*dus*tries dis*play pat*terns of re*gion*al clus*ter*ing. For ex*ample, im*mig*rants are more likely than U.S.-born work*ers to be em*ployed in con*struc*tion in the South*ern states.







































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Im*mig*rants are less likely than the U.S.-born to be em*ployed in sev*en in*dus*tries at the na*tion*al level, but they may be more likely to work in one or more of those sec*tors in in*di*vidu*al states. For ex*ample, im*mig*rants na*tion*wide are less likely than U.S.-born work*ers to be em*ployed in edu*ca*tion ser*vices and pro*fes*sion*al, sci*entif*ic, tech*nic*al, and man*age*ment ser*vices, but in sev*er*al states, im*mig*rants are more likely to work in those sec*tors.
The dis*tri*bu*tion of im*mig*rant and U.S.-born work*ers across in*dus*tries can dif*fer, re*gard*less of the size of a state’s im*mig*rant pop*u*la*tion. In Montana, a state with a small for*eign-born pop*u*la*tion, im*mig*rants are more likely than the U.S.-born to work in five sec*tors, in*clud*ing edu*ca*tion ser*vices; health care and so*cial ser*vices; leis*ure and hos*pit*al*ity; man*u*fac*tur*ing; and pro*fes*sion*al, sci*entif*ic, tech*nic*al, and man*age*ment ser*vices. In Cali*for*nia, which has a large im*mig*rant pop*u*la*tion, for*eign-born work*ers have a great*er like*li*hood of be*ing em*ployed in six sec*tors com*pared with U.S.-born work*ers, in*clud*ing two—leis*ure and hos*pit*al*ity and man*u*fac*tur*ing—that are also ob*served in Montana.
These data—par*tic*u*larly when con*sidered in the con*text of in*form*a*tion about em*ploy*ment, gross do*mest*ic product, and na*tion*wide demo*graph*ic changes and factors that dis*tin*guish im*mig*rants and U.S.-born work*ers—can be used to in*form de*cisions on policies and in*vest*ments de*signed to spur eco*nom*ic growth amid a chan*ging work*force. Such choices in*clude wheth*er to provide work*ers with skills-based train*ing; set stand*ards for oc*cu*pa*tion*al cre*den*tials; provide lan*guage classes for non*nat*ive Eng*lish speak*ers; and man*date the use of the fed*er*al on*line em*ploy*ment eli*gib*il*ity veri*fic*a*tion sys*tem known as E-Veri*fy.

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That sure explains why Americans can't find any good jobs and why Medicaid enrollment has risen from 49 million 7 years ago to 74 million now.

Medicaid enrollment has risen from 49 million 7 years ago to 74 million now.

A lot of anchor babies - all on the taxpayer. Wait till they bring the nuclear family, aunts, uncles, cousins for each one. They need to repeal the Nuclear Family Act NOW! Hopefully, the next president is one that will clarify the status of illegal's children as NOT BEING CITIZENS and deport them all.