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Countries of Origin of New Immigrant Labor Force, January-April 2004 |
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(20 Countries with Largest Number of Post-2000 Arrivals in U.S. Labor Force ) |
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Country |
Number in the New Immigrant Labor Force |
Percent of the New Immigrant Labor Force |
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Mexico |
1,040,000 |
35.4% |
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India |
140,000 |
4.8% |
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El Salvador |
129,000 |
4.4% |
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Philippines |
104,000 |
3.5% |
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China |
97,000 |
3.3% |
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Guatemala |
74,000 |
2.5% |
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Brazil |
63,000 |
2.1% |
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Cuba |
51,000 |
1.7% |
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Korea |
45,000 |
1.5% |
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Vietnam |
43,000 |
1.5% |
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Honduras |
42,000 |
1.4% |
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Haiti |
41,000 |
1.4% |
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Canada |
39,000 |
1.3% |
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Colombia |
38,000 |
1.3% |
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Japan |
37,000 |
1.3% |
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Iran |
36,000 |
1.2% |
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Russia |
35,000 |
1.2% |
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England |
33,000 |
1.1% |
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Argentina |
29,000 |
1.0% |
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Puerto Rico |
28,000 |
1.0% |
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Other Countries |
791,000 |
27.0% |
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Total |
2,935,000 |
100.0% |
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Source: Andrew Sum et al., "Foreign Immigration and the Labor Force ofthe U.S.: The Contributions of New Foreign Immigration to the Growth of the Nation's Labor Force and Its Employed Population, 2000 to 2004," Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, July 2004. |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
