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A Portrait of New England's Immigrants New England Public Policy Center Research Report 08 -2 November 2008 Research Report A Portrait of New England’s Immigrants by Antoniya Owens New England Public Policy Center 1 Table of Contents Letter from the Director 3 New England Public Policy Center Executive summary 4 How has immigration affected the size and composition of Director New England’s population in recent years? Robert Tannenwald How do New England’s immigrants differ from its native population? What role do immigrants play in New England’s labor market? Deputy Director How do immigrants shape the region’s socioeconomic profile and civic life? Darcy Rollins Saas Immigrants’ role in New England’s future Staff Introduction: Immigrant stocks and flows in New England, 1990–2006 11 Heather Brome Size and relative shares Robert Clifford Geographical distribution Tom DeCoff Population growth Michael O’Mara Regions and countries of origin Mary Pierotti Period of arrival Alicia Sasser Yael Shavit Demographic profile 17 Jennifer Weiner Age Bo Zhao Race and ethnicity The New England Public English proficiency and educational attainment Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is dedicated to enhancing access Labor market characteristics 22 to high-quality analysis on Labor force participation and employment status economic and public policy Types of jobs issues that affect the region. Industries and occupations For more information about Median earnings the New England Public Policy Center, please visit: www.bos.frb.org/economic/ Socioeconomic and civic characteristics 28 neppc Poverty and public assistance The views expressed are those Civic contributions of the author and do not Net fiscal contributions necessarily represent positions of the Federal Conclusion and policy recommendations 38 Reserve Bank of Boston or the Federal Reserve System. New England Public Policy Center Acknowledgments Federal Reserve Bank of Boston This report would not have been possible without the dedicated and patient guidance of 600 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02210 Alicia Sasser, senior economist, whose input was instrumental in shaping the current ver- sion. The author would also like to thank Sandra Hackman for her superb editorial services and Michael O’Mara for his diligent fact-checking. For their thoughtful comments on earlier drafts of this report and additional insights, the author also thanks Lynn Browne, Kai-Yan Lee, Julia Reade, Darcy Saas, and Bob Tannenwald. 2 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Letter from the Director Many policymakers and business leaders are concerned about the adequacy of the region’s labor force—a pillar of its economic vitality—because of recent changes in population, including a net loss of native New Englanders to other states. The number of immigrants coming to the region, in contrast, is growing. These new residents are a vital source of labor. “A Portrait of New England’s Immigrants,” a new research report by the New England Public Policy Center, paints a rich profile of our region’s immigrants, and their impact on its economic and civic life. This report is the latest in a series of publications from the Center on the movement of people into and out of our region. These publications further our mission to provide the region’s public policy community with objective analysis that can support informed decisions on issues affecting the New England economy. Building on these efforts, this report draws on the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau to compare the characteristics of our region’s immigrants with those of its natives, as well as with those of immigrants nationwide. This report also explores differences between the immigrant populations in the northern three New England states—Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont—and those in the southern three: Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. New England is home to 1.6 million immigrants. Their number is growing far faster than that of the native population. They are more likely than natives to be of working age. Moreover, they are better educated than immigrants nationwide, with more than three quarters having a high school diploma, and close to a third holding a bachelor’s degree. For all these reasons, immigrants contribute impor- tantly to the growth of the region’s labor force. The report reveals that despite the high educational levels of many immigrants, they are more likely to be poor, to live in crowded housing, and to lack health insurance than the native population. How- ever, immigrants vary in the degree to which they tap public benefits compared with native citizens. For example, while immigrant non-citizens are less likely than natives to receive cash assistance and public health insurance, their use of other benefits—such as food stamps—is comparable. Lastly, the report examines immigrants’ civic contributions to their communities: their rates of naturalization and voting, volunteerism, and homeownership. Nearly half of New England’s immi- grants are naturalized U.S. citizens—one of the highest naturalization rates in the country. They are also more likely to vote or do volunteer work than their counterparts in other regions, although they still lag behind the region’s natives. This report sheds light on some of the challenges facing—and the opportunities presented by—a population that contributes significantly to our region. We hope these findings help the region’s leaders to find ways to enhance immigrants’ economic potential and to integrate them even more fully into the life of our communities. Sincerely, Robert Tannenwald, Director and Vice President New England Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Public Policy Center 3 Executive Summary A Portrait of New England’s Immigrants In recent years, New England has experienced munities through homeownership and volunteer both slow native population growth and net work; they become U.S. citizens and vote. domestic out-migration. The number of im- To assess accurately immigrants’ roles and migrants in the region, however, has continued contributions to the region’s economic and civic to grow steadily. As a result, immigration has life, policymakers need a comprehensive over- become a vital source of population and labor view of the size, composition, and character- force growth for New England. istics of New England’s foreign-born popula- As higher numbers of immigrants settle in tion. This report uses the most recent available the region, they alter the face and character of data—mostly as of 2006—to construct a de- their communities: they work for local employers tailed demographic, labor, and socioeconomic and patronize local businesses; they send their portrait of New England’s immigrants. children to school and seek medical care and oth- er services; they become invested in their com- How has immigration affected the size and composition of New England’s population in recent years? &IGURE%3.EW%NGLANDISHOMETOOVERMILLION New England is home to more than 1.6 million IMMIGRANTS THEVASTMAJORITYOFWHOMLIVEINSOUTHERN immigrants, the vast majority of whom—92 .EW%NGLAND percent—live in the three southern states (see Figure ES1). The region’s immigrants are sig- nificantly more concentrated in urban locations Maine Vermont 41,956 than the native population. Thus large urban New Hampshire 24,182 71,200 areas, particularly in southern New England, Massachusetts Rhode Island have much higher immigrant shares than more 908,271 134,390 rural locations in northern New England—a geographical pattern that seems to have inten- sified over the last few years. The number of immigrants in New Eng- land is growing far faster than the native popu- lation (see Figure ES2, next page). Immigra- tion has therefore become an important driver of population growth. Without immigrants, Connecticut the region’s total population would have barely 452,358 grown since 1990. These trends are mostly driv- en by the southern states. In 2006, immigrants constituted 13.6 percent of the total population )MMIGRANTS in southern New England, compared with 4.2 percent in the three northern states. Source: 2006 American Community Survey. New England’s immigrants have more di- Note: Southern New England includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. verse national origins than immigrants nation- wide. Over a third hail from Latin America, 4 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Figure ES2. Across New England, the immigrant population is growing much faster than the native nearly 30 percent from Europe, and another population. quarter from Asia (see Figure ES3). Immi- Rate of population growth over each period grants’ national origins vary within the region Percent itself. Northern New England states have much 60 lower shares of Latin American immigrants and Total population much higher shares of immigrants from Cana- Native population 50 Immigrants da, compared with southern New England and the rest of the nation. Overall, a larger share of 40 the region’s immigrants comes from countries where English is spoken—such as Canada and the United Kingdom—than in the rest of the 30 nation. As a result, close to 60 percent of the region’s immigrants are proficient in English, 20 compared with less than half in the country as a whole. 10 The origins of New England’s immigrants have shifted significantly over time. Immi- 0 1990-2006 1990-1999 2000-2006 gration from Canada and Europe has slowed considerably over the past three decades. In -10 contrast, immigration from countries in Latin Sources: 1990 and 2000 Census of Population and
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