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National Data | Chart | Census Bureau: American Living Standards Now Seriously Impacted By Immigration

Edwin S. Rubenstein

09/01/2005

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Table 1:

Median Income of Households Headed
by Natives and Foreign-born, 2003-2004
(2004 dollars)
		Foreign born
	Native Born	All Foreign-born	Naturalized Citizen	Non-citizen
2003	45,539	38,507	47,287	33,688
2004	45,319	39,421	46,233	34,497
	% Change. 2003-2004:
	-0.5%	2.4%	-2.2%	2.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United
States, 2004," August 30, 2005.

Table 2:

Poverty Statistics for Native and
Foreign-born Population, 2003-2004
	Poverty Rate (%)
	Native Born	Foreign Born
2003	11.8%	17.2%
2004	12.1%	17.1%
% pt. change:	0.3	-0.1
	Poverty Population (thousands)
	Native Born	Foreign Born
2003	29,985	5,897
2004	30,991	6,006
Increase	1,006	109
% Increase	3.4%	1.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United
States, 2004," August 30, 2005. Table 3.

Table 3:

Foreign-born U.S. Labor Force, 1980-2050
(Annual averages; Levels in 1,000s)
	Total	US Born	Foreign Born	% Foreign Born
1980	106,940	98,492	8,448	7.9%
1990	125,840	113,508	12,332	9.8%
2000	140,863	123,158	17,705	12.6%
2001	141,815	123,400	18,415	13.0%
2002	144,863	124,584	20,279	14.0%
2003	146,510	125,393	21,117	14.4%
2004	147,390	125,282	22,109	15.0%
Projections(a):
2010	159,386	128,536	30,850	19.4%
2025	208,002	137,045	70,956	34.1%
2050	436,871	152,499	284,373	65.1%
Sources: 1980, 1990: Census.
2000-2003: Current Population Survey (CPS), unpublished data sent to author.
2004: CPS, as reported in Andrew Sum, Northeastern University.
a. Projections extrapolate average annual growth rate, 2000-04, for native and foreign born.

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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.

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