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New York immigrants - who they are: their age, education, work, and salary

'16.04.2020'

ForumDaily New York

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New York is a city of immigrants. Almost a quarter of the inhabitants of this metropolis were born abroad. Read about the areas in which they live, their education, what they do and how much they earn. Data provided in annual report published https://www.izakayasushilounge.com City Hall

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This is the third annual New York Immigrant Report. It covers data for the 2019 calendar year.

According to the report, total number of immigrantsliving in New York, is 3,1 million people, which is about 37% of the total population of the metropolis and 45% of its workforce.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

The largest number of immigrants reside in such boroslike Queens and Brooklyn (the region with the largest share of Russian speakers in the city), a slightly smaller number are concentrated in the Bronx and Manhattan.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

Speaking on immigrant statusliving in New York, approximately 56% of them are naturalized US citizens. In addition, about 30% are green card holders and potentially have the right to naturalization.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

Total in New York, there are about 1,7 million children under the age of 18 years. More than one million, or 62% of them, live in families in which at least one of the family members was born abroad.

Since in New York there are a huge number of representatives of various nationalities, here speak many languages. In total, there are more than 200 languages ​​that can be heard on the streets of New York. The table below shows the most popular ones.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

It is worth noting that the Russian language is in third place in popularity among immigrants living in New York. Spanish comes first, Chinese comes second.

Age New York immigrants are slightly higher than U.S.-born residents. Among immigrants, naturalized citizens are on average older than green card holders and illegal immigrants.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

If we talk about education, the situation is very uneven, but in general, US-born residents of the city are more educated than immigrants.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

Immigrants from new york working in a variety of industries. Leading areas of their employment include:

  • restaurant business (197 thousand or 60,4% of all city residents employed in this area);
  • construction (more than 160 thousand or 64,7%);
  • medical services at home (almost 118 thousand or 79,4%);
  • general medical services and hospitals, except for psychiatric and clinics for clinics for drug addicts (almost 108 thousand or 47,6%);
  • schools (almost 89 thousand or 31,8%);
  • taxi services (77 thousand, 84,6%);
  • individual and family services (55 thousand or 50,1);
  • colleges, universities and vocational schools (whether 46 thousand or 38,3%);
  • day care services for children (more than 45 thousand or 57,1%);
  • cleaning services for buildings and housing, except for cleaning during construction and immediately after construction (more than 44 thousand or 71%).

Despite the fact that New Yorkers who are born abroad make a large contribution to the economy, their wages are significantly lower than those of US-born workers. Average earnings immigrants in the city is $ 35, which is significantly lower than that of New York-born residents of New York ($ 500). Median profits also vary significantly in immigration status.

Chart: MOIA-Annual-Report-for-2019

At the same time, in 2019, immigrants replenished the city’s GDP by $ 232 billion, or about 25% of New York’s total GDP.

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