BLS: Foreign-born Workers Made Up 17.4% of Labor Force in 2019
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily:
In 2019, there were 28.4 million foreign-born people in the U.S. labor force, comprising 17.4 percent of the total.
The Pacific states had the highest share of foreign born in their labor force in 2019 (27.8 percent), followed by the Middle Atlantic states (21.4 percent). Foreign born workers represented 5.5 percent of the labor for . . .
In 2019, there were 28.4 million foreign-born people in the U.S. labor force, comprising 17.4 percent of the total.
The Pacific states had the highest share of foreign born in their labor force in 2019 (27.8 percent), followed by the Middle Atlantic states (21.4 percent). Foreign born workers represented 5.5 percent of the labor for . . .