New York immigrants - who they are: their age, education, work, and salary
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), fewer of them 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% is Green card holders, and they are potentially eligible for 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. The first is Spanish, the second is Chinese.
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.
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