Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-Born Populations in Rural and Urban Places
Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-born Populations in Rural and Urban Places. By Andrew Schaefer, et al. Carsey School of Public Policy. Oct. 2016. 8 p.
Using American Community Survey data, this report explores the demographic characteristics of both immigrant and native-born populations by metropolitan status:
“We find that the rural immigrant population is disproportionately of working age (thus comprising fewer children or seniors), more racially and ethnically diverse, and less educated than the rural native-born population. Rural immigrants are more likely than urban immigrants to come from Mexico and are less likely to be naturalized citizens.”
Key Findings
Compared to the native-born rural population, rural immigrants are more likely to be of working age (18–64), are more racially and ethnically diverse, are less educated, and are more likely to have children.
Working rural immigrants are nearly twice as likely as rural native-born workers to be poor.
Rural immigrants are poorer and have lower educational attainment than their urban counterparts.
Roughly 97.5 percent of rural immigrants who are citizens speak at least some English, compared to just 84.2 percent of rural immigrants who are not citizens. Citizens are also far less likely to be poor and are almost twice as likely to have a college degree.
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