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Pew Hispanic Center Report: Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007

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Posted on: October 2nd, 2008
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Direct link to report PDF: http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=95

“The current economic slowdown has taken a far greater toll on non-citizen immigrants than it has on the United States population as a whole. The median annual income of non-citizen immigrant households–a group that accounts for 7% of all U.S. households and 52% of all immigrant households–fell 7.3% from 2006 to 2007. In contrast, the median annual income of all U.S. households increased 1.3% during the same period.

The characteristics of immigrant heads of households who are not U.S. citizens help explain the vulnerability of this population to the latest economic slowdown. Most arrived in the U.S. in recent years with only a high school education or less. Many are employed in blue-collar production and construction occupations or lower-rung occupations in the service sector. The majority (56%) of non-citizen households are Hispanic. And nearly half (45%) of non-citizen immigrant households are headed by an undocumented immigrant. ”

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