5 States With Highest Migrant Workers in the US

In this article we are going to list the 5 states with the highest migrant workers in the U.S. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list please take a look at the 20 states with the highest migrant workers in the U.S.

5. Texas

Total number of foreign-born workers: 5,092,132

Percentage of foreign-born workers: 17.20%

Nearly one in five Texan workers are immigrants, but a new Texan law has resulted in immigrant worker rights being reduced, with the law eliminating housing and critical labor protections for workers.

4. Florida

Total number of foreign-born workers: 4,608,653

Percentage of foreign-born workers: 21.20%

Despite Florida’s governor engaging in a lot of anti-immigration rhetoric in a bid to become President, it still has a really high immigrant population. Stricter laws are being passed in Florida which include any business which employs over 25 or more workers being required to verify the legal status of their workers.

3. New York

Total number of foreign-born workers: 4,427,356

Percentage of foreign-born workers: 22.30%

While employers in New York are eager to hire more immigrants, unsurprising for a state among those with the highest immigrant workers in the U.S., things are slightly more complicated. Migrants are prohibited from applying for a work permit before 180 days from the date of their asylum application, which has resulted in the gaps not being fulfilled.

2. New Jersey

Total number of foreign-born workers: 2,134,981

Percentage of foreign-born workers: 23.00%

New Jersey recently announced that it would use $2.5 million to help legal migrants in the state get jobs, a move designed to help improve the shelter overload.

1. California

Total number of foreign-born workers: 10,451,810

Percentage of foreign-born workers: 26.60%

Easily topping the list of the 20 states with the highest migrant workers in the U.S. is California, and in 2019, over 13% of immigrant workers in California were self-employed, with over 800,000 immigrant entrepreneurs. However, California is also home to over 1 million undocumented immigrants which contribute $3.7 billion to the state’s GDP.

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