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Immigrant Share of Local Workforce (%) |
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|
1980 |
2000 |
% point change |
All Cities (a) |
9.5 |
18.0 |
8.5 |
New York |
23.2 |
41.8 |
18.6 |
Los Angeles |
25.3 |
47.8 |
22.5 |
Chicago |
11.8 |
21.2 |
9.4 |
Philadelphia |
4.9 |
8.3 |
3.4 |
Detroit |
6.3 |
8.6 |
2.3 |
Houston |
9.4 |
26.0 |
16.6 |
Dallas |
5.1 |
19.7 |
14.6 |
Washington DC |
9.6 |
20.6 |
11.0 |
Boston |
10.3 |
17.8 |
7.5 |
San Francisco |
17.0 |
36.4 |
19.4 |
Miami |
41.1 |
61.2 |
20.1 |
Atlanta |
3.1 |
12.1 |
9.0 |
Pittsburgh |
2.6 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
Cleveland |
5.8 |
5.6 |
-0.2 |
a. All cities includes 272 Standard Metropolitan Areas in 1980 and 325 |
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Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2000. |
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Source: David Card, Is the New Immigration Really So Bad?, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley, January 2005. Table 2. |
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Percent Dropouts Among Native Workers, 1980 and 2000 |
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|
1980 |
2000 |
% point change |
All Cities |
23.0 |
13.0 |
-10.0 |
New York |
26.4 |
17.5 |
-8.9 |
Los Angeles |
19.5 |
14.4 |
-5.1 |
Chicago |
23.7 |
11.8 |
-11.9 |
Philadelphia |
25.2 |
13.3 |
-11.9 |
Detroit |
25.8 |
14.4 |
-11.4 |
Houston |
25.1 |
15.5 |
-9.6 |
Dallas |
24.3 |
13.6 |
-10.7 |
Washington |
16.8 |
9.9 |
-6.9 |
Boston |
15.6 |
7.9 |
-7.7 |
San Francisco |
14.3 |
6.9 |
-7.4 |
Miami |
23.3 |
18.6 |
-4.7 |
Atlanta |
24.9 |
13.6 |
-11.3 |
Pittsburgh |
21.5 |
10.4 |
-11.1 |
Cleveland |
24.0 |
14.2 |
-9.8 |
a. All cities includes 272 Standard Metropolitan Areas in 1980 and 325 |
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Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2000. |
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Source: David Card, Is the New Immigration Really So Bad?, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley, January 2005. Table 2. |
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.