In 2022, foreign-born U.S. residents — including legally admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents and undocumented immigrants — represented about 18% of U.S. workers, up from 17.4% in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Immigration reform could be the answer to the falling U.S. birth rate (cnbc.com)
In STEM fields, 25% of the workforce is foreign born, and in some regions of the U.S., the percent of tech workforce that is foreign born rises to about 50-70% (Seattle, Silicon Valley). Half of all STEM PhDs working in the U.S. are foreign born.
When you combine this with other data points – the % of Americans who were born, lived, studied or worked abroad at some point, it is likely that a third of the U.S. population or more have substantial international experience. See here for more on that calculation and a summary of how global the U.S. population is – here. Both links are to prior posts on my Travel blog.
