March 31, 2008 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Foreign-born workers by region, 2007

In 2007, foreign-born workers made up 15.7 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force. Their share of the labor force was up from 15.3 percent in 2006.

Foreign born as a percent of labor force, by region, 2007
[Chart data—TXT]

By region, the foreign born made up a larger share of the total labor force in the West (24.6 percent) and in the Northeast (18.3 percent) than for the nation as a whole.

In contrast, the shares of the labor force made up by foreign-born workers in the South (13.8 percent) and Midwest (7.5 percent) regions were less than for the nation.

These data are from the Current Population Survey. Find more information in "Foreign-born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics in 2007," news release USDL 08-0409.

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