Regional Research & Data
Immigration
- Data
- Research
Data
- Texas demographics quick facts at the U.S. Census Bureau
- Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer
Immigration research links
- American Community Survey
- Current Population Survey (Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-Born Workers)
- Migration Policy Institute
- Pew Hispanic Center
Research
- Limited English Skills, Relative Youth Contribute to Hispanic Poverty Rates, Southwest Economy, First Quarter, 2012
- Immigrants’ Employment Outcomes over the Business Cycle, Staff Papers, September 2011
- From Brawn to Brains: How Immigration Works for America, Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, March 2011
- Manning the Gates: Migration Policy in the Great Recession, Economic Letter, June 2010
- Getting to the Bottom of Texas’ Latino Pay Gap, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2009
- Population Trends: Texas’ Strong Economy Still a Draw for Immigrants, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2009
- Do Immigrants Work in Riskier Jobs? Research Department Working Paper 0901
- Mexican Migrants Stay in Border Comfort Zone, Southwest Economy, May/June 2008
- The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants’ Employment and Earnings, Research Department Working Paper 0805
- Why Stop There? Mexican Migration to the U.S. Border Region, Research Department Working Paper 0803
- How Labor Market Policies Shape Immigrants’ Opportunities, Economic Letter, July 2006.
- The Changing Face of Texas: Population Projections and Implications, The Face of Texas: Jobs, People, Business, Change, October 2005.
- Did 9/11 Worsen the Job Prospects of Hispanic Immigrants Working Paper 05-08.