The reports below outline the various contributions that immigrants make in the states where they reside.
New Americans in the Buckeye State
The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that Ohio's immigrants, Latinos and Asians, are an integral part of the state's economy and tax base.
As workers, taxpayers, consumers, and entrepreneurs, immigrants and their children are an economic powerhouse.
As Ohio's economy begins to recover, immigrants and their children will continue to play a key role in the shaping and growing the economic and political landscape of the Buckeye State.
Download the report here.
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The Economic Benefits of Immigration in Pennsylvania
The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians not only wield political power in Pennsylvania, but are an integral part of the state's economy and tax base.
Highlights of the research include:
- Immigrants make up about 5.4% of Pennsylvania's total population, and half of them are naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote.
- New Americans (naturalized U.S. citizens and their U.S.-born children) represent 5.2% of registered voters.
- The purchasing power of Pennsylvania's Latinos and Asians totaled $22.6 billion in 2008. Businesses owned by Latinos and Asians had sales and receipts of $8.2 billion and employed nearly 53,000 people in 2002 (the last year for which data is available).
- If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from Pennsylvania, the state would lose $5.3 billion in expenditures, $2.3 billion in economic output, and about 27,000 jobs.
Read the report here.
To read more reports on immigrants contributions at the state level, visit Immigration Policy Center.