Profile of Immigrants in Napa County

Commissioned by the Napa Valley Community Foundation, this study focuses on the economic and fiscal impacts of the County's immigrant population, which reached 23 percent of the overall population in 2010. Immigrants, however, comprised higher shares of workers in key industries related to wine production (73 percent of agricultural workers, 39 percent of manufacturing workers, i.e. beverage production, and 29 percent of hospitality workers).  Despite the higher incomes available to immigrants in Napa County compared to other parts of California, 46 percent had less than a high school education, compared to 4 percent of U.S.-born workers, making their prospects for advancement dependent on access to appropriate adult education programs. The report also calls for private investments to maintain the quality of the county's public schools so that they can address the needs of current or former English language learners, who constitute 45 percent of all children in the public schools. (American Immigrant Policy Portal)

Download now or view online.