The Contributions of New Americans in New Mexico

New American Economy has produced 51 reports on the contributions of new Americans in each of the states and the District of Columbia including the impact of immigrant entrepreneurship on local economies and estimates of the number of jobs that might be created locally from an increase in the availability of employment-based immigrant visas. New Mexico is home to nearly 214,000 foreign-born residents making up 10 percent of the state population. Despite their small share of the population, New Mexico immigrants are 56 percent of agricultural workers, 52 percent of maids and housekeeping cleaners, and 40 percent of carpenters. Immigrant-owned businesses generated $190.3 million in business income in 2014, and the state’s foreign-born households were able to contribute more than one in every $10 paid by New Mexico residents in state and local tax revenues. (Crystal Ye for The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute)

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