본 뉴스 기사는 이민자, 심지어 불법 이민자가 미국에 기여 할 것을 보여줍니다. economy – 그들은 미국을 고갈하경제onomy. 그들이 우리 자원을 배출하기 때문에 우리가 불법 이민자를 추방하는 데 필요한 권리로 인기있는 인수는 결함이. Evelyne M. 심장

이민자의 정치 및 경제 발전, 라틴, 올드 도미 니 언 상태에서 아시아인 (업데이트 October 2011)

이상 1 에 9 Virginians are immigrants.

• The foreign-born share of Virginia’s population rose from 5.0% 에 1990, to 8.1% 에 2000, to 11.4% 에 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Virginia was home to 911,119 immigrants in 2010, which is more than the total population of Austin, Texas.

• 45.5% of immigrants (또는 414,714 people) 에 Virginia were naturalized 미국. 시민 에 2010—meaning that they are eligible to vote.

• 9.3% of all registered voters in Virginia are “New Americans”—naturalized citizens or the U.S.-born children of immigrants who were raised during the current era of immigration from Latin America and Asia which began in 1965—according to the 미국. Census Bureau.

1 에 8 Virginians are Latino or Asian—and they vote.

• The Latino share of Virginia’s population grew from 2.6% 에 1990, to 4.7% 에 2000, to 7.9% (또는 633,945 people) in 2010. The Asian share of the population grew from 2.5% 에 1990, to 3.7% 에 2000, to 5.5% (또는 441,354 people) in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Latinos comprised 2.0% (또는 74,000) 의 Virginia voters in the 2008 elections, 과 Asians 3.7% (또는 136,000), according to the 미국. Census Bureau. The number of Latino and Asian voters roughly equaled the margin of victory (234,527 votes) by which Barack Obama defeated John McCain in Virginia.

• In Virginia, 88.3% of children with immigrant parents were 미국. 시민 에 2009, according to data from the Urban Institute.

• 에 2009, 88.4% of children in Asian families in Virginia were U.S. 시민, as were 90.7% of children in Latino families.

Unauthorized immigrants contribute to Virginia’s economy.

• Households headed by unauthorized immigrants in Virginia paid $165.3 million in state and local taxes 에 2010, according to data by the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy.

• Unauthorized immigrants in Virginia paid 사이에 $260 million and $311 million in total taxes 에 2007, according to a study by the Commonwealth Institute. This included:

• $145 million to $174 million in state income, excise, and property taxes.
• $93 million to $111 million in Social Security taxes.
• $22 million to $26 million in Medicare taxes.

• 또한, Virginia employers paid 사이에 $119 million and $142 million in taxes on behalf of unauthorized workers in 2007, 포함하여:

• $93 million to $111 million in Social Security taxes.
• $22 million to $26 million in Medicare taxes.
• $4 million to $5 million in state unemployment insurance taxes.

• The state’s unauthorized population, which earned between $2.6 billion and $3.1 billion 에 2007, even after accounting for remittances sent back to their home countries, uses their income to purchase Virginia’s goods and services.

Immigrants are essential to Virginia’s economy as workers.

• Immigrants comprised 15.0% of the state’s workforce (또는 640,821 노동자) 에 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Unauthorized immigrants comprised 3.9% of the state’s workforce (또는 160,000 노동자) 에 2010, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.

• If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from Virginia, the state would lose $11.2 billion in economic activity, $5.5 billion in gross state product, and approximately 62,918 jobs, even accounting for adequate market adjustment time, according to a report by the Perryman Group.

Latino and Asian entrepreneurs and consumers add billions of dollars and tens-of-thousands of jobs to Virginia’s economy.

• The 2010 purchasing power of Virginia’s Latinos totaled $16.8 billion—an increase of 674.6% since 1990. Asian buying power also totaled $16.8 billion—an increase of 552.1% since 1990, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia.

• Virginia’s 44,575 Asian-owned businesses had sales and receipts of $13.2 billion and employed 92,020 people in 2007, the last year for which data is available. The state’s 28,578 Latino-owned businesses had sales and receipts of $5.9 billion and employed 34,174 people in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners.

Immigrants are integral to Virginia’s economy as students.

• Virginia’s 14,844 foreign students contributed $357.2 million to the state’s economy in tuition, fees, and living expenses for the 2009-2010 academic year, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Naturalized citizens excel educationally.

• In Virginia, 44.2% of foreign-born persons who were naturalized U.S. citizens in 2009 had a bachelor’s or higher degree, compared to 36.3% of noncitizens. At the same time, only 12.8% of naturalized citizens lacked a high-school diploma, compared to 26.2% of noncitizens.

• The number of immigrants in Virginia with a college degree increased by 62.6% 사이에 2000 과 2009, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.

• 40.2% of Virginia’s foreign-born population age 25 and older had a bachelor’s or higher degree in 2009, compared to 33.1% of native-born persons age 25 and older.

• 에 Virginia, 86.6% of children with immigrant parents were considered “English proficient” as of 2009.

• The English proficiency rate among Asian children in Virginia was 86.6%, while for Latino children it was 84.9%, as of 2009.

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