Description of the Immigrant Population in the United States

Foreign-born people represent a large and growing share of the U.S. population. The native- and foreign-born populations differ in a variety of characteristics, such as age, fertility, educational attainment, occupation, earnings, and income. Among the foreign born, naturalized citizens differ from non-citizens, and people from some parts of the world differ from people from other parts on most of those characteristics. In November 2004, a report was published titled "A Description of the Immigrant Population," which included data through 2003. This report provides an update with information through 2009. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.