{"id":60376,"date":"2020-08-20T11:59:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-trend-data\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:57:32","slug":"facts-on-u-s-immigrants-trend-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global-migration-and-demography\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-trend-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts on U.S. immigrants, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"items-justified-center is-style-pills wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Facts on Immigrants menu\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container items-justified-center is-style-pills wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Key Charts<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-current-data\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Current Data<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-trend-data\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Trend Data<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-county-maps\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">County Maps<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2020\/08\/20\/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-previous-years-data\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Previous Years\u2019 Data<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-the-u-s-foreign-born-population-1960-2018&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"characteristics-of-the-u-s-foreign-born-population-1960-2018\">Characteristics of the U.S. foreign-born population: 1960-2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignright is-style-callout is-style-200-wide has-beige-background-color has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"try-our-email-course-on-u-s-immigration\">Try our email course on U.S. immigration<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/pewresearch.org\/u-s-immigration-mini-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f3f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/11\/GMD_immigrationCourse_140.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27065 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f3f4; width:140px;height:140px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-label-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Learn about immigration through five short lessons delivered to your inbox every other day. <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/pewresearch.org\/u-s-immigration-mini-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up now!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were a record 44.8 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2018, making up 13.7% of the nation\u2019s population. This represents a more than fourfold increase since 1960, when 9.7 million immigrants lived in the U.S., accounting for 5.4% of the total U.S. population. Click the link below each summary table to download the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find more context on the figures below, visit the blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/08\/20\/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants\/\">\u201cKey findings about U.S. immigrants,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;and for a downloadable version of the tables below, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Excel workbook<\/a>. For facts on Latinos in the United States, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-u-s-fact-sheet\/\">profile on U.S. Hispanics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For details on our regional grouping of countries, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Countries-by-Regional-Classification_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.pdf\">\u201cCountries by regional classification\u201d<\/a> document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nativity-of-u-s-immigrants\">Nativity of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Foreign-born population total<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">9,729,147<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">9,744,833<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">14,079,460<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">19,682,004<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">31,133,481<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">39,916,875<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">44,760,622<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent born in Mexico<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">6.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">8.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">15.6%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">21.7%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">29.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">29.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">25.0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent who are citizens<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">63.7%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">50.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">40.5%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">40.3%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">43.7%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">50.7%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Nativity-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all population and nativity findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"race-of-u-s-immigrants\">Race of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table chart-builder-data-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent who are white alone, not Hispanic<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">49.3%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">31.2%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">22.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">18.7%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">17.7%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Race-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all race findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"language-use-among-u-s-immigrants\">Language use among U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older)<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">57.2%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">53.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">49.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">48.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">53.2%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Language-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all language findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"age-and-gender-of-u-s-immigrants\">Age and gender of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table chart-builder-data-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Median age (in years)<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">57<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">50<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">39<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">37<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">37<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">41<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">45<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent who are female<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">51.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">54.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">53.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">51.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">50.2%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">51.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">51.8%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Age-Gender-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all age and gender findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"marital-status-and-fertility-of-u-s-immigrants\">Marital status and fertility of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent who are married (ages 18 and older)<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">68.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">67.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">64.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">61.9%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">62.8%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">60.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">61.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent who are women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">8.5%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">7.5%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Marital-Status-Fertility-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all marriage and fertility findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"education-of-u-s-immigrants\">Education of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Highest degree completed, ages 25 and older<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table chart-builder-data-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">High school or less<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">88.9%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">82.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">70.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">60.9%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">57.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">54.2%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">49.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Two-year degree\/some college<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">6.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">8.7%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">14.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">18.8%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">18.5%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">18.8%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">18.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Bachelor&#8217;s degree or more<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">5.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">9.0%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">15.8%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">20.3%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">24.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">27.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">32.0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Education-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all education findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"work-status-and-occupations-of-u-s-immigrants\">Work status and occupations of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ages 16 and older<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table chart-builder-data-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent in labor force (among civilian population)<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">47.5%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">48.3%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">55.4%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">64.2%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">60.5%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">67.7%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">66.6%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Work-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all work findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"earnings-and-income-of-u-s-immigrants\">Earnings and income of U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ages 16 and older<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table chart-builder-data-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Median annual personal earnings<br>(in 2018 dollars, among those with earnings)<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$28,384<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$29,428<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$27,744<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$31,900<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Median annual household income (in 2018 dollars)<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$42,473<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$52,893<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$57,561<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$52,829<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">$59,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/08\/Pew-Research-Center_Earnings-Income-Trend-Data_Statistical-Portrait-of-the-Foreign-Born-2018.xlsx\">Download Excel sheet with all income findings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"poverty-among-u-s-immigrants\">Poverty among U.S. immigrants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-prc-block-table chart-builder-data-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">&nbsp;<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:9%\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:37%\">Percent living in poverty<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">19.1%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">14.6%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">15.2%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">17.8%<\/td><td style=\"width:9%\">17.7%<\/td><td 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