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<\/figure>\n\nForeign-born workers also have higher employment rates and labor force participation rates. Their employment rate increased from 64.8% to 66.2%, and the labor force participation rate increased from 67.8% to 68.9% in 2005-06. However, those two economic indicators were virtually unchanged for native-born workers.<\/p>\n\n
The 2005-06 period sustained the recent trend for foreign-born workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that foreign-born workers accounted for about one-third of the increase in employment in the U.S. economy from 2004 to 2005 (U.S. Department of Labor, 2006). The BLS also estimated that the unemployment rate for foreign-born workers fell below that of native-born workers in 2005.<\/p>\n\n
In the foreign-born workforce, there are two distinct racial and ethnic groups, Hispanics and Asians. For both groups, foreign-born workers constitute the majorities of their population 16 and older. For non-Hispanic whites and blacks, the foreign-born workforces are small and their impact is not pronounced. However, among Hispanics and Asians, the growth in the foreign-born population and its employment prospects defined the outcomes for the respective groups.<\/p>\n\n
Hispanic Workers<\/h3>\n\n
The Latino workforce has more foreign-born workers than native-born workers (Table 7). In the second quarter of 2006, there were 16.1 million foreign-born Hispanics (16 and older), compared with 13.9 million native-born Hispanics. More significantly, the foreign-born workforce is growing at a greater pace than the native-born workforce. The Latino foreign-born population 16 and older increased by 823,000 (5.4%) in comparison with an increase of only 251,000 (1.8%) in the native-born Hispanic population. Much of the growth in the Hispanic foreign-born population is estimated to arise from unauthorized migration (Passel, 2006).<\/p>\n\n
Between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006, the Latino foreign-born labor force increased by 761,000, about seven times the growth of the Latino nativeborn workforce (106,000). Keeping pace with demographic trends, employment outcomes for foreign-born Latino workers also appeared better than for the native born. Overall Hispanic employment increased by 993,000, but the vast majority of those jobs, 803,000, or 81%, went to foreign-born Latino workers. For nativeborn Hispanic workers, employment increased by a comparatively modest 190,000.<\/p>\n\n
The unemployment rate for foreign-born Hispanic workers declined from 4.6% to 3.9% between 2005 and 2006. By comparison, among native-born Hispanic workers this key economic indicator decreased from 7.2% to 6.2%. And while the labor force participation rate for foreign-born Latino workers increased (71% to 72.1%), it declined among the native born (66.3% to 65.8%). As shown in Table 7, the employment rate for foreign-born Hispanics is not only higher than for native-born Hispanics but it also increased by more.<\/p>\n\n The Asian workforce, even more so than that of Hispanics, is defined by foreign-born workers. The foreign-born Asian population 16 and older outnumbered its native counterpart by nearly three to one in the second quarter of 2006\u20147.7 million compared with 2.7 million (Table 8). Thus, three-fourths of the Asian working-age population is foreign born.<\/p>\n\n The foreign-born Asian labor force also greatly outnumbers the native-born (5.2 million compared with 1.7 million). The increase in the Asian foreign-born labor force in 2005-06 was 218,000, about three times that of native-born Asians (65,000). However, in percentage terms the growth in the foreign-born and native-born labor forces was similar\u20144.3% versus 4.1%.<\/p>\n\n For Asians, overall employment increased by 306,000 between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006. Of these new jobs, 251,000, or 82%, went to foreign-born workers. For native-born Asian workers, the increase in employment was a comparatively modest 55,000.<\/p>\n\n Unlike other workers, native-born Asians did not benefit from the jobs recovery. The unemployment rate for foreign-born Asians was only 3.1% in the second quarter of 2006, the lowest among all ethnic and racial groups and down from 3.9% in the second quarter of 2005. By comparison, the unemployment rate for native-born Asians was 4.7% in 2006, up from 4.2% in 2005. Native-born Asians were the only racial and ethnic group of workers for whom the unemployment rate increased in the past year.<\/p>\n\n Also in contrast with economic outcomes for most other groups, the labor force participation rate for native-born Asians decreased by 0.8 percentage points and the employment rate fell by one percentage point. For foreign-born Asians, the labor force participation rate increased from 67% to 68% and the employment rate went up from 64.4% to 65.9%.<\/p>\n\n Immigrants are not a significant presence within the non-Hispanic white or the black populations of working age. Both non-Hispanic whites and blacks in general benefited from the improved economy. While the employment outcomes for the foreign-born workforces of each group differed, the overall trend for both was defined by how the much larger share of native-born workers fared (Table 9).<\/p>\n\n The non-Hispanic white population 16 and older is overwhelmingly native born (151 million versus 7.2 million). The native-born white labor force increased by 793,000 between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006 but the foreign-born white labor force decreased by 13,000. At the same time, employment of native-born whites increased by 1 million while employment among the much smaller foreign-born white workforce increased by 8,000.<\/p>\n\n The unemployment rate for native-born non-Hispanic whites decreased from 4.1% to 3.9%. Among foreign-born non-Hispanic whites, it decreased from 4.2% to 3.7%. The labor force participation rate for non-Hispanic white workers was essentially unchanged between mid-2005 and mid-2006 while it increased moderately among foreign-born non-Hispanic whites (60.1% versus 60.5%).<\/p>\n\n The black population of working age is also overwhelmingly native born (23.5 million native born compared with 2.5 million foreign born). Employment for native-born blacks increased by 243,000 between the second quarters of 2005 and 2006. Among the much smaller population of foreign-born blacks, employment increased by 50,000.<\/p>\n\n The unemployment rate for native-born black workers decreased from 10.4% to 9.4%. However, part of the decline may reflect a drop in the labor force participation rate among blacks (63.9% to 63.4%) because fewer workers seeking work means fewer register as being unemployed. 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<\/figure>\n\nAsian Workers<\/h3>\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\nWhite and Black Workers<\/h3>\n\n
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