New England Immigrants Earn More

One aspect many people in New England do not know about the immigrants earn more than the than U.S immigrants. The average income for U.S immigrants in 2000 was $39,200, while the average for immigrants who live in New England was $ 42,000. ” Immigrants who arrived in the U.S. after 1990 have a median household income of $37,500, compared with $45,210 for immigrants who arrived before 1980. Regardless of when they immigrated.” This statement from the Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston presents the idea that they that not every immigrant who comes to this country relies on government help, there are hard working immigrants willing to earn their money through jobs.

 

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Hispanics and Asian Immigrants growing

European Americans once mande up the immigrant population during the beginning and middle of the 20th century. People from Italy, Ireland, and other European countries would emigrate to the United States and there was an increase in the population within the United States. Many of the Europeans would settle in New York City such as the Italians or the increase in Irish Americans in Boston and New England. However, the demographics of immigrants have changed with the increase in hispanic immigrants and also Asian immigrants.

Americans always think of hispanics when it comes to immigrants, but many New Englanders forget that there is an increase in Asian immigrants as well. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston states , “Since 1990, the number of immigrants has risen, and the share from the Caribbean, Central America, and Asia has grown. The shifting regional dominance stems from growing immigrant streams from these new regions and shrinking populations of European immigrants.” Many Americans also have an impact. According to CNN, 93 percent of Asian Americans descrive their people as “very hard working”. This statement is important in the sense that New Englanders should think about the stereotype that immigrants do work hard enough to get the opportunities this nation provides.

 

Portuguese Immigrants In New England

The common misconception is that every immigrant in the United States are Mexicans. One fact from the article “Who are new England’s Immigrants” by Mamie Marcuss and Ricardo Borgos states that there are 26,000 Mexicans living in New England, making 2 percent of the foreign born population. Portuguese immigrants are the regions largest immigrants group.  Not only are the immigrants from Portugal, but other countries that speak Portuguese such as Brazilians and Cape Verde.  According to Marcuss and Borgos, “New England is a hub for Portuguese-speaking people—be they from Portugal, Brazil, or Cape Verde. Portuguese immigrants are the region’s largest foreign-born group. Brazilians constitute one of the leading groups of recent immigrants, and more.” (15)

Not All Immigrants are Mexican!!

America’s always associate immigrants to Mexicans because of the idea that they are the largest hispanic group in the country. However, there are differences between the region of New England and the United States in the sense that Mexicans do not make up most of the immigrant population. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, “New England has no single country of origin that contributes such a large fraction of immigrants. Portugal, the leading country of origin for the region, accounts for only 7 percent of the region’s immigrants.” The only countries New England has in common with the entire country as a whole in terms of immigrant demographics are China, India, and Canada.

The chart above shows New Englands immigrant demographics compared to the nation demographics. As you can see, the largest population of immigrants in the nation is Mexican, as compared to New England it is larger. This presents the idea that immigrants are not always associated with Mexicans, but deal with people from other cultural backgrounds.