Roundtable on Women and the Economy February 9, 2011 Immigrant Women in the United States Cynthia Hess Institute for Women’s Policy Research

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Roundtable on Women and the Economy February 9, 2011 Immigrant Women in the United States Cynthia Hess Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Foreign-Born Females by Place of Birth, United States, 2008 Source: Migration Policy Institute “Immigrant Women.”

Patterns of Female Migration to the U.S. Between 1985 and 2004, the proportion of new legal immigrants admitted into the US who were women rose from 50 percent to 55 percent The number of female undocumented immigrants also increased significantly Unauthorized immigration flows to the US declined between 2007 and 2009 and then leveled off Sources: Susan Pearce Immigrant Women in the United States: A Demographic Portrait. Washington, DC: Immigration Policy Center; Pew Hispanic Center

Native-BornForeign-Born Women104,330,00017,690,000 LFP Rate59.4%56.1% Unemployment Rate8.4%9.3% Men96,670,00017,860,000 LFP Rate69.8%80.2% Unemployment Rate10.5%10.2% Labor Force Participation and Unemployment Among the Native-Born and Foreign-Born, October 2009 (Age 16 and Older) Source: Migration Policy Institute “Immigrant Women.

Language, Citizenship, and Economics Fifty-two percent of immigrant women in the US report speaking English less than very well (virtually the same as for immigrant men) Forty-six percent of foreign-born females in the US are naturalized citizens (compared with 40 percent of foreign-born males) Source: Migration Policy Institute “Immigrant Women.”

Educational Attainment for Foreign-Born Women (Age 25 and Older), 2008 The majority (68 percent) of immigrant women in the US over the age of 25 have a high school degree or higher Immigrant women in the US are less likely than immigrant men to have an advanced degree Sources: Migration Policy Institute “Immigrant Women. Urban Institute Analysis of 2008 ACS Data; Washington Area Women’s Foundation Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area

Occupations of Foreign-Born Employed Females, 2008 Source: Migration Policy Institute “Immigrant Women.

Source: Migration Policy Institute “Immigrant Women.”

Half of foreign-Born Latinos and nearly 70% of foreign-born Latinas have incomes below $25,000 Foreign-Born Latinos/as by Gender and Income, 2008 (Aged 16 and Older) Source: Institute for Women’s Policy Research Analysis of 2008 IPUMS American Community Survey (ACS).