What percent of jobs in the Atlanta, GA area are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
In 2022, 18.9% of jobs in the Atlanta, GA area were held by immigrants. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to work in the US, or are undocumented residents.
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In 2022
3 in 16
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
18.9%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 18.9% of jobs, they make up 17.3% of the total working-age population in the Atlanta, GA area. This indicates a slightly higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.
In 2022, a larger percentage of jobs were held by immigrants in the Atlanta, GA area than the US average
Immigrant participation in the workforce varied across industries. In the Atlanta, GA area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the construction industry, where 11.8% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 5.6% of native-born workers. This significant gap highlighted the differing roles that foreign-born and native-born workers played in the construction industry.
The percentage of employed people varies between different sectors
Percentage of employed population in 2022
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The labor force participation rate — the percentage of the working-age population working or actively seeking work — for immigrants in the Atlanta, GA area was 73.0%, higher than the 66.6% rate for the native-born population. This showed that immigrants were seeking work at a higher rate than the native-born population in the area.
