What percent of jobs in the Fresno, CA area are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
About 25.1% of jobs in 2022 were held by immigrants in the Fresno, CA area. 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
1 in 4
employed workers were immigrants
In 2022
25.1%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 25.1% of jobs, they make up 25.2% of the total working-age population in the Fresno, CA area. This indicates a slightly lower 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 Fresno, CA area than the US average
Immigrant participation in the workforce varied across industries. In the Fresno, CA area, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the agriculture/mining industry, where 19.1% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 3.6% of native-born workers. This significant gap highlights the differing roles that foreign-born and native-born workers play in the Fresno, CA area's economy.
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 Fresno, CA area was 62.6%, slightly lower than the 62.8% rate for the native-born population. This shows that immigrants were seeking work at a slightly lower rate than the native-born population in the state.
