What percent of the workforce in are immigrants?

Refreshed annually
Immigrants were 6.1% of employed workers in North Dakota in 2020-2024. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to work in the US, or are undocumented residents.
In 2020-2024,

3 in 50

employed workers in North Dakota were immigrants
In 2020-2024,

6.1%

of employed workers in North Dakota were immigrants
While immigrants were 6.1% of employed workers, they made up 5.4% of the working-age population in North Dakota. This indicates a higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.

In North Dakota, 6.1% of employed workers were immigrants in 2020–2024.

Share of employed workers that are immigrants, by 5-year period

In what industries do immigrants work in North Dakota?

In 2020–2024, immigrants in North Dakota were most commonly employed in these industries:
  1. Education and health services (35.4% of all employed foreign-born workers)
  2. Manufacturing (10.3%)
  3. Leisure and hospitality (10.1%)
Immigrant and native-born workers are sometimes concentrated in different industries. In North Dakota, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the education and health services industry, where 35.4% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 25.1% of native-born workers.

Compared to the native-born population, North Dakota’s immigrants more often worked in the education and health services industry.

Share of employed workers across industries, by nativity (2020-2024)

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