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Immigrants in San Mateo County

Stanford University Department of Sociology tjimenez@stanford.edu

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San Mateo County, 1970

San Mateo County, 1980

San Mateo County, 1990

San Mateo County, 2000

San Mateo County, 2010

San Mateo County, 2014

Size of current Immigrant Population

UNITED STATES IMMIGRANT POPULATION 2015: 13.2% (41,717,420) SAN MATEO COUNTY IMMIGRANT POPULATION 2015: 34.6% (258,709)

Sources: American Community Survey; Current Population Survey

Immigrant population Growth

UNITED STATES 1990-2015 GROWTH: 108% SAN MATEO COUNTY 1990-2015 GROWTH: 54%

Sources: US Decennial Census; American Community Survey

Regional Origins

UNITED STATES ASIA: 29% (12,399,473) TOP 3 COUNTRIES: CHINA, PHILLIPINES, INDIA LATIN AMERICA: 51.8% (21,615,876) TOP 3 COUNTRIES: MEXICO, EL SALVADOR, CUBA SAN MATEO COUNTY ASIA: 50.7% (131,156) TOP 3 COUNTRIES: CHINA, PHILIPPINES, INDIA LATIN AMERICA: 35.6% (92,095) TOP 3 COUNTRIES: MEXICO, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA

Source: American Community Survey 5-year Estimates (2010-14)

Education

UNITED STATES LESS THAN HS DEGREE: 30.7% HS GRADUATE: 22% SOME COLLEGE OR ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE: 19% BACHELOR’S DEGREE: 16% GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 12% SAN MATEO COUNTY LESS THAN HS DEGREE: 21% HS GRADUATE: 18% SOME COLLEGE OR ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE: 23% BACHELOR’S DEGREE: 24% GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE: 15%

Source: American Community Survey 5-year Estimates (2010-14)

Legal Status

UNITED STATES UNAUTHORIZED SHARE OF TOTAL POPULATION: 4% UNAUTHORIZED SHARE OF FOREIGN-BORN: 27% NATURALIZED SHARE OF TOTAL FOREIGN-BORN: 46% SAN MATEO COUNTY UNAUTHORIZED SHARE OF TOTAL POPULATION: 8% UNAUTHORIZED SHARE OF FOREIGN-BORN: 22% NATURALIZED SHARE OF TOTAL FOREIGN-BORN: 56%

Source: American Community Survey 5-year Estimates (2010-14); Migration Policy Institute (2014)

Deferred Action

UNITED STATES DACA ELIGIBLE OF TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED POPULATION: 24% (1,932,000) SAN MATEO COUNTY DACA ELIGIBLE OF TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED POPULATION 2016: 15% (9,000)

Source: Migration Policy Institute (2017)

DACA Works!

Source: Hainmueller et al 2017

Well Settled Unauthorized Population

SAN MATEO COUNTY: HOMEOWNERSHIP 23% TOTAL UNAUTHORIZED POPULATION LIVE IN OWNER-OCCUPIED HOME TIME IN UNITED STATES: 49% IN US FOR 10 OR MORE YEARS LABOR FORCE: 71% ARE EMPLOYED

Source: Migration Policy Institute (2016)

Principles of Integration

• DEFINED: WHEN CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUPS BECOME SIMILAR
• IT TAKES TIME
• Generations
• Starting points matter
• EVERYONE IS INTEGRATING
• Multidirectional process involving “hosts” and “guests”
• OFTEN UNCONSCIOUS PROCESS
• “what happens when people make other plans”
• i.e., follow economic opportunity
• GOAL OF AND IMMIGRANT POLICY: HELP PEOPLE MAKE OTHER PLANS
• Education
• Economic opportunity

Questions

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Labor Market

UNITED STATES EMPLOYED: 61.3% UNEMPLOYED: 5.3% SAN MATEO COUNTY EMPLOYED: 66.4% UNEMPLOYED: 4.5%

Source: American Community Survey 5-year Estimates (2010-14)

Refugee Population

UNITED STATES TOTAL ARRIVALS SINCE 1975: ARRIVALS SINCE 2006-16: 644,995 SAN MATEO COUNTY ARRIVALS 2006-15: 151

Source: California Department of Social Services

Occupation

UNITED STATES PRIVATE WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: 81.4% GOVERNMENT WORKERS: 10.0% SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS IN OWN NOT INCORPORATED BUSINESS: 8.4% UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS: 0.2% SAN MATEO COUNTY PRIVATE WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: 80.3% GOVERNMENT WORKERS: 10.3% SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS IN OWN NOT INCORPORATED BUSINESS: 9.1% UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS: 0.3%

Source: American Community Survey 5-year Estimates (2010-14)