‘Software developer’ is the most common job held by immigrants in Delaware

In New York, the most commonly held job by an immigrant is home health aide. In Pennsylvania, it’s the same. In Maryland and New Jersey, housekeeping tops the charts.
In Delaware, the most common job held by an immigrant is software developer.
The data, collected in 2013 by the Census’ American Community Survey, processed and analyzed by the Minnesota Population Center’s Integrated Public Use Microdata Series program and published by Business Insider, is based on responses from individuals who said they were born in a foreign country.
According to Map the Impact of Immigration Across the Nation, the size of Delaware’s foreign-born population in 2013 was 76,763 with Mexico, India and China being the top three countries of origin. The study says more than 43 percent of all science and engineering graduate students in Delaware are born in foreign countries, as well as almost two-thirds of engineering Ph.D.s.
The economic impact is palpable.
“Between 2006 and 2012, immigrant founders of engineering and technology companies employed roughly 560,000 workers and generated an estimated $63 billion dollars in sales in Delaware,” the Map the Impact report states.
While foreign-born workers in the majority of states are holding occupations in the agriculture and health industries, Delaware is one of a few exceptions.
The ACS/Minnesota Population Center/Business Insider study shows that while four other states boast “college professor” as the most common job held by immigrants, Delaware is the only state where software developer ranks No. 1.
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