National Data | Chart | ERs: $10 Billion Subsidy To Immigrants — And Their Employers

Foreign-born by selected characteristics:

Naturalized citizen

12.0

2.1

17.2%

Not a citizen

20.5

8.8

42.9%

Hispanic

15.1

7.3

48.3%

Non-Hispanic

17.4

3.6

20.5%

Wage/salary for primary earner

No wage earner

3.7

0.9

24.8%

Under $7/hr.

4.0

2.4

60.5%

$7-$15/hr.

12.2

5.2

42.2%

$15-$25/hr.

6.6

1.5

23.2%

More than $25/hr.

5.9

0.8

13.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March 2002.

All people: Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics: 2001

Foreign-born: Characteristics of the Uninsured: Immigrants Calendar Year 2001

Note: Percents based on unrounded population numbers.