May 25, 2013
Workforce
Jacksonville has Skilled Immigrant Workers
Cynthia Barnett | 9/6/2011
Jacksonville has 223 immigrant workers with at least a bachelor's degree for every 100 immigrant workers without a high school diploma, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution. Jacksonville's immigrant numbers:
106,029 Jacksonville's immigrant population
8% Immigrant percentage of population
3,273 Low-skilled immigrants
44,935 Mid-skilled immigrants
30,103 High-skilled immigrants
223:100 City's ratio of high-skilled workers to low-skilled
Source: The Brookings Institution, "The Geography of Immigrant Skills"
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