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Immigrants and U.S.-born workers have similar levels of college education: Education distribution of the labor force in 2023, for U.S.-born and foreign-born
| Advanced degree | College degree | Some college | High school degree | Less than high school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Born | 14% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 5% |
| Immigrant | 17% | 22% | 16% | 26% | 19% |
Notes: Immigrants are defined as the foreign-born population, including non-citizens and naturalized U.S. citizens, but excluding the population born abroad to American parents, following the Census Bureau's convention on estimating the foreign born population.
Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey Basic Monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.52 (2024), https://microdata.epi.org.
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