Immigrants Are Coming to America at Older Ages
A look at age at arrival among new immigrants, 2000 to 2017
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler on July 1, 2019
An analysis of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey shows that immigrants (legal and illegal) are coming to the United States at significantly older ages than in the past. The average age and the share arriving at or near retirement increased significantly in the last two decades. These findings have implications for the often-made argument that immigration makes the country significantly younger. The findings also have implications for public coffers because prior research indicates that younger immigrants tend to have a more positive lifetime fiscal impact than older immigrants. The nation's overall immigrant population is also aging rapidly.
Among the findings:
https://cis.org/Report/Immigrants-Are-Coming-America-Older-Ages
