Immigration undermines efforts to get the growing share of U.S.-born men who are not in the labor force back into jobs

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Working-Age, but Not Working ([link removed], D.C. (August 21) – Politicians, business leaders, and the media often argue that mass immigration is necessary to fill jobs. But a new analysis of government data by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that if the same share of working-age U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960, there would be 9.5 million more workers. Even if the share rose only to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force. The report finds a dramatic decline in the labor force participation of U.S.-born men over the past six decades, particularly for those without a bachelor’s degree. The “labor force” includes only those with jobs or those who’ve actively looked for work in the past four weeks (the “unemployed”). Those who are neither working nor actively looking for work are not considered unemployed but rather are counted as out of the labor force altogether. “There is consensus that the enormous decline in labor force
participation is contributing to serious social problems such as social isolation, drug addiction, and crime,” said Steven Camarota, the Center’s Director of Research and lead author of the report. “Continuing to ignore this problem, and instead using large-scale immigration to fill jobs, seems extremely unwise.” Among the Findings: • The 78 percent of working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men in the labor force is similar to the pre-Covid level, but is well below the 83 percent in April 2000 and the 89 percent in 1960. • If the same share of working-age U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960, there would be 9.5 million more U.S.-born men in the labor force. Even if the share rose only to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force. • In April of this year, 70.4 percent of U.S.-born women (16 to 64) were in the labor force, below the peak of 72.4 percent in 2000. If labor force participation for U.S.-born women returned to the 2000 level, it would add
1.7 million more women to the labor force. • In total, 44 million working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men and women were not in the labor force in April this year — 10 million more than in 2000. • Research shows the fall-off in labor force participation is associated with profound social problems such as overdose deaths, crime, suicide, and welfare dependency — to say nothing of the fiscal and economic damage. • In contrast to the U.S.-born, immigrant men and women have not experienced the same decline. Among Those Without a Bachelor’s • As measured in April of each year, the participation rate of U.S.-born men (16 to 64) without a bachelor’s declined from 88 percent in 1960, to 80 percent by 2000, and to 71 percent in 2023. • Participation of “prime age” (25 to 54) U.S.-born men without a bachelor’s shows a decline from 96 percent in 1960, to 89 percent in 2000, to just 84 percent in 2023. • The labor force participation of U.S.-born women (16 to 64) without a bachelor’s peaked at 6
9 percent in 2000 but was only 63 percent in April of this year.)
Immigration undermines efforts to get the growing share of U.S.-born men who are not in the labor force back into jobs ([link removed], D.C. (August 21) – Politicians, business leaders, and the media often argue that mass immigration is necessary to fill jobs. But a new analysis of government data by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that if the same share of working-age U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960, there would be 9.5 million more workers. Even if the share rose only to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force. The report finds a dramatic decline in the labor force participation of U.S.-born men over the past six decades, particularly for those without a bachelor’s degree. The “labor force” includes only those with jobs or those who’ve actively looked for work in the past four weeks (the “unemployed”). Those who are neither working nor actively looking for work are not considered unemployed but rather are counted as out of
the labor force altogether. “There is consensus that the enormous decline in labor force participation is contributing to serious social problems such as social isolation, drug addiction, and crime,” said Steven Camarota, the Center’s Director of Research and lead author of the report. “Continuing to ignore this problem, and instead using large-scale immigration to fill jobs, seems extremely unwise.” Among the Findings: • The 78 percent of working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men in the labor force is similar to the pre-Covid level, but is well below the 83 percent in April 2000 and the 89 percent in 1960. • If the same share of working-age U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960, there would be 9.5 million more U.S.-born men in the labor force. Even if the share rose only to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force. • In April of this year, 70.4 percent of U.S.-born women (16 to 64) were in the labor force, below the peak of 72.4 percent in 2000.
If labor force participation for U.S.-born women returned to the 2000 level, it would add 1.7 million more women to the labor force. • In total, 44 million working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men and women were not in the labor force in April this year — 10 million more than in 2000. • Research shows the fall-off in labor force participation is associated with profound social problems such as overdose deaths, crime, suicide, and welfare dependency — to say nothing of the fiscal and economic damage. • In contrast to the U.S.-born, immigrant men and women have not experienced the same decline. Among Those Without a Bachelor’s • As measured in April of each year, the participation rate of U.S.-born men (16 to 64) without a bachelor’s declined from 88 percent in 1960, to 80 percent by 2000, and to 71 percent in 2023. • Participation of “prime age” (25 to 54) U.S.-born men without a bachelor’s shows a decline from 96 percent in 1960, to 89 percent in 2000, to just 84 percent in 2023. • The
labor force participation of U.S.-born women (16 to 64) without a bachelor’s peaked at 69 percent in 2000 but was only 63 percent in April of this year.)
Washington, D.C. (August 21, 2023) – Politicians, business leaders, and the media often argue that mass immigration is necessary to fill jobs. But a new analysis of government data by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that if the same share of working-age U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960, there would be 9.5 million more workers. Even if the share rose only to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force.

The report finds a dramatic decline in the labor force participation of U.S.-born men over the past six decades, particularly for those without a bachelor’s degree. The “labor force” includes only those with jobs or those who’ve actively looked for work in the past four weeks (the “unemployed”). Those who are neither working nor actively looking for work are not considered unemployed but rather are counted as out of the labor force altogether.

“There is consensus that the enormous decline in labor force participation is contributing to serious social problems such as social isolation, drug addiction, and crime,” said Steven Camarota, the Center’s Director of Research and lead author of the report. “Continuing to ignore this problem, and instead using large-scale immigration to fill jobs, seems extremely unwise.”

Among the Findings:
* The 78 percent of working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men in the labor force is similar to the pre-Covid level, but is well below the 83 percent in April 2000 and the 89 percent in 1960.
* If the same share of working-age U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960, there would be 9.5 million more U.S.-born men in the labor force. Even if the share rose only to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force.
* In April of this year, 70.4 percent of U.S.-born women (16 to 64) were in the labor force, below the peak of 72.4 percent in 2000. If labor force participation for U.S.-born women returned to the 2000 level, it would add 1.7 million more women to the labor force.
* In total, 44 million working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men and women were not in the labor force in April this year — 10 million more than in 2000.
* Research shows the fall-off in labor force participation is associated with profound social problems such as overdose deaths, crime, suicide, and welfare dependency — to say nothing of the fiscal and economic damage.
* In contrast to the U.S.-born, immigrant men and women have not experienced the same decline.


Among Those Without a Bachelor’s
* As measured in April of each year, the participation rate of U.S.-born men (16 to 64) without a bachelor’s declined from 88 percent in 1960, to 80 percent by 2000, and to 71 percent in 2023.
* Participation of “prime age” (25 to 54) U.S.-born men without a bachelor’s shows a decline from 96 percent in 1960, to 89 percent in 2000, to just 84 percent in 2023.
* The labor force participation of U.S.-born women (16 to 64) without a bachelor’s peaked at 69 percent in 2000 but was only 63 percent in April of this year.

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