Mississippi has the nation's lowest labor force participation rate
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Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2019) – The Center of Immigration Studies' analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the first quarter of 2019 shows that the labor force participation rate – those working or looking for work – of native-born Americans has not returned to pre-2007 recession levels. Things are particularly bad for natives without a bachelor's degree. In nearly every state, the labor force participation rate (the share of adults working or looking for work) of non-college educated natives (ages 18 to 64) has not returned to 2007 levels.
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Dr. Steven Camarota, the Center's director of research, writes, "Compared to 2000, in every state the labor force participation for non-college-educated natives was lower in 2019. But, in no state was it as low as in the state of Mississippi. Worksite enforcement efforts, like those this week in Mississippi, help protect illegal workers from mistreatment and protect job opportunities for citizens and immigrants authorized to work."
Among Native-Born Americans:
* The overall unemployment rate for natives in the first quarter of 2019 was 4.1 percent, much lower than at the peak of the Great Recession. However, the overall unemployment rate obscures the low labor force participation rate, especially among those without a bachelor's degree.
* There has been a long-term decline in the labor force participation rate of working-age (18 to 64) natives without a bachelor's degree. Only 70.8 percent of natives in this group were in the labor force in the first quarter of 2019; in 2007, before the recession, it was 74.4 percent, and in the first quarter of 2000 it was 76.7 percent.
* The labor force participation rate of natives without a college degree has shown no meaningful improvement in recent years. For example, in the first quarter of 2012 it was actually slightly better than it was in the first quarter of 2019.
* The decline in labor force participation among those without a bachelor's degree is even more profound when it is measured relative to those who are more educated.
* In the first quarter of 2019, 70.8 percent of natives without a bachelor's degree were in the labor force, compared to 86.8 percent of those with a bachelor's degree – a 16 percentage-point difference. In the first quarter of 2007, the gap was 12.3 percentage points; and in the first quarter of 2000 the gap was 11.4 percentage points.
* In 45 states plus the District of Columbia, labor force participation of natives without a college degree was lower in the first quarter of 2019 than the same quarter in 2007.
* Comparing 2000 to 2019, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have a lower labor force participation rate for natives without a college degree in 2019.
Among Immigrants:
* Working-age immigrants without a college education also have not fared well since the recession. Unlike the labor force participation of natives, immigrants without a college education did improve their situation between 2000 and 2007. But it has not returned to 2007 levels.
* In the first quarter of 2019, the labor force participation rate of immigrants (18 to 64) without a bachelor's degree was 73.3 percent, somewhat better than that of natives, but still below their rate of 73.8 percent in the first quarter of 2007.
Immigrants and Natives Not in the Labor Force:
* In the first quarter of 2019, there were a total of 47 million immigrants and natives ages 18 to 64 not in the labor force, up from 41.8 million in 2007 and 35.8 million in 2000.
* Of the 47 million immigrants and natives currently not in the labor force, 37.5 million (80 percent) do not have a bachelor's degree.
* The above figures do not include the unemployed, who are considered to be part of the labor force because, although they are not working, they are looking for work. There were almost 6.7 million unemployed immigrants and natives in the first quarter of this year; more than three-fourths of the unemployed do not have a bachelor's degree.
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Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in the Fourth Quarter of 2018 ([link removed])
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