Foreign-Born Labor Force
31.9M
· Jun 2026
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Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
24.0M
26.0M
28.0M
30.0M
32.0M
2010
2015
2020
2025
31.9M
Foreign-Born Labor Force — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Foreign-Born Labor Force
2007
23.9M
2008
24.0M
2009
23.9M
2010
24.8M
2011
24.8M
2012
25.2M
2013
25.4M
2014
26.3M
2015
26.7M
2016
27.1M
2017
27.1M
2018
28.4M
2019
28.1M
2020
27.5M
2021
28.8M
2022
30.1M
2023
31.6M
2024
32.1M
2025
32.4M
2026
31.9M
Source: FRED · LNU01073395 · econscout.com