Table 2 Percentage distributions in education, occupational attainment, and personal income of post-1991 Eastern European immigrants and various foreign-born groups, 2006–2009 ACS
From: Segmented socioeconomic adaptation of New Eastern European professionals in the United States
All foreign-born | Eastern European | Asian | Black | Hispanic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | |||||
Less than high school | 30.6 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 17.5 | 50.7 |
High school | 22.9 | 26.0 | 15.1 | 28.5 | 26.4 |
Associate’s degree | 16.1 | 23.0 | 15.3 | 28.8 | 12.4 |
Bachelor’s degree | 17.6 | 24.0 | 32.1 | 16.6 | 7.3 |
Advanced degree | 12.6 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 8.6 | 3.2 |
N | 570,755 | 34,823 | 159,526 | 43,255 | 253,265 |
N weighted | 14,507,837 | 807,087 | 3,676,229 | 1,202,630 | 7,060,622 |
Occupation | |||||
White-collar | 42.6 | 53.0 | 68.3 | 46.3 | 22.9 |
Professional/Managerial | 27.9 | 37.0 | 50.7 | 26.4 | 11.4 |
N | 450,486 | 29,032 | 117,591 | 35,932 | 207,098 |
N weighted | 11,637,371 | 679,363 | 2,720,638 | 1,009,229 | 5,875,577 |
Personal income | |||||
Mean | 35,735 | 35,900 | 46,413 | 32,936 | 24,740 |
$0 or less | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
$1- $9999 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 16.9 |
$10,000- $19,000 | 21.9 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 18.4 | 29.8 |
$20,000- $49,999 | 37.1 | 39.0 | 33.3 | 43.1 | 39 |
$50,000- $79,999 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 6.8 |
$80,000- $99,999 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
$100,000 or higher | 5.9 | 5.0 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 1.7 |
N | 868,431 | 28,741 | 230,647 | 67,237 | 390,352 |
N weighted | 20,954,003 | 671,867 | 5,100,968 | 1,783,045 | 10,243,912 |