Proportion of immigrants from China to the United States

According to relevant statistics, by 20 19, there were about 550 Chinese in the United States, increasing from 2.87 million in 2000 to 5.5 million in 20 19, and the number of Chinese in the United States almost doubled. It is worth mentioning that among the 5.5 million Chinese in the United States, 370,000 are Chinese mainland citizens with student visas. So, where is the main distribution area of Chinese in the United States? According to statistics, new york, San Francisco and Los Angeles have the largest number of China people living here, with about 500,000 to 700,000 people living in these areas. Judging from the educational level of immigrants from China, about 54% of China people over the age of 25 hold university degrees, which is much higher than the level of 30% in the United States. On the other hand, 36% of China immigrants have high school education or below, which is much higher than 29% of Asian immigrants. It can be seen that the education level of immigrants in China is polarized.

So, what are these 5.5 million China people mainly engaged in in in the United States?

When we discuss the 5.5 million Chinese in the United States, we will first exclude foreign students and the rich class, and then discuss their jobs. According to relevant data, 80.4% of the information released by major media in the United States is concentrated in private enterprises, that is, migrant workers. 13.2% of Chinese in the United States work in government agencies or organizations where the government pays salaries, and 6. 1% of Chinese in the United States start their own companies as bosses. However, the proportion of the latter two items is far below the American average. The proportion of Americans employed by government agencies or government-paid agencies is 14.6%, and the proportion of self-employed bosses is 6.5%. It is worth mentioning that the proportion of self-employed bosses in the second generation of Chinese is even lower, only 2.5%.

So, what do China people mainly do in the United States? According to statistics, among the jobs of immigrants from China, the first job is a restaurant chef, accounting for 13.4%, much higher than the latter two. The second place is in the field of computer software development, with only 8.2% employees. The third is managers, accounting for only 5. 1% of the employed population. Of course, there are differences between men and women. For example, according to a public data, only 6. 1% women are employed in the computer software development industry, and 5.2% women are employed in the accounting industry. At the same time, 4.8% of women are waitresses and 4.0% are cashiers in the service industry.

In a sense, although there are more and more people from China who are engaged in science and technology in the United States, it is still very difficult to get a high position. On the surface, China immigrants look glamorous. In fact, many people can only engage in low-end jobs after arriving in the United States, and their lives may not be as good as those at home. Take Xifeng for example. After she came to America, she worked in manicure. In fact, there are a large number of nail shops in the streets of new york, which shows that Xifeng was at the bottom after coming to the United States. Jie feng said in an interview with the media: "I need to stay in new york. There are more opportunities here, but I can only work in a nail salon in new york. " Obviously, Xifeng's idea also represents the idea of most Chinese people at the bottom of the United States.