A new AS/COA-Fiscal Policy Institute report finds that immigrant owners of Main Street businesses help to make neighborhoods economically viable and safe.
Between 2000 and 2013, immigrants accounted for all Main Street business growth nationally and in 31 of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, according to a new AS/COA-Fiscal Policy Institute study.
La Presidenta y CEO de AS/COA, Susan Segal, afirmó que el informe confirma que los inmigrantes son cruciales para la vitalidad económica y el éxito de las ciudades en Estados Unidos.
Entre 2000 y 2013 el florecimiento de 90.000 negocios de inmigrantes compensó la pérdida de 30.000 negocios de propiedad de estadounidenses, señala el más reciente reporte de AS/COA y el Fiscal Policy Institute.
Immigrants represent an outsize 28 percent of Main Street business owners nationally becoming a lifeline for dying neighborhoods, finds a new report by AS/COA and the Fiscal Policy Institute.
A new AS/COA and Fiscal Policy Institute report finds that in metropolitan Miami, immigrants make up 54 percent of the Main Street business owners, boosting local economic growth.
Explore data on how immigrants contribute to local economies across the United States.