Speech #890137931

Table I shows how immi- ers entering the United States in any gration has been a declining proportion single year during the postwar period in the growth of our population. represented a very small fraction of the In earlier decades. immigration ranged total work force. between 18 and 35 percent of our popula- Mr. President. I ask unanimous contion growth. But in the 30 years since sent to have printed at this point in the 1930. the comparable rates were 1.2 per- RECORD. table II showing immigrants cent between 1930 and 1940. 4.6 percent with occupations as a percent of embetween 1940 and 1950. and 9.5 percent ployed labor force for the years 1957 and between 1950 and 1960an average of 5 1961. percent over the 30year span. There being no objection. the table SMALL FRACTION OF WORK FORCE was ordered to be printed in the RECORD. Third. the number of immigrant work- as follows: TABLE II.-Immigrants with occupations as a percent of employed labor force. selected year Occupational group Labor Immigrants Labor Immigrants force I Immi- as percent force I Immi- as percent (thou- grants 2 of occupa- (thou- grants 2 of occupasands) tion sands) tion Total with occupation ----------- 66. 796 123. 688 0. 19 65. 016 152. 986 0.24 Professional. technical. and kindred workers --------------------------- 7.705 21.455 .28 6.468 24. 489 .38 Farmers and farm managers ----------- 2.711 3.002 .11 3.329 3.506 .11 Managers. officials. and proprietors. except farm -------------------------- 7.119 5.363 .08 6.703 6.127 .09 Clerical. sales. and kindred workers .... 14.300 25.198 .18 13.280 25. 897 .20 Craftsmen. foremen. and kindred workers --------------------------- 8.623 17.679 .21 8.664 26.976 .31 Operatives and kindred workers ------- 11.762 13.288 .11 12. 530 19.362 .15 Private household workers ------------- 2.317 8.811 .38 2.098 11.457 .55 Service workers. except private household ------------ 6.323 8.399 .13 5.534 8.761 .16 Farm laborers and foremen--------------2.459 4.799 .20 2.730 4.585 .17 Laborers. except farm and mine -------- 3.477 15.694 .45 3.680 21.826 .59 1 Labor force figures are monthly averages for 1961 and quarterly averages for 1957. 2 Data are for fiscal years. Source: Labor force data161. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Employment and Earnings". 1957. U.S. Bureau of the Census. "Annual Report on the Labor Force." Immigration data: Annual reports of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. U.S. Department of Justice.