Any day now, the bipartisan group of Senators known as the Gang of Eight are set to release their plan for immigration reform. As the estimated 11 million immigrants living in this country illegally wait to learn their fate, opinions are swirling. So we figured it was time for some, you know, facts.
Here are some stats on the 7,502 citizens naturalized in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area in 2011, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Gender:
- Male: 3,243
- Female: 4,259
Age:
- Under 18: N/A
- 18 to 24: 718
- 25 to 34: 1,883
- 35 to 44: 2,095
- 45 to 54: 1,408
- 55 to 64: 790
- 65 and older: 608
Marital status:
- Single: 1,566
- Married: 4,713
- Other: 1,223
Leading countries of origin:
- Cuba: 961
- Colombia: 803
- India: 374
- Philippines: 308
- Mexico: 287
Leading occupations:
- Management, professional, and related occupations: 1,126
- No occupation/not working outside home: 1,136
- Service occupations: 655
- Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 605
- Sales and office occupations: Sales and office occupations
To see the nitty-gritty of the data, click here. For more on how immigration reform might affect Floridians, listen to Florida Matters this Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on anytime online.
