Statistics of African American's living, education, and degree percentages

Resource from Asia-nation: http://www.asian-nation.org/immigrant-stats.shtm

This statistic down by US census Bureau show some results that immigrants from Africa actually have the highest educational achievement rates and they also have the lowest rate of having less than a high school education. African immigrants are also most likely to be in the labor market. Therefore, it's clear that immigrants from Africa tend to come from their country's elite classes.

In contrast, the statistics point out that immigrants from Latin and South America and from the Caribbean have the lowest educational attainment rates. It makes us think of the plot about the minority and colored people in the each-one-teach-one school, such as from Jamaica. We can probably surmise from this that they are more likely to be from rural or working class backgrounds. As another example of this implication, immigrants from Latin/South America and the Caribbean have the lowest median personal (per capita) income, as well as the highest rates of living in poverty and receiving public assistance.

In addition, they have the lowest rates of being married with spouse present, working in a high skill (executive, professional, technical, or upper management) occupation and the lowest media socioeconomic index (SEI) score, a measure of occupational prestige. However, these statistics do not necessarily lead to the conclusion that immigrants from Latin/South America and the Caribbean are a drain on the U.S. economy or that they consume more benefits than they contribute. For a discussion of that issue, be sure to read the article on the impacts of immigration.