Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in Arkansas

• Immigrants make up 4.2% of Arkansas's total population.
  
  
• Arkansas had the fastest growing Latino population of any state between 2000 and 2005 and the fourth fastest growing immigrant population in the nation. 
  
  
• Nearly 30% of immigrants in Arkansas have become naturalized U.S. Citizens who are eligible to vote.  
  
  
• The purchasing power of Arkansas's Latinos totaled $2.7 billion and Asians totaled $972 million in 2008.
  
  
• If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from Arkansas, the state would lose $798 million in expenditures, $354 million in economic output and approximately 6,660 jobs.
  

There is no denying the contributions immigrants, Latinos, and Asians make and the important role they play in Arkansas political and economic future. For more data on their contributions to Arkansas' economic future, view the IPC fact sheet in its entirety.

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  For more information contact Wendy Sefsaf at 202-507-7524 or wsefsaf@ailf.org