Georgia

Demographics

Arrivals

*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Arrivals and Admissions, figures exclude Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) from Afghanistan and Iraq.

**Immigrants comprise 10.1% total population in Georgia.

Diversity Contributions

*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals

Top Newcomer Languages

Dari
Pashto
Dzongkha
Burmese
French

74.9%

Speak Host Country's Language

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Georgia

Economic Contributions

$6.6B

Total Immigrant Federal Taxes paid

$3.2B

Total Immigrant State & Local Taxes paid

*For Refugee only figures, please see New American Economy: Refugees in Georgia

$36.1B

Immigrant Household Income

$26.3B

Total Spending Power

Top 3 Fields of Labor*

Farming, Fishing, & Forestry

38.5%

Construction & Extraction

27.4%

Computer & Mathematical Sciences

24.5%

*Top % share of the immigrant labor force in Georgia. Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Georgia.

88,290

Total # Immigrant Entrepreneurs

*17% of all self-employed Georgian residents were immigrants in 2018, accounting for $1.8B in business income.

Socio-Familial Stability

Unaccompanied Children Released to Sponsors by the State

*Data source: Office of Refugee Resettlement

# of Immigrant (refugee & asylee) Family Reunifications

*Data not available

Community & Educational Contributions

Immigrant Educational Attainment

25.6%
Less than High School
38.8%
High School & Some College
20.9%
Bachelor's Degree
14.7%
Graduate Degree

*Data source: New American Economy: Immigrants in Georgia

41.9%

Naturalized Citizens

*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Georgia

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Kandace Hyland

Director of Public Relations & Community Programs Coordinator, Georgia

Kandace has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management-International Marketing from Brigham Young University. She has spent the last nine years working in various marketing roles. She is currently employed by Salesforce where she is responsible for enterprise demand generation. In her free time, she likes to travel, scuba dive, hike, and ski with her husband Chad. She is excited to use her innate gifts, developed skills, and privilege to advocate for and help improve the lives of the most vulnerable people in her community.