New Americans in Androscoggin County 4,200 991+ 0.1% 982+ 0.5%

MARCH 2024 New Americans in Androscoggin County The Demographic and Economic Contributions of Immigrants1 in the County2 Population 4,200 Between 2014 and Without immigrants moving 2019, the total population to the county, the total of the county decreased by population would have the number of immigrants decreased by living in Androscoggin County, Maine, in 2019.3 991+0.1% Immigrants made up 982+. [...] The American Community Demographics Survey historically undersamples the immigrant population, especially among 6+945.8% 15+8514.7% In the county, immigrants lower income, more were recently arrived, and less English-fluent of households in Androscoggin of immigrants in the county immigrant populations. [...] S.-born of the American counterparts, allowing them Community Survey 85+1585.3% to actively participate in the from 2014 and 2019 labor force and contribute and figures refer to to the economy as Androscoggin County, of immigrants in the taxpayers and consumers.4 Maine. [...] S.-born, but they were also a crucial part of the county’s economy and helped meet the needs of its fastest growing and most in-demand fields.14 The top in-demand jobs in the county in 2022 were: 1. [...] These figures derive 5.0% of the total GDP for from our calculations that year.32 based on immigrants’ share of wage income and self-employment income in the 5-year ACS sample from 2019 and the statistics of GDP from the U.