Immigrants contribute substantially to the economy through higher rates of entrepreneurship compared to non-immigrants. Data shows that while immigrants make up 12.4% of total business owners, they generate 10% of total sales. Additionally, 15% of employer firms are owned by immigrants, who generate 9.8% of total employment. Immigrant-owned businesses tend to have minimum sales initially but make large employment contributions over time. Factors driving higher immigrant entrepreneurship include discrimination pushing immigrants into self-employment and diverse backgrounds fostering creativity.

1. Immigrants and Entrepreneurship
Houssein Diawara

2. Overview
● Immigrants
● Immigrants and the Economy Sector
● Data Analysis

3. Immigrant:
One who migrates to another
country for permanent
residence.

4. Understanding the Economy Sector

5. Immigrants in the Economy Sector
Large Contributions
Immigrants have contributed to the
economy substantially.
Examples:
● Job creation
● Innovative
● Fast growing businesses
High rates of entrepreneurship
Immigrants show higher rates of
entrepreneurship than those who are not
immigrants.
Examples:
● Drive for self-employment caused by
discrimination in the workplace
● diverse background knowledge which
accounts for their creativity

6. Data Analysis
The data shows that immigrants show
higher rates of entrepreneurship than
those who are natives.

7. Share &
Self-employment
Findings
● Foreign born people are
earning shares at higher rate.

8. SOB Survey of
Business Owners
Findings
● Immigrant firms
generally have minimum
sales
● Immigrant owned
businesses have made
large contributions
towards total
employment
Ownership Number of
firms
Total firms
share
Total sales Total sales
shares
Immigrant
(foreign born)
1,897531 12.4% $ 779,733,268 10%
Non-immigrant
( native born)
11,478,270 85% $ 7046,727,008 90%
Total immigrant
and
nonimmigrant
12,276,721 100% $ 7,827,470,297 100%
Equally
foreign/native
born
344,070 $ 100,670238
Foreign-born
indeterminate
status
12,573,969 $3,019,121,251

9. SOB Survey of
Business Owners
Findings
● The total business
income of immigrant
representation is lower in
comparison to the total
number of business
owners.
Ownership No of employer
firms
Total employee
firms share
Total
employment
Total
employment
share
Immigrant
(foreign born)
500,873 15% 3,999,988 9.8%
Non-immigrant
(native born)
2,049578 84% 35,421,584 90%
Total
immigrant and
nonimmigrant
3,550,571 100% 40,324,462 100%
Equally
native/foreign
born
64,006 652,128
Foreign born
status
indeterminate
1,563271 15,449,854

10. Components of Immigration in Entrepreneurship
1
● Economic Growth
● Job creation
2
● Innovation
● Diversity
3
● Fast Growing
● Motivation