Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States
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Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States
Immigration is the relocation of people from their origin countries to another state seeking for better living, noting that every person would like to live in the best state or city. People relocate from their origin countries in search of education, resettlement, or jobs, which has increased interactions of people from different diversity living in the same places. The majority of Dominican republican citizens have moved to the United States (US), aiming to get a better living.
Distribution by State and Cities. A notable migration of the Dominican citizens to the US started back in the 1960s after the assassination of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, US military, and some other governments’ intervention, which shook the economy and political stability of Dominican Republic. Hence, the population of Dominican migrants started rising from 12,000 in 1960 to reach 960,000 by the year 2012, with a high share of women population. Dominican immigrants are the fifth-largest Hispanic population living in the US. According to Batalove (2014), the data collected between the years 2008-2012, reveals that about 75 percent of the Dominicans’ immigrants reside in New York, New Jersey, and the Florida States. On that account, the majority of the immigrants acquire US citizenship through green cards, which enable them to enjoy more US services than some of the other migrants. Precisely, particular cities attracted a large number of Dominican immigrants, such as the greater New York, Boston, and Miami. Perhaps, over 75 percent of the Dominican Republic resides in those three metropolitan areas. The number will rise further as the migration exercise continues.
Education Attainment. The majority of the early Dominican Republic immigrants in the United States had lower than high school diplomas education attainments counting about 38 percent of migrants’ population (Batalove, 2014). However, by 2012, the study shows that people had started embracing education, whereby approximately 14 percent of young Dominican immigrants aged 25 years and above had attained a bachelor’s degree or higher. About 28 percent of the adult Dominicans migrants had moderately lower education than the overall Caribbean immigrants. More so, information from the Institute of International Education shows that there was a roughly 12 percent increase in the numbers of students’ enrolment in the universities between the years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Batalove (2014) reveals that by 2012, 80 percent of the Dominican Republic migrants aged 18-64 years were working-class while only about 12 percent were aged 65 years and above, meaning the population is productive. Additionally, 35 percent of Dominican migrants worked in the service industry. At the same time, a large number of women were involved in the civilian labor market more than any other nationality immigrants in the US.
Income and Poverty. The article suggests that Dominica republic migrants were destitute compared to other immigrants, whereby their median income was about $ 31,000 lower than that of other Caribbean migrants ($39,000) and $47,000 of other immigrants from other nations. Besides, they had a poverty share of 28 percent higher than the 21 percent of other Caribbean migrants and 19 percent of the rest. Perhaps, this was a result of poor education and a lack of engagement in better jobs (Batalova, 2014). However, with the increase in educational attainment, the situation is deemed to change soon, bearing in mind the researcher report reflects the position as of the year 2014.
Reference
Chiamaka Nwosu, Jeanne Batalova (2014). Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the
United States. Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved from:
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigrants-dominican-republic-united-states