Report: Immigrants contribute to state's economy

This new report tells the same thing other states have reported; without immigrants, their economy would be in worse shape.  - - Donna Poisl

By Rob Moritz, ARKANSAS NEWS BUREAU

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ immigrant population, among the fastest-growing in the nation, has a positive impact on the state’s economy, according to results of a study released Tuesday.

The report, “A Profile of Immigrants in Arkansas 2013” commissioned by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, also found that more than 4 in 10 immigrants in the state are undocumented.

The immigrant population here grew by 82 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to the report, a rate behind only Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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