Data

• Texas demographics quick facts at the U.S. Census Bureau
• Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer

Immigration research links

• American Community Survey
• Current Population Survey (Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-Born Workers)
• Migration Policy Institute
• Pew Hispanic Center

Research

• Limited English Skills, Relative Youth Contribute to Hispanic Poverty Rates, Southwest Economy, First Quarter, 2012
• Immigrants’ Employment Outcomes over the Business Cycle, Staff Papers, September 2011
• From Brawn to Brains: How Immigration Works for America, Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, March 2011
• Manning the Gates: Migration Policy in the Great Recession, Economic Letter, June 2010
  
• Getting to the Bottom of Texas’ Latino Pay Gap, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2009
• Population Trends: Texas’ Strong Economy Still a Draw for Immigrants, Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2009
• Do Immigrants Work in Riskier Jobs? Research Department Working Paper 0901

• Mexican Migrants Stay in Border Comfort Zone, Southwest Economy, May/June 2008
• The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants’ Employment and Earnings, Research Department Working Paper 0805
• Why Stop There? Mexican Migration to the U.S. Border Region, Research Department Working Paper 0803

• How Labor Market Policies Shape Immigrants’ Opportunities, Economic Letter, July 2006.

• The Changing Face of Texas: Population Projections and Implications, The Face of Texas: Jobs, People, Business, Change, October 2005.
• Did 9/11 Worsen the Job Prospects of Hispanic Immigrants Working Paper 05-08.