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> Hey, you know what countries I don't see on that startup founder list? Mexico, ... Looking at >$1B businesses only, as this story does, presents a rather ske
by dandelany 10y ago
> Hey, you know what countries I don't see on that startup founder list? Mexico, ...
Looking at >$1B businesses only, as this story does, presents a rather skewed perspective. Per Fiscal Policy Institute "there are nonetheless more small business owners from Mexico than from any other single country... Immigrants
born in Mexico make up 12 percent of immigrant small business owners, followed by immigrants born in India, Korea, Cuba, China, and Vietnam." http://fiscalpolicy.org/immigrant-small-business-owners-FPI-20120614.pdf http://fiscalpolicy.org/immigrant-small-business-owners-FPI-...
- jessriedel 10y agoBut 26.9% of immigrants in the US are from Mexico (as of 2015), which dwarfs the next largest country of origin India at 5.5%. Furthermore, the Mexican fraction was even larger in the past. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/largest-immigrant-groups-over-time http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/larg...