New study finds immigrants make up 27.7% of Denver’s construction workforce

DENVER — A new study by Construction Coverage, a construction research company, found immigrants make up nearly a third of Denver’s construction workforce.

The study analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimate.

The study found across the U.S., the construction industry employs about 2.9 million immigrants, or 26% of the construction workforce, making Denver’s immigrant construction workforce figures higher than that of the country as a whole, at 27.7%…

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