Jeanne Batalova

Senior Policy AnalystManager, Migration Data Hub

Jeanne Batalova is a Senior Policy Analyst at MPI and Manager of the Migration Data Hub, MPI's flagship resource providing user-friendly access to the most current U.S. and global immigration data and maps in interactive formats. 

Her areas of expertise include U.S. immigration, demographic, and workforce trends; the impacts of immigration and immigrant integration policies on the supply of health-care professionals and demand for health-care services; highly skilled immigration and international student policies and trends in the United States and internationally; and postsecondary credentials and upskilling of first- and second-generation immigrant youth and young adults.

She was a 2023 Bertelsmann Foundation Fellow on the Future of Work.

Dr. Batalova earned her PhD in sociology, with a specialization in demography, from the University of California-Irvine; an MBA from Roosevelt University; and bachelor of the arts in economics from the Academy of Economic Studies, Chisinau, Moldova.

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    Inmigrantes de la República Dominicana en Estados Unidos

    Los inmigrantes dominicanos constituyen uno de los grupos de origen extranjero con mayor crecimiento en Estados Unidos, y casi todos los que poseen una tarjeta de residencia llegan a través de vínculos familiares

    Una multitud en un desfile del Día Dominicano en Nueva York.

    Naturalized Citizens in the United States

    Naturalization rates have rebounded since the COVID-19 pandemic ended. Immigrants who have become U.S. citizens tend to out-earn noncitizens and are much less likely to live in poverty.

    A woman at a naturalization ceremony in California.

    Inmigrantes sudamericanos en Estados Unidos

    La inmigración sudamericana a Estados Unidos está aumentando, impulsada en gran medida por la crisis de Venezuela, con un número récord de interceptaciones en la frontera, un crecimiento de la población indocumentada y un aumento de los flujos de remesas.

    Banderas de países sudamericanos.

    Leveraging Digital Skills: Immigrant-Origin High School Graduates Offer a Pool of Talent for U.S. Employers

    With immigrants and their U.S.-born children expected to drive all net growth in the future labor force, there is a significant opportunity to leverage the digital skills of immigrant-origin adults to meet growing employer demand for technologically adept workers. This commentary draws on analysis of PIAAC data to study the skills of U.S. adults by immigrant generation.

    Image of teacher helping group of students at their computers

    Immigrant Veterans in the United States

    Nearly 731,000 immigrants were U.S. veterans as of 2022; this population is growing, highly educated, and more diverse than its native-born counterparts.

    An immigrant from Rwanda serving in the U.S. Air Force.