Immigrant owned-businesses help shape local economy, communities in Greater New Haven

[Excerpt] “According to the study published this year, Connecticut has a foreign-born population of 481,880, which represents 14 percent of the state’s 3.6 million residents. There are 74,670 foreign-born people living in Greater New Haven. The figure is based on numbers from the 2008-12 American Community Survey’s five-year estimates.

Mary Buchanan of Data­Haven is the lead author of the study. DataHaven is a nonprofit, data-gathering organization based in New Haven that completed the report for the Community Foundation.”