# I'm wondering if you have information to share on the top 20 or so jobs most held by immigrants in the U.S.

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**Author:** ![Elisha.fieldstadt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Elisha.fieldstadt](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Elisha.fieldstadt)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/im-wondering-if-you-have-information-to-share-on-the-top-20-or-so-jobs-most-held-by-immigrants-in-the-u-s/1565/1 "2017-02-01T16:42:00Z")

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I’m a reporter at CBS News, and I’m wondering if you have information to share on the top 20 or so jobs most held by immigrants (foreign-born people) in the U.S.

I tried to build a report but I’m having trouble downloading it.

My email address is [Elisha.fieldstadt@cbsinteractive.com](mailto:Elisha.fieldstadt@cbsinteractive.com)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/im-wondering-if-you-have-information-to-share-on-the-top-20-or-so-jobs-most-held-by-immigrants-in-the-u-s/1565/2 "2017-02-02T15:12:00Z")

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We have several [online tutorials](https://usa.ipums.org/usa/tutorials.shtml) that are often helpful for assisting new users make use of the IPUMS data extract system.

Regarding specific variables that will help answer your question. [BPL](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/BPL#codes_section) is the “birthplace” variable that identifies where each respondent was born. There are many variables pertaining to ‘[work](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/group?id=work)’. I’d suggest first looking at the [IND](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/IND#description_section) or [OCC](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/OCC#description_section) variables for “industry” and “occupation” codes, respectively. We also have integrated industry and occupation variables, see [IND1990](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/IND1990#description_section) and [OCC2010](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/OCC2010#description_section).

I hope this helps. Please let us know if you haven any additional questions by emailing [ipums@umn.edu](mailto:ipums@umn.edu)