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%.

The study also found three occupation groups where foreign-born workers make up a majority of the workforce: Drywall and ceiling installers (56.9%), painters and paperhangers (50.2%), and roofers (50.0%).

“Immigrants tend to occupy jobs that U.S. born citizens don't want to do because the

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