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The output in this article was generated by an expanded version of the R Shiny app at this link. This app uses Census data from IPUMS-USA (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series from the United States). The specific samples included are the 5% State sample for 1980 and 1990, the 5% Sample for 2000, and the ACS (American Community Survey) for the years 2001 through 2018. These surveys are all described at this link.
The following table shows the 50 U.S. counties with the lowest percentage of U.S. born software developers, sorted by that percentage. The individual foreign birthplaces listed are India and China because those are the birthplaces that have the largest percentage of software developers overall.
Programmers, Software developers, app & system SW: 2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2018 Middlesex County NJ 18,228 18.7 61.3 6.7 13.3 2 2018 Hudson County NJ 13,746 21.2 53.1 10.2 15.5 3 2018 Forsyth County GA 5,898 21.4 68.6 1.9 8.1 4 2018 Tolland County CT 1,432 24.3 75.7 0.0 0.0 5 2018 Alameda County CA 48,897 24.6 50.0 12.0 13.3 6 2018 Santa Clara County CA 88,430 24.9 32.8 23.2 19.1 7 2018 Mercer County NJ 3,861 27.5 41.5 11.7 19.3 8 2018 Somerset County NJ 6,526 28.6 39.0 18.4 14.0 9 2018 San Mateo County CA 17,104 29.8 23.0 16.8 30.4 10 2018 New Castle County DE 3,964 31.4 33.9 10.7 24.0 11 2018 El Paso County TX 1,318 31.6 0.0 0.0 68.4 12 2018 Passaic County NJ 1,748 34.8 20.9 0.0 44.2 13 2018 San Joaquin County CA 1,787 35.0 36.4 13.9 14.7 14 2018 Will County IL 1,471 36.2 57.0 3.7 3.2 15 2018 Fort Bend County TX 3,425 36.7 30.0 3.4 29.9 16 2018 Lorain County OH 1,155 38.1 0.0 0.0 61.9 17 2018 Contra Costa County CA 12,080 38.7 28.7 11.2 21.4 18 2018 Broward County FL 6,694 40.1 5.5 2.4 52.0 19 2018 Bergen County NJ 7,455 40.5 17.4 7.1 35.1 20 2018 Richmond County NY 2,217 41.1 1.8 0.0 57.1 21 2018 Collin County TX 18,895 41.6 35.6 3.7 19.0 22 2018 McLean County IL 2,005 41.9 53.6 0.0 4.4 23 2018 Benton County AR 1,909 43.1 39.4 0.0 17.5 24 2018 Henrico County VA 3,773 43.8 46.1 2.9 7.2 25 2018 Orange County CA 23,486 45.5 19.3 9.6 25.6 26 2018 King County WA 80,283 45.5 21.1 13.8 19.5 27 2018 Chester County PA 7,391 45.6 43.3 7.5 3.5 28 2018 Yolo County CA 1,378 46.7 30.9 9.5 12.8 29 2018 Loudoun County VA 14,311 46.9 34.7 3.0 15.4 30 2018 Mecklenburg County NC 8,839 47.0 48.2 0.0 4.8 31 2018 Albany County NY 1,779 47.7 29.7 17.0 5.6 32 2018 Delaware County OH 2,818 48.3 36.4 6.3 9.0 33 2018 Essex County NJ 3,106 48.6 9.9 12.5 29.0 34 2018 Morris County NJ 4,937 48.8 25.4 2.8 23.1 35 2018 Dallas County TX 17,573 50.1 38.3 0.9 10.6 36 2018 Fairfield County CT 8,295 50.2 25.5 8.1 16.2 37 2018 Lake County IL 7,041 50.7 19.3 11.0 19.1 38 2018 Denton County TX 10,928 51.3 30.7 2.0 16.1 39 2018 Washington County OR 13,413 51.3 22.8 6.4 19.6 40 2018 Harris County TX 18,668 51.3 30.8 4.3 13.6 41 2018 Camden County NJ 1,675 51.5 5.1 16.8 26.6 42 2018 Champaign County IL 1,403 51.5 10.6 0.0 37.8 43 2018 Duval County FL 6,060 51.9 29.3 4.2 14.6 44 2018 Los Angeles County CA 44,444 52.2 12.2 5.8 29.8 45 2018 Oakland County MI 13,294 52.7 27.1 9.0 11.2 46 2018 Jefferson County AL 2,739 52.8 22.3 4.8 20.0 47 2018 Johnson County KS 9,543 52.9 36.3 5.9 4.9 48 2018 Montgomery County MD 13,303 53.0 7.1 14.4 25.5 49 2018 DuPage County IL 12,402 53.1 34.1 8.4 4.5 50 2018 Bronx County NY 3,092 53.7 10.9 0.0 35.4 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2018&maxyear=2018&STATE=&geo=COUNTY&occ=Programmers,%20Software%20developers,%20app%20&%20system%20SW&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&sortdir=Ascending&mincount=1000&totrows=50The following table shows the 50 U.S. counties with the highest percentage of India born software developers, sorted by that percentage. The reason for sorting by India is that this is the foreign country with the highest percentages and hence with the highest likely risk of bias and/or nepotism in hiring.
Programmers, Software developers, app & system SW: 2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2018 Tolland County CT 1,432 24.3 75.7 0.0 0.0 2 2018 Forsyth County GA 5,898 21.4 68.6 1.9 8.1 3 2018 Middlesex County NJ 18,228 18.7 61.3 6.7 13.3 4 2018 Will County IL 1,471 36.2 57.0 3.7 3.2 5 2018 McLean County IL 2,005 41.9 53.6 0.0 4.4 6 2018 Hudson County NJ 13,746 21.2 53.1 10.2 15.5 7 2018 Alameda County CA 48,897 24.6 50.0 12.0 13.3 8 2018 Mecklenburg County NC 8,839 47.0 48.2 0.0 4.8 9 2018 Henrico County VA 3,773 43.8 46.1 2.9 7.2 10 2018 Chester County PA 7,391 45.6 43.3 7.5 3.5 11 2018 Rensselaer County NY 1,010 57.6 42.4 0.0 0.0 12 2018 Mercer County NJ 3,861 27.5 41.5 11.7 19.3 13 2018 Butler County OH 1,252 60.4 39.6 0.0 0.0 14 2018 Benton County AR 1,909 43.1 39.4 0.0 17.5 15 2018 Somerset County NJ 6,526 28.6 39.0 18.4 14.0 16 2018 Dallas County TX 17,573 50.1 38.3 0.9 10.6 17 2018 Delaware County OH 2,818 48.3 36.4 6.3 9.0 18 2018 San Joaquin County CA 1,787 35.0 36.4 13.9 14.7 19 2018 Johnson County KS 9,543 52.9 36.3 5.9 4.9 20 2018 Collin County TX 18,895 41.6 35.6 3.7 19.0 21 2018 Loudoun County VA 14,311 46.9 34.7 3.0 15.4 22 2018 DuPage County IL 12,402 53.1 34.1 8.4 4.5 23 2018 New Castle County DE 3,964 31.4 33.9 10.7 24.0 24 2018 Santa Clara County CA 88,430 24.9 32.8 23.2 19.1 25 2018 Hartford County CT 6,685 54.5 32.1 1.5 11.9 26 2018 Warren County OH 1,409 59.1 31.7 0.0 9.2 27 2018 Yolo County CA 1,378 46.7 30.9 9.5 12.8 28 2018 Harris County TX 18,668 51.3 30.8 4.3 13.6 29 2018 Denton County TX 10,928 51.3 30.7 2.0 16.1 30 2018 Fort Bend County TX 3,425 36.7 30.0 3.4 29.9 31 2018 Albany County NY 1,779 47.7 29.7 17.0 5.6 32 2018 Marion County IN 4,174 62.5 29.6 0.0 7.9 33 2018 Duval County FL 6,060 51.9 29.3 4.2 14.6 34 2018 Hennepin County MN 16,824 62.7 28.9 0.9 7.4 35 2018 Contra Costa County CA 12,080 38.7 28.7 11.2 21.4 36 2018 Williamson County TN 2,015 69.2 28.3 2.5 0.0 37 2018 St. Louis County MO 10,818 59.1 27.7 4.2 9.0 38 2018 Anoka County MN 1,419 72.9 27.1 0.0 0.0 39 2018 Oakland County MI 13,294 52.7 27.1 9.0 11.2 40 2018 Lake County IN 1,342 73.8 26.2 0.0 0.0 41 2018 Guilford County NC 1,029 74.2 25.8 0.0 0.0 42 2018 Fairfield County CT 8,295 50.2 25.5 8.1 16.2 43 2018 Morris County NJ 4,937 48.8 25.4 2.8 23.1 44 2018 Union County NJ 3,373 57.7 25.1 2.7 14.5 45 2018 Hillsborough County FL 8,414 54.4 24.9 0.9 19.7 46 2018 Montgomery County PA 10,420 65.5 24.4 2.8 7.4 47 2018 Medina County OH 1,024 76.3 23.7 0.0 0.0 48 2018 San Mateo County CA 17,104 29.8 23.0 16.8 30.4 49 2018 Washington County OR 13,413 51.3 22.8 6.4 19.6 50 2018 Leon County FL 1,380 64.4 22.8 0.0 12.8 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2018&maxyear=2018&STATE=&geo=COUNTY&occ=Programmers,%20Software%20developers,%20app%20&%20system%20SW&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&mincount=1000&totrows=50The following two graphs and tables show the change in demographics of software developers in Hudson and Middlesex counties in New Jersey from 1980 to 2018. As can be seen, the percentage of their software developers who were born in India were 53.1 and 61.3, respectively. These were the two largest percentages for counties with over 10,000 developers. These two counties border New York City. Hence, many of these jobs may be connected with the financial industry.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=NJ, COUNTY=Hudson (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Hudson County NJ 740 78.4 2.7 5.4 13.5 2 1990 Hudson County NJ 1,992 59.9 3.2 7.0 29.9 3 2000 Hudson County NJ 4,507 34.5 22.5 10.4 32.6 4 2005 Hudson County NJ 4,738 39.8 19.4 8.3 32.5 5 2006 Hudson County NJ 5,239 20.4 45.5 7.5 26.6 6 2007 Hudson County NJ 5,482 33.3 20.9 3.0 42.8 7 2008 Hudson County NJ 6,118 36.2 39.7 7.0 17.0 8 2009 Hudson County NJ 4,847 29.6 38.6 10.1 21.7 9 2010 Hudson County NJ 5,793 19.6 45.5 4.8 30.1 10 2011 Hudson County NJ 7,817 27.7 38.5 6.9 26.9 11 2012 Hudson County NJ 8,703 17.6 46.6 12.4 23.4 12 2013 Hudson County NJ 7,022 8.6 66.4 14.7 10.4 13 2014 Hudson County NJ 7,728 18.8 63.9 8.4 8.9 14 2015 Hudson County NJ 9,209 17.2 50.7 9.5 22.6 15 2016 Hudson County NJ 10,092 16.6 61.7 11.5 10.3 16 2017 Hudson County NJ 8,836 13.1 58.4 15.5 13.0 17 2018 Hudson County NJ 13,746 21.2 53.1 10.2 15.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=NJ&COUNTY=Hudson&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20Graph
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=NJ, COUNTY=Middlesex (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Middlesex County NJ 2,060 83.5 3.9 3.9 8.7 2 1990 Middlesex County NJ 5,449 69.6 7.0 10.6 12.8 3 2000 Middlesex County NJ 14,303 29.4 41.7 13.4 15.5 4 2005 Middlesex County NJ 13,286 14.4 55.1 11.6 18.9 5 2006 Middlesex County NJ 11,687 21.8 55.9 10.0 12.2 6 2007 Middlesex County NJ 14,980 27.0 48.8 8.6 15.5 7 2008 Middlesex County NJ 16,213 17.3 65.7 6.7 10.4 8 2009 Middlesex County NJ 13,138 22.2 57.2 7.8 12.7 9 2010 Middlesex County NJ 14,448 14.8 68.5 4.5 12.2 10 2011 Middlesex County NJ 14,470 20.0 58.3 9.0 12.7 11 2012 Middlesex County NJ 14,885 14.5 65.9 6.4 13.2 12 2013 Middlesex County NJ 12,948 17.9 61.7 9.7 10.7 13 2014 Middlesex County NJ 14,795 13.2 64.1 10.4 12.4 14 2015 Middlesex County NJ 13,812 15.7 63.4 6.7 14.1 15 2016 Middlesex County NJ 13,830 14.0 75.1 4.8 6.0 16 2017 Middlesex County NJ 15,402 18.5 65.4 7.5 8.5 17 2018 Middlesex County NJ 18,228 18.7 61.3 6.7 13.3 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=NJ&COUNTY=Middlesex&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following two graphs and tables show the change in demographics of software developers in Alameda and Santa Clara counties in California from 1980 to 2018. As can be seen, the percentage of their software developers who were born in India were 50.0 and 32.8, respectively. These counties are in the area known as "Silicon Valley". Regarding the boundaries of this area, Wikipedia says the following:
The geographical boundaries of Silicon Valley have changed over the years, traditionally Silicon Valley is known as Santa Clara County, southern San Mateo County and southern Alameda county. However, over the years this geographical area has been expanded to include San Francisco County, Contra Costa County, and the northern parts of Alameda County and San Mateo County, this shift has occurred due to the expansion in the local economy and the development of new technologies.
One item of note in the two graphs above and the two graphs below (and many of those following) is that the percentages of software developers born in India tend to have been close to zero until 1990 at which point they began to grow. This is likely due to the H-1B visa which was created by the Immigration Act of 1990. This connection to the H-1B visa seems to have been generally less for software developers born in China and other countries.
<Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=CA, COUNTY=Alameda (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Alameda County CA 2,260 93.8 0.9 1.8 3.5 2 1990 Alameda County CA 6,794 78.5 1.7 6.9 12.8 3 2000 Alameda County CA 20,473 40.5 24.1 16.6 18.9 4 2005 Alameda County CA 18,805 42.0 25.9 17.8 14.3 5 2006 Alameda County CA 19,851 36.0 32.1 17.3 14.6 6 2007 Alameda County CA 24,022 33.0 35.8 14.2 17.0 7 2008 Alameda County CA 17,616 31.1 31.2 20.3 17.4 8 2009 Alameda County CA 21,447 38.3 33.1 14.3 14.4 9 2010 Alameda County CA 20,199 34.0 38.3 14.6 13.1 10 2011 Alameda County CA 20,975 30.8 37.3 18.1 13.8 11 2012 Alameda County CA 24,480 27.4 41.9 16.6 14.2 12 2013 Alameda County CA 25,526 27.0 43.4 15.4 14.3 13 2014 Alameda County CA 29,970 32.4 38.6 15.6 13.4 14 2015 Alameda County CA 38,938 29.2 43.8 11.8 15.2 15 2016 Alameda County CA 44,341 30.9 41.1 14.3 13.7 16 2017 Alameda County CA 39,393 29.6 47.0 12.9 10.4 17 2018 Alameda County CA 48,897 24.6 50.0 12.0 13.3 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&COUNTY=Alameda&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20Graph
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=CA, COUNTY=Santa Clara (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Santa Clara County CA 6,900 83.2 0.3 6.1 10.4 2 1990 Santa Clara County CA 12,993 71.8 2.4 10.1 15.7 3 2000 Santa Clara County CA 47,667 39.6 21.2 16.1 23.1 4 2005 Santa Clara County CA 39,754 29.3 33.6 16.3 20.9 5 2006 Santa Clara County CA 52,282 29.5 32.0 18.5 20.0 6 2007 Santa Clara County CA 47,764 27.6 28.3 18.1 26.0 7 2008 Santa Clara County CA 52,573 22.6 34.0 19.2 24.2 8 2009 Santa Clara County CA 48,555 29.5 32.0 22.1 16.4 9 2010 Santa Clara County CA 52,260 28.3 34.8 15.6 21.3 10 2011 Santa Clara County CA 54,744 28.8 30.0 17.6 23.6 11 2012 Santa Clara County CA 58,637 24.9 39.1 14.9 21.1 12 2013 Santa Clara County CA 63,361 27.2 37.3 12.4 23.1 13 2014 Santa Clara County CA 74,352 24.5 37.3 17.3 20.9 14 2015 Santa Clara County CA 78,269 27.8 32.4 17.8 22.1 15 2016 Santa Clara County CA 85,011 24.2 37.8 15.1 22.9 16 2017 Santa Clara County CA 90,412 26.2 37.8 17.3 18.8 17 2018 Santa Clara County CA 88,430 24.9 32.8 23.2 19.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&COUNTY=Santa%20Clara&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Forsyth County, Georgia, a suburban community just north of Atlanta. It shows very rapid growth in the Indian-born population in the last few years and this is mentioned in an article titled Forsyth County has fastest-growing Asian population in U.S.. Another article states the following:
"The majority of them are in IT," Sharma said. "They're coming on [H-1B visas, which allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialty positions] or [L-1 visas for managerial, executive or specialized knowledge], then applying for their green cards and then settling here."
Computer software developers (229): 2012-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=GA, COUNTY=Forsyth (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2012 Forsyth County GA 2,007 48.2 44.2 2.6 4.9 2 2013 Forsyth County GA 3,360 58.2 27.5 6.6 7.7 3 2014 Forsyth County GA 3,020 41.5 36.0 7.0 15.5 4 2015 Forsyth County GA 3,737 40.2 42.2 4.4 13.1 5 2016 Forsyth County GA 4,275 31.1 50.5 3.0 15.4 6 2017 Forsyth County GA 4,449 35.1 55.4 1.3 8.2 7 2018 Forsyth County GA 5,898 21.4 68.6 1.9 8.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2012&maxyear=2018&STATE=GA&COUNTY=Forsyth&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina which contains Charlotte. As can be seen, nearly half (48.2%) of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=NC, COUNTY=Mecklenburg (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India Other China 1 1990 Mecklenburg County NC 2,127 95.3 NA 4.7 NA 2 2000 Mecklenburg County NC 5,538 82.2 6.0 10.6 1.2 3 2005 Mecklenburg County NC 4,116 71.6 11.6 16.7 NA 4 2006 Mecklenburg County NC 6,205 52.8 28.3 13.5 5.4 5 2007 Mecklenburg County NC 4,826 57.2 16.5 17.7 8.6 6 2008 Mecklenburg County NC 5,578 56.3 34.5 7.9 1.3 7 2009 Mecklenburg County NC 5,336 61.8 30.4 7.8 NA 8 2010 Mecklenburg County NC 5,944 50.0 37.0 8.0 4.9 9 2011 Mecklenburg County NC 6,194 44.2 48.9 7.0 NA 10 2012 Mecklenburg County NC 6,492 55.8 33.6 9.7 0.9 11 2013 Mecklenburg County NC 7,519 50.9 43.1 4.2 1.8 12 2014 Mecklenburg County NC 7,355 47.5 45.3 7.2 NA 13 2015 Mecklenburg County NC 10,685 49.9 39.4 10.0 0.7 14 2016 Mecklenburg County NC 9,557 43.9 44.8 6.9 4.5 15 2017 Mecklenburg County NC 10,694 45.9 44.0 7.4 2.7 16 2018 Mecklenburg County NC 8,839 47.0 48.2 4.8 NA URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1990&maxyear=2018&STATE=NC&COUNTY=Mecklenburg&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Chester County, Pennsylvania just west of Philadelphia. As can be seen, 43.3% of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=PA, COUNTY=Chester (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Chester County PA 780 94.9 NA 2.6 2.6 2 1990 Chester County PA 1,999 90.9 2.7 3.7 2.7 3 2000 Chester County PA 4,712 77.0 8.0 5.4 9.6 4 2005 Chester County PA 5,658 68.8 17.4 5.5 8.3 5 2006 Chester County PA 4,678 58.3 21.4 8.2 12.0 6 2007 Chester County PA 4,773 59.5 25.1 NA 15.5 7 2008 Chester County PA 5,900 70.4 22.3 2.1 5.2 8 2009 Chester County PA 3,769 68.5 18.8 7.1 5.7 9 2010 Chester County PA 5,436 72.8 9.5 6.7 11.0 10 2011 Chester County PA 6,655 55.9 19.0 13.7 11.4 11 2012 Chester County PA 5,371 44.3 33.9 1.5 20.3 12 2013 Chester County PA 5,438 73.6 14.5 1.0 10.9 13 2014 Chester County PA 5,965 52.7 31.5 3.8 12.0 14 2015 Chester County PA 7,387 53.3 38.9 NA 7.8 15 2016 Chester County PA 6,603 51.5 27.9 6.3 14.4 16 2017 Chester County PA 7,853 65.7 21.8 2.9 9.5 17 2018 Chester County PA 7,391 45.6 43.3 7.5 3.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=PA&COUNTY=Chester&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Somerset County, New Jersey. Somerset County borders Middlesex County which itself borders New York City. As can be seen, 39.0% of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=NJ, COUNTY=Somerset (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Somerset County NJ 900 95.6 NA 2.2 2.2 2 1990 Somerset County NJ 2,630 78.7 4.9 6.2 10.1 3 2000 Somerset County NJ 4,903 58.4 17.7 8.8 15.0 4 2005 Somerset County NJ 3,920 47.4 14.8 21.9 15.9 5 2006 Somerset County NJ 4,680 30.5 30.3 17.1 22.2 6 2007 Somerset County NJ 5,196 24.1 41.8 15.6 18.6 7 2008 Somerset County NJ 4,707 39.4 32.7 20.3 7.6 8 2009 Somerset County NJ 4,841 32.9 28.5 12.1 26.5 9 2010 Somerset County NJ 5,047 45.2 35.2 14.9 4.7 10 2011 Somerset County NJ 4,068 35.5 28.8 7.4 28.3 11 2012 Somerset County NJ 5,173 35.2 37.5 14.9 12.3 12 2013 Somerset County NJ 4,448 25.4 42.5 25.6 6.5 13 2014 Somerset County NJ 4,948 39.2 38.7 14.9 7.3 14 2015 Somerset County NJ 3,955 31.9 25.8 16.9 25.4 15 2016 Somerset County NJ 5,316 26.6 47.6 14.2 11.6 16 2017 Somerset County NJ 3,903 29.0 28.7 17.5 24.8 17 2018 Somerset County NJ 6,526 28.6 39.0 18.4 14.0 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=NJ&COUNTY=Somerset&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following two graphs and tables are for Dallas and Collin counties, Texas. Dallas County contains the city of Dallas and Collin County is just north of it. As can be seen, 38.3 and 35.6 percent of the software developers in Dallas and Collin counties, respectively, were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=TX, COUNTY=Dallas (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Dallas County TX 4,420 93.7 0.9 1.8 3.6 2 1990 Dallas County TX 8,219 90.5 1.0 2.9 5.6 3 2000 Dallas County TX 15,500 71.7 12.3 2.6 13.4 4 2005 Dallas County TX 10,597 54.3 23.3 3.6 18.8 5 2006 Dallas County TX 11,483 62.8 24.7 2.1 10.4 6 2007 Dallas County TX 9,740 51.0 25.7 8.0 15.3 7 2008 Dallas County TX 12,135 63.5 23.7 1.3 11.5 8 2009 Dallas County TX 10,692 57.0 24.9 2.6 15.5 9 2010 Dallas County TX 10,993 55.9 28.6 2.8 12.7 10 2011 Dallas County TX 13,313 45.6 37.4 6.1 10.9 11 2012 Dallas County TX 15,642 50.1 31.8 3.0 15.2 12 2013 Dallas County TX 16,077 48.2 35.4 3.7 12.7 13 2014 Dallas County TX 14,853 61.1 26.8 2.0 10.1 14 2015 Dallas County TX 13,934 44.8 44.3 1.1 9.9 15 2016 Dallas County TX 17,763 53.9 28.5 3.5 14.2 16 2017 Dallas County TX 16,730 47.9 40.0 3.8 8.4 17 2018 Dallas County TX 17,573 50.1 38.3 0.9 10.6 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=TX&COUNTY=Dallas&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20Graph
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=TX, COUNTY=Collin (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Collin County TX 700 91.4 NA 2.9 5.7 2 1990 Collin County TX 3,000 91.0 NA 4.3 4.7 3 2000 Collin County TX 12,925 65.8 10.3 11.9 12.0 4 2005 Collin County TX 14,681 56.7 11.9 15.7 15.7 5 2006 Collin County TX 14,303 47.2 25.8 10.6 16.4 6 2007 Collin County TX 13,986 51.5 28.5 8.4 11.6 7 2008 Collin County TX 15,528 51.9 26.3 10.1 11.7 8 2009 Collin County TX 12,437 54.2 26.1 11.4 8.3 9 2010 Collin County TX 13,108 52.3 24.9 11.4 11.4 10 2011 Collin County TX 13,554 49.6 17.6 19.1 13.6 11 2012 Collin County TX 14,937 49.8 24.1 8.7 17.4 12 2013 Collin County TX 12,099 43.7 37.1 9.5 9.7 13 2014 Collin County TX 18,317 45.0 27.6 10.4 17.1 14 2015 Collin County TX 19,712 46.8 32.3 7.4 13.4 15 2016 Collin County TX 17,323 46.0 34.2 7.5 12.4 16 2017 Collin County TX 19,963 43.7 40.3 6.0 10.0 17 2018 Collin County TX 18,895 41.6 35.6 3.7 19.0 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=TX&COUNTY=Collin&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Johnson County, Kansas, just southwest of Kansas City, Missouri. As can be seen, 36.3% of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=KS, COUNTY=Johnson (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Johnson County KS 720 97.2 2.8 NA NA 2 1990 Johnson County KS 1,781 97.6 NA NA 2.4 3 2000 Johnson County KS 5,659 77.7 9.1 4.5 8.8 4 2005 Johnson County KS 5,791 75.8 12.8 5.3 6.1 5 2006 Johnson County KS 6,762 73.0 15.4 3.1 8.5 6 2007 Johnson County KS 5,366 65.8 26.1 NA 8.1 7 2008 Johnson County KS 5,258 72.2 15.1 6.1 6.5 8 2009 Johnson County KS 5,378 58.6 35.7 1.2 4.6 9 2010 Johnson County KS 6,232 57.0 19.5 13.7 9.7 10 2011 Johnson County KS 5,052 75.1 11.3 6.6 7.0 11 2012 Johnson County KS 5,614 56.9 23.1 8.0 12.0 12 2013 Johnson County KS 5,520 84.0 11.0 NA 5.0 13 2014 Johnson County KS 5,730 63.1 34.7 2.2 NA 14 2015 Johnson County KS 7,743 81.2 9.6 1.1 8.1 15 2016 Johnson County KS 9,725 68.6 18.1 5.3 7.9 16 2017 Johnson County KS 8,509 66.0 21.9 2.8 9.3 17 2018 Johnson County KS 9,543 52.9 36.3 5.9 4.9 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=KS&COUNTY=Johnson&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Loudoun County, Virginia, just northwest of Washington DC. As can be seen, 34.7% of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 2012-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=VA, COUNTY=Loudoun (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2012 Loudoun County VA 7,930 53.9 29.9 3.9 12.3 2 2013 Loudoun County VA 9,373 51.4 29.6 3.1 15.9 3 2014 Loudoun County VA 7,910 51.4 27.6 6.6 14.3 4 2015 Loudoun County VA 10,101 53.9 34.2 1.4 10.5 5 2016 Loudoun County VA 12,582 41.5 38.0 1.0 19.5 6 2017 Loudoun County VA 12,867 41.1 46.5 2.0 10.4 7 2018 Loudoun County VA 14,311 46.9 34.7 3.0 15.4 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2012&maxyear=2018&STATE=VA&COUNTY=Loudoun&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for DuPage County, Illinois, just west of Chicago, As can be seen, 34.1% of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=IL, COUNTY=DuPage (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 DuPage County IL 2,120 90.6 0.9 5.7 2.8 2 1990 DuPage County IL 5,121 86.9 5.0 2.3 5.8 3 2000 DuPage County IL 12,832 66.3 11.1 10.2 12.5 4 2005 DuPage County IL 9,946 51.4 26.2 11.1 11.3 5 2006 DuPage County IL 7,487 61.4 14.9 10.8 12.8 6 2007 DuPage County IL 8,297 61.9 16.0 11.9 10.2 7 2008 DuPage County IL 9,992 52.8 31.0 5.2 11.0 8 2009 DuPage County IL 8,102 53.8 29.4 7.5 9.3 9 2010 DuPage County IL 6,459 45.6 39.7 4.1 10.6 10 2011 DuPage County IL 7,639 56.9 23.1 6.0 14.0 11 2012 DuPage County IL 8,716 50.2 35.1 6.0 8.7 12 2013 DuPage County IL 9,134 47.7 34.3 10.9 7.1 13 2014 DuPage County IL 9,005 62.1 24.7 3.4 9.8 14 2015 DuPage County IL 9,163 59.1 21.8 9.6 9.5 15 2016 DuPage County IL 8,223 45.8 32.5 9.4 12.4 16 2017 DuPage County IL 9,767 44.0 38.4 4.2 13.4 17 2018 DuPage County IL 12,402 53.1 34.1 8.4 4.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=IL&COUNTY=DuPage&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Hartford County, Connecticut, which contains the city of Hartford, As can be seen, 32.1% of the software developers there in 2018 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=CT, COUNTY=Hartford (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1990 Hartford County CT 4,958 86.5 1.6 2.6 9.3 2 2000 Hartford County CT 6,630 81.4 3.7 4.4 10.5 3 2005 Hartford County CT 4,067 73.7 18.3 NA 8.0 4 2006 Hartford County CT 5,685 61.7 18.8 2.6 17.0 5 2007 Hartford County CT 6,926 72.7 17.9 NA 9.4 6 2008 Hartford County CT 5,044 61.4 20.5 2.2 15.9 7 2009 Hartford County CT 5,551 65.8 22.9 NA 11.3 8 2010 Hartford County CT 5,774 48.5 42.4 NA 9.1 9 2011 Hartford County CT 5,230 46.3 47.5 3.4 2.8 10 2012 Hartford County CT 5,783 65.1 21.4 1.0 12.6 11 2013 Hartford County CT 7,867 52.9 30.8 1.3 15.0 12 2014 Hartford County CT 5,782 49.4 43.8 2.0 4.8 13 2015 Hartford County CT 7,509 33.6 56.5 2.8 7.1 14 2016 Hartford County CT 6,984 53.6 37.3 1.0 8.0 15 2017 Hartford County CT 6,529 54.1 27.2 1.2 17.5 16 2018 Hartford County CT 6,685 54.5 32.1 1.5 11.9 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1990&maxyear=2018&STATE=CT&COUNTY=Hartford&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for the entire state of Utah. The reason for looking at Utah is that one of its Senators, Mike Lee, has been lobbying to pass the bill S386 by unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate. This bill is named the "Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019" and would eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, among other things. This would mainly benefit Indian workers who have been caught in a backlog due to the country cap on employment-based green cards. However, the following table shows that only 3.3 percent of the software developers in Utah in 2018 were born in India. This does bring up the question of why Mike Lee is the main proponent of this bill. It seems to affect relatively few of his current constituents. In addition, any negative affects on U.S. or non-Indian workers would seem to be relatively small in Utah, at least as long as Utah continues to have such little diversity in its own workforce. In any event, this would seem to be an argument for being very skeptical of Mike Lee's support for this bill since Utah will likely be one of the states least affected by it, assuming that the law does work as advertised and that there are no ulterior motives.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=UT (percent) Year STATE Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 UT 2,360 96.6 NA NA 3.4 2 1990 UT 4,945 95.6 NA 0.4 4.0 3 2000 UT 12,980 92.1 0.3 1.6 6.0 4 2005 UT 13,600 91.6 4.6 0.9 2.9 5 2006 UT 12,875 91.6 NA 1.7 6.7 6 2007 UT 15,562 89.1 1.6 1.5 7.8 7 2008 UT 14,713 89.4 2.7 2.1 5.8 8 2009 UT 13,599 90.1 1.2 2.2 6.6 9 2010 UT 17,544 91.6 NA 1.4 7.0 10 2011 UT 16,935 91.6 2.1 1.1 5.3 11 2012 UT 17,266 88.5 4.4 1.7 5.4 12 2013 UT 20,115 87.3 6.8 0.3 5.7 13 2014 UT 18,069 86.5 2.9 2.3 8.3 14 2015 UT 19,092 88.5 5.8 1.8 3.8 15 2016 UT 24,847 85.7 6.1 1.0 7.3 16 2017 UT 27,182 85.9 4.6 1.1 8.3 17 2018 UT 26,901 87.0 3.3 1.8 7.9 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=UT&geo=STATE&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for the entire United States. As can be seen, the percentage of software developers who were born in India has been increasing steadily since 1990, reaching about 17.7 percent in 2018. This is far above the 3.3 percent for Utah. Hence, it would seem wise to be skeptical of Mike Lee's support for S386, a bill involving issues in which his state would seem to currently have less at stake than the average state.
<Computer software developers (229): 1980-2018, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 311,180 91.9 0.5 1.5 6.0 2 1990 644,172 87.4 1.2 2.4 9.0 3 2000 1,349,011 74.8 7.2 4.6 13.4 4 2005 1,279,997 70.0 11.1 4.9 14.0 5 2006 1,315,056 68.3 12.1 5.3 14.4 6 2007 1,290,484 69.0 12.1 4.7 14.1 7 2008 1,332,875 67.9 13.0 4.9 14.1 8 2009 1,325,989 68.3 13.7 4.9 13.2 9 2010 1,315,823 66.6 14.7 5.0 13.8 10 2011 1,343,537 66.0 14.3 5.4 14.3 11 2012 1,449,897 65.4 16.6 4.4 13.6 12 2013 1,480,496 65.2 16.2 4.8 13.8 13 2014 1,546,979 64.2 16.3 5.3 14.3 14 2015 1,630,473 64.1 16.7 5.1 14.1 15 2016 1,710,581 63.1 17.7 4.6 14.6 16 2017 1,803,306 62.4 18.2 5.3 14.2 17 2018 1,853,801 62.6 17.7 5.2 14.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2018&STATE=&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphTo see an analysis of the demographics of software developers in the United States by citizenship status instead of birthplace, see this link.