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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 2022. 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.
Computer software developers (229): 2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2022 Middlesex County NJ 20,195 17.3 63.3 8.7 10.8 2 2022 Forsyth County GA 9,706 22.5 66.9 2.8 7.7 3 2022 Hudson County NJ 13,024 24.2 43.5 15.5 16.8 4 2022 Santa Clara County CA 119,586 24.6 37.0 19.9 18.5 5 2022 Fort Bend County TX 8,745 26.9 40.4 11.8 20.9 6 2022 Lake County IL 5,837 28.8 44.1 9.6 17.5 7 2022 Alameda County CA 52,841 28.9 45.4 13.8 11.9 8 2022 Monroe County PA 1,404 31.4 8.3 0.0 60.3 9 2022 Bergen County NJ 9,299 31.8 30.3 8.8 29.1 10 2022 Warren County OH 4,000 32.9 50.4 7.0 9.7 11 2022 Somerset County NJ 5,288 33.1 35.4 16.0 15.5 12 2022 San Joaquin County CA 6,182 33.4 59.6 0.7 6.3 13 2022 Passaic County NJ 3,051 33.5 32.2 0.0 34.3 14 2022 San Mateo County CA 21,398 34.6 16.8 28.3 20.3 15 2022 Marathon County WI 1,217 35.7 64.3 0.0 0.0 16 2022 Collin County TX 33,252 35.9 42.4 5.2 16.5 17 2022 Delaware County OH 4,905 37.2 55.9 1.2 5.6 18 2022 Broward County FL 11,318 37.2 26.4 1.4 34.9 19 2022 Union County NJ 2,866 37.5 20.9 11.4 30.1 20 2022 Contra Costa County CA 14,274 38.4 31.9 5.2 24.6 21 2022 Racine County WI 1,143 40.9 35.8 0.0 23.4 22 2022 Loudoun County VA 17,178 41.2 41.5 7.6 9.7 23 2022 King County WA 114,185 41.5 22.8 17.2 18.6 24 2022 Oakland County MI 15,821 41.7 33.6 10.8 14.0 25 2022 Queens County NY 16,022 43.0 11.4 19.6 25.9 26 2022 Williamson County TX 20,217 43.5 33.5 2.0 21.0 27 2022 Dallas County TX 27,738 44.0 41.3 1.5 13.1 28 2022 Tompkins County NY 1,004 44.9 6.9 9.0 39.2 29 2022 Henrico County VA 6,424 45.4 37.8 3.9 12.9 30 2022 Benton County AR 5,411 46.7 41.7 0.0 11.6 31 2022 Palm Beach County FL 5,989 47.4 11.3 2.1 39.3 32 2022 New Castle County DE 5,820 47.6 33.3 0.0 19.1 33 2022 McLean County IL 2,548 47.8 52.2 0.0 0.0 34 2022 East Baton Rouge Parish LA 2,160 48.1 37.9 0.0 14.0 35 2022 Norfolk County MA 11,620 48.3 17.6 10.9 23.2 36 2022 San Bernardino County CA 7,347 48.3 24.3 8.6 18.8 37 2022 Nassau County NY 7,476 48.6 19.0 15.2 17.2 38 2022 Johnson County IA 1,183 48.8 32.0 0.0 19.2 39 2022 Morris County NJ 5,738 50.7 30.4 3.4 15.5 40 2022 Orange County CA 31,311 51.0 17.2 6.7 25.1 41 2022 Snohomish County WA 17,443 51.2 23.4 8.1 17.3 42 2022 Baltimore County MD 5,342 52.4 23.4 3.8 20.4 43 2022 Bronx County NY 1,595 52.5 0.0 0.0 47.5 44 2022 Denton County TX 16,333 52.8 27.8 4.3 15.0 45 2022 Washington County OR 12,301 52.8 30.7 1.5 14.9 46 2022 Montgomery County MD 19,513 53.3 16.7 10.8 19.2 47 2022 Greenville County SC 2,813 53.5 27.5 0.0 19.1 48 2022 Hillsborough County FL 12,312 54.3 25.1 0.2 20.4 49 2022 Wake County NC 26,702 54.5 30.7 3.2 11.5 50 2022 Mercer County NJ 4,535 54.9 22.3 9.3 13.6 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2022&maxyear=2022&STATE=&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&sortdir=Ascending&mincount=1000&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe 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.
Computer software developers (229): 2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2022 Forsyth County GA 9,706 22.5 66.9 2.8 7.7 2 2022 Marathon County WI 1,217 35.7 64.3 0.0 0.0 3 2022 Middlesex County NJ 20,195 17.3 63.3 8.7 10.8 4 2022 San Joaquin County CA 6,182 33.4 59.6 0.7 6.3 5 2022 Delaware County OH 4,905 37.2 55.9 1.2 5.6 6 2022 McLean County IL 2,548 47.8 52.2 0.0 0.0 7 2022 Warren County OH 4,000 32.9 50.4 7.0 9.7 8 2022 Alameda County CA 52,841 28.9 45.4 13.8 11.9 9 2022 Lake County IL 5,837 28.8 44.1 9.6 17.5 10 2022 Hudson County NJ 13,024 24.2 43.5 15.5 16.8 11 2022 Collin County TX 33,252 35.9 42.4 5.2 16.5 12 2022 Benton County AR 5,411 46.7 41.7 0.0 11.6 13 2022 Loudoun County VA 17,178 41.2 41.5 7.6 9.7 14 2022 Dallas County TX 27,738 44.0 41.3 1.5 13.1 15 2022 Fort Bend County TX 8,745 26.9 40.4 11.8 20.9 16 2022 East Baton Rouge Parish LA 2,160 48.1 37.9 0.0 14.0 17 2022 Henrico County VA 6,424 45.4 37.8 3.9 12.9 18 2022 Santa Clara County CA 119,586 24.6 37.0 19.9 18.5 19 2022 Linn County IA 2,117 64.1 35.9 0.0 0.0 20 2022 Racine County WI 1,143 40.9 35.8 0.0 23.4 21 2022 Kenton County KY 1,374 64.4 35.6 0.0 0.0 22 2022 Somerset County NJ 5,288 33.1 35.4 16.0 15.5 23 2022 Oakland County MI 15,821 41.7 33.6 10.8 14.0 24 2022 Williamson County TX 20,217 43.5 33.5 2.0 21.0 25 2022 New Castle County DE 5,820 47.6 33.3 0.0 19.1 26 2022 Passaic County NJ 3,051 33.5 32.2 0.0 34.3 27 2022 Johnson County IA 1,183 48.8 32.0 0.0 19.2 28 2022 Johnson County KS 8,332 61.2 32.0 0.6 6.3 29 2022 Contra Costa County CA 14,274 38.4 31.9 5.2 24.6 30 2022 Wake County NC 26,702 54.5 30.7 3.2 11.5 31 2022 Washington County OR 12,301 52.8 30.7 1.5 14.9 32 2022 Morris County NJ 5,738 50.7 30.4 3.4 15.5 33 2022 Hunterdon County NJ 1,502 55.8 30.3 0.0 13.9 34 2022 Bergen County NJ 9,299 31.8 30.3 8.8 29.1 35 2022 Chester County PA 9,896 56.8 28.3 3.4 11.5 36 2022 Alachua County FL 2,218 68.2 28.0 0.0 3.8 37 2022 Denton County TX 16,333 52.8 27.8 4.3 15.0 38 2022 Greenville County SC 2,813 53.5 27.5 0.0 19.1 39 2022 Broward County FL 11,318 37.2 26.4 1.4 34.9 40 2022 Frederick County MD 3,406 56.2 25.8 1.6 16.4 41 2022 Hillsborough County FL 12,312 54.3 25.1 0.2 20.4 42 2022 St. Louis County MO 12,446 64.8 25.0 5.2 5.0 43 2022 Mecklenburg County NC 13,253 58.5 24.8 0.5 16.2 44 2022 San Bernardino County CA 7,347 48.3 24.3 8.6 18.8 45 2022 Baltimore County MD 5,342 52.4 23.4 3.8 20.4 46 2022 Snohomish County WA 17,443 51.2 23.4 8.1 17.3 47 2022 Burlington County NJ 3,394 75.1 23.0 0.0 1.9 48 2022 King County WA 114,185 41.5 22.8 17.2 18.6 49 2022 El Dorado County CA 1,587 64.5 22.6 7.2 5.7 50 2022 Mercer County NJ 4,535 54.9 22.3 9.3 13.6 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2022&maxyear=2022&STATE=&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&mincount=1000&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphAs shown in the tables above, Forsyth County, Georgia, a suburban community just north of Atlanta, had the second lowest percentage of U.S. born software developers (22.5%) and highest percentage of India-born software developers (66.9%) of any U.S. county with over 1,000 software developers in 2022. The following graph and table show 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): 1980-2021, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=GA, COUNTY=Forsyth (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other NA. 1 2012 Forsyth County GA 2,007 48.2 44.2 2.6 4.9 NA 2 2013 Forsyth County GA 3,360 58.2 27.5 6.6 7.7 NA 3 2014 Forsyth County GA 3,020 41.5 36.0 7.0 15.5 NA 4 2015 Forsyth County GA 3,737 40.2 42.2 4.4 13.1 NA 5 2016 Forsyth County GA 4,275 31.1 50.5 3.0 15.4 NA 6 2017 Forsyth County GA 4,449 35.1 55.4 1.3 8.2 NA 7 2018 Forsyth County GA 5,898 21.4 68.6 1.9 8.1 NA 8 2019 Forsyth County GA 6,827 24.4 62.5 1.8 11.4 NA 9 2020 Forsyth County GA 8,646 10.1 62.5 17.8 9.5 NA 10 2021 Forsyth County GA 7,762 19.3 74.3 1.3 5.1 NA 11 2022 Forsyth County GA 9,706 22.5 66.9 2.8 7.7 NA URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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 next 5 U.S. counties with the lowest percentage of U.S. born software developers in 2021 are Mercer, Somerset, Hudson, Middlesex, and Bergen counties, all in New Jersey. The following graph and table are for Somerset County. Somerset County borders Middlesex County which itself borders New York City. As can be seen, over half (52%) of the software developers there in 2021 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2021, 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 18 2019 Somerset County NJ 5,656 20.9 51.1 20.1 7.9 19 2020 Somerset County NJ 5,029 21.0 56.4 17.9 4.7 20 2021 Somerset County NJ 5,926 22.3 52.0 15.2 10.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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 3 graphs and tables show the change in demographics of software developers in Hudson, Middlesex, and Bergen counties in New Jersey from 1980 to 2021. As can be seen, the percentage of their software developers in 2021 who were born in India were 36.5, 60.5, and 29.8, respectively. These three counties border New York City. Hence, many of these jobs may be connected with the financial industry.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2021, 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 18 2019 Hudson County NJ 13,171 23.8 47.0 7.8 21.4 19 2020 Hudson County NJ 14,332 16.4 59.3 4.3 19.9 20 2021 Hudson County NJ 13,585 22.7 36.5 24.1 16.7 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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): 1980-2021, 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 18 2019 Middlesex County NJ 15,499 13.6 73.3 4.6 8.6 19 2020 Middlesex County NJ 19,249 16.3 68.9 4.7 10.1 20 2021 Middlesex County NJ 23,379 23.2 60.5 6.4 9.9 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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%20Graph
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2021, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=NJ, COUNTY=Bergen (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 Bergen County NJ 1,720 82.6 NA 2.3 15.1 2 1990 Bergen County NJ 4,103 71.5 1.7 4.1 22.8 3 2000 Bergen County NJ 7,449 45.9 13.7 5.7 34.7 4 2005 Bergen County NJ 7,581 42.9 20.1 9.7 27.3 5 2006 Bergen County NJ 6,956 45.0 22.0 5.0 28.0 6 2007 Bergen County NJ 6,333 39.9 20.9 4.6 34.6 7 2008 Bergen County NJ 8,038 29.4 25.4 4.0 41.2 8 2009 Bergen County NJ 5,900 28.9 25.5 3.4 42.2 9 2010 Bergen County NJ 5,918 26.5 20.7 8.8 44.1 10 2011 Bergen County NJ 5,917 30.4 31.0 6.4 32.2 11 2012 Bergen County NJ 4,666 37.3 16.0 6.6 40.1 12 2013 Bergen County NJ 9,472 30.3 42.3 2.1 25.3 13 2014 Bergen County NJ 6,923 43.5 18.9 10.0 27.7 14 2015 Bergen County NJ 8,399 25.5 28.5 8.3 37.8 15 2016 Bergen County NJ 6,816 37.4 25.9 2.3 34.5 16 2017 Bergen County NJ 5,208 41.0 29.1 4.1 25.8 17 2018 Bergen County NJ 7,455 40.5 17.4 7.1 35.1 18 2019 Bergen County NJ 8,746 24.8 16.4 17.6 41.1 19 2020 Bergen County NJ 6,977 27.4 41.1 8.6 22.9 20 2021 Bergen County NJ 9,319 24.6 29.8 9.0 36.6 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&STATE=NJ&COUNTY=Bergen&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 2021. As can be seen, the percentage of their software developers in 2021 who were born in India were 46.8 and 35.8, 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): 1980-2021, 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 18 2019 Alameda County CA 52,530 34.5 42.0 8.6 14.9 19 2020 Alameda County CA 48,235 27.4 43.6 13.4 15.6 20 2021 Alameda County CA 54,867 30.3 46.8 10.5 12.4 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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): 1980-2021, 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 18 2019 Santa Clara County CA 104,152 23.5 33.0 22.6 21.0 19 2020 Santa Clara County CA 113,295 24.0 32.1 23.5 20.4 20 2021 Santa Clara County CA 95,365 26.5 35.8 20.2 17.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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 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, 41.3 and 42.4 percent of the software developers in 2022 in Dallas and Collin counties, respectively, were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2022, 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 18 2019 Dallas County TX 19,305 50.5 36.2 0.9 12.4 19 2020 Dallas County TX 23,308 48.7 29.7 3.3 18.2 20 2021 Dallas County TX 21,395 42.3 42.3 2.9 12.6 21 2022 Dallas County TX 27,738 44.0 41.3 1.5 13.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2022&STATE=TX&COUNTY=Dallas&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20Graph
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2022, 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 18 2019 Collin County TX 23,945 36.4 46.1 6.3 11.2 19 2020 Collin County TX 24,489 45.6 39.8 3.3 11.3 20 2021 Collin County TX 28,062 31.9 50.0 8.6 9.4 21 2022 Collin County TX 33,252 35.9 42.4 5.2 16.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2022&STATE=TX&COUNTY=Collin&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Fort Bend County, Texas. Fort Bend County is just southwest of the city of Houston. As can be seen, 40.4 of its software developers in 2022 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=TX, COUNTY=Fort Bend (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1990 Fort Bend County TX 916 78.7 0.9 10.9 9.5 2 2000 Fort Bend County TX 2,728 46.5 14.7 15.6 23.2 3 2005 Fort Bend County TX 2,683 41.0 17.3 12.4 29.3 4 2006 Fort Bend County TX 3,831 28.6 23.7 9.8 37.9 5 2007 Fort Bend County TX 3,352 40.3 26.1 21.0 12.5 6 2008 Fort Bend County TX 3,085 34.8 26.8 15.7 22.7 7 2009 Fort Bend County TX 3,526 35.2 13.7 20.8 30.3 8 2010 Fort Bend County TX 3,218 32.2 29.8 7.2 30.8 9 2011 Fort Bend County TX 3,680 53.0 15.1 14.6 17.3 10 2012 Fort Bend County TX 2,917 47.8 8.0 17.0 27.2 11 2013 Fort Bend County TX 5,350 29.9 16.8 37.6 15.8 12 2014 Fort Bend County TX 4,152 26.2 30.1 24.7 19.1 13 2015 Fort Bend County TX 5,157 49.7 15.8 17.8 16.7 14 2016 Fort Bend County TX 6,122 24.3 40.3 7.3 28.1 15 2017 Fort Bend County TX 5,700 47.4 24.9 6.0 21.8 16 2018 Fort Bend County TX 3,425 36.7 30.0 3.4 29.9 17 2019 Fort Bend County TX 5,876 22.2 48.0 8.9 20.9 18 2020 Fort Bend County TX 10,892 17.6 31.3 8.3 42.8 19 2021 Fort Bend County TX 9,763 33.0 37.3 12.0 17.7 20 2022 Fort Bend County TX 8,745 26.9 40.4 11.8 20.9 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1990&maxyear=2022&STATE=TX&COUNTY=Fort%20Bend&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graph and table are for Williamson County, Texas. Williamson County is just north of the city of Austin. As can be seen, 33.5 of its software developers in 2022 were born in India.
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=TX, COUNTY=Williamson (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1990 Williamson County TX 1,354 95.6 NA NA 4.4 2 2000 Williamson County TX 4,052 84.9 3.0 3.3 8.7 3 2005 Williamson County TX 5,574 74.9 14.7 2.7 7.7 4 2006 Williamson County TX 5,596 57.6 18.4 1.0 23.1 5 2007 Williamson County TX 4,461 76.0 14.4 3.8 5.9 6 2008 Williamson County TX 4,977 79.3 14.9 5.8 NA 7 2009 Williamson County TX 5,398 60.4 11.3 3.9 24.4 8 2010 Williamson County TX 7,246 68.2 19.0 2.7 10.1 9 2011 Williamson County TX 5,493 66.5 11.4 5.1 17.0 10 2012 Williamson County TX 6,692 64.5 17.5 1.5 16.6 11 2013 Williamson County TX 7,379 55.3 25.6 9.8 9.3 12 2014 Williamson County TX 6,664 59.4 26.0 3.5 11.1 13 2015 Williamson County TX 9,212 64.9 19.4 4.2 11.5 14 2016 Williamson County TX 8,397 71.6 11.0 4.3 13.2 15 2017 Williamson County TX 9,423 52.4 32.9 4.8 10.0 16 2018 Williamson County TX 9,860 72.0 13.0 7.7 7.2 17 2019 Williamson County TX 13,848 43.9 43.2 3.0 9.9 18 2020 Williamson County TX 12,738 49.3 41.3 3.2 6.2 19 2021 Williamson County TX 17,270 55.6 27.7 3.8 12.9 20 2022 Williamson County TX 20,217 43.5 33.5 2.0 21.0 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1990&maxyear=2022&STATE=TX&COUNTY=Williamson&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&mincount=1&totrows=50&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following table shows the 50 U.S. states and DC, sorted by the percentage of U.S. born software developers. The individual foreign birthplaces listed are India and China because those are the birthplaces that have the largest percentage of software developers overall.
2021 Total count = 2,284,606 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SURVEY: 2021 Computer software developers (229): 2021, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year STATE Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2021 NJ 96,497 39.3 35.6 9.5 15.6 2 2021 CA 402,995 46.6 23.0 10.7 19.8 3 2021 WA 140,318 49.0 21.9 12.0 17.1 4 2021 TX 195,749 56.0 25.3 3.8 14.9 5 2021 GA 60,800 60.7 24.7 2.7 11.9 6 2021 MA 84,459 61.6 13.7 7.4 17.4 7 2021 IL 84,731 62.2 16.3 4.7 16.8 8 2021 CT 23,395 63.3 21.7 2.8 12.1 9 2021 VA 94,741 64.2 17.7 3.4 14.7 10 2021 DE 4,856 66.0 23.8 4.9 5.3 11 2021 NY 116,585 66.1 7.6 5.9 20.4 12 2021 NC 62,919 66.3 21.2 2.4 10.1 13 2021 FL 98,152 66.5 9.9 1.0 22.7 14 2021 HI 2,926 66.5 0.0 1.9 31.6 15 2021 AZ 49,374 70.9 16.5 1.8 10.8 16 2021 MD 69,062 71.5 10.8 3.6 14.0 17 2021 NV 9,265 73.0 11.2 6.1 9.7 18 2021 PA 76,582 73.2 15.7 2.2 9.0 19 2021 AR 11,399 73.6 22.2 0.0 4.2 20 2021 MI 50,282 74.1 16.4 2.4 7.1 21 2021 SD 4,639 74.8 17.3 1.3 6.6 22 2021 ND 2,088 75.1 0.0 0.0 24.9 23 2021 OH 59,399 77.8 12.1 1.3 8.8 24 2021 KS 21,914 78.4 16.0 1.5 4.1 25 2021 MN 44,463 78.6 7.0 1.5 12.9 26 2021 MO 33,508 79.2 11.8 1.4 7.5 27 2021 IN 27,359 79.5 10.9 0.7 8.8 28 2021 TN 26,491 79.7 15.2 0.8 4.4 29 2021 OR 29,722 80.5 4.8 1.6 13.1 30 2021 RI 7,407 80.9 8.3 3.6 7.2 31 2021 CO 70,416 81.0 5.4 0.5 13.1 32 2021 NE 11,869 81.5 10.7 0.0 7.8 33 2021 LA 10,300 82.5 6.9 0.3 10.4 34 2021 NM 6,348 83.0 0.0 1.0 16.0 35 2021 KY 12,514 83.6 11.6 0.0 4.8 36 2021 NH 14,502 83.8 5.1 1.0 10.1 37 2021 DC 5,967 83.8 3.7 1.9 10.6 38 2021 UT 31,985 84.0 4.6 1.3 10.1 39 2021 SC 16,110 84.4 6.9 0.7 8.0 40 2021 WY 667 86.1 13.9 0.0 0.0 41 2021 WI 35,084 86.2 6.5 2.8 4.6 42 2021 OK 13,153 86.2 5.6 0.7 7.6 43 2021 ID 7,602 86.2 4.8 0.0 9.0 44 2021 IA 15,290 86.8 5.3 0.0 7.8 45 2021 AL 21,517 88.4 3.4 1.7 6.5 46 2021 ME 5,125 92.6 0.0 0.0 7.4 47 2021 VT 2,604 93.4 0.0 0.0 6.6 48 2021 MS 4,137 93.7 0.7 0.0 5.6 49 2021 MT 2,727 96.2 0.0 0.0 3.8 50 2021 WV 3,446 96.5 1.7 0.0 1.7 51 2021 AK 1,166 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2021&maxyear=2021&STATE=&geo=STATE&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=4&sortdir=Ascending&mincount=1&totrows=100&color=blue2,green3,red2,orange1&geomtype=Line%20GraphThe following graphs and tables show the percentages for the four states with the lowest percentage of U.S. born software developers in 2022. Those states are New Jersey, California, Washington, and Texas.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2021, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=NJ (percent) Year STATE Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 NJ 15,520 89.4 1.3 2.1 7.2 2 1990 NJ 34,167 78.0 3.5 5.0 13.5 3 2000 NJ 68,260 54.9 18.3 8.7 18.1 4 2005 NJ 65,871 48.6 24.1 8.6 18.7 5 2006 NJ 60,366 45.6 28.8 7.5 18.1 6 2007 NJ 64,150 46.4 26.3 7.6 19.6 7 2008 NJ 67,423 43.3 31.2 9.4 16.0 8 2009 NJ 60,486 47.8 27.7 6.5 17.9 9 2010 NJ 59,849 38.2 36.1 7.4 18.3 10 2011 NJ 60,756 38.1 34.8 7.9 19.2 11 2012 NJ 61,755 40.0 33.8 8.9 17.3 12 2013 NJ 61,941 37.8 38.8 10.7 12.8 13 2014 NJ 66,562 40.3 34.6 10.8 14.4 14 2015 NJ 69,410 36.9 35.2 7.9 20.1 15 2016 NJ 71,402 36.0 42.2 7.0 14.7 16 2017 NJ 70,269 39.1 37.9 8.8 14.2 17 2018 NJ 78,855 38.2 35.9 7.9 18.1 18 2019 NJ 75,567 36.2 38.4 7.9 17.4 19 2020 NJ 79,128 33.7 45.2 6.5 14.5 20 2021 NJ 96,497 39.3 35.6 9.5 15.6 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&STATE=NJ&geo=STATE&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): 1980-2021, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=CA (percent) Year STATE Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 CA 42,500 85.9 0.4 3.3 10.4 2 1990 CA 89,177 74.7 1.4 6.2 17.7 3 2000 CA 210,067 57.8 10.8 9.5 21.9 4 2005 CA 188,705 52.1 16.0 9.8 22.1 5 2006 CA 212,441 49.2 16.8 10.6 23.5 6 2007 CA 210,177 49.5 17.2 10.6 22.7 7 2008 CA 210,675 47.1 17.7 12.0 23.2 8 2009 CA 216,884 48.9 18.6 11.0 21.6 9 2010 CA 212,055 48.7 19.6 10.6 21.2 10 2011 CA 222,821 46.5 19.5 10.8 23.3 11 2012 CA 235,317 44.8 24.2 9.7 21.3 12 2013 CA 248,460 44.9 23.3 9.5 22.3 13 2014 CA 283,149 44.8 22.7 11.0 21.5 14 2015 CA 302,577 45.1 23.0 11.0 20.9 15 2016 CA 323,849 44.2 23.1 10.0 22.7 16 2017 CA 340,950 43.8 24.4 11.3 20.5 17 2018 CA 342,463 42.7 24.6 11.8 20.9 18 2019 CA 385,638 44.6 22.6 11.7 21.0 19 2020 CA 421,944 46.1 20.4 12.4 21.2 20 2021 CA 402,995 46.6 23.0 10.7 19.8 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&geo=STATE&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): 1980-2021, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=WA (percent) Year STATE Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 WA 5,700 95.1 0.4 0.7 3.9 2 1990 WA 12,372 90.7 0.5 1.7 7.1 3 2000 WA 39,621 74.3 5.7 4.7 15.3 4 2005 WA 52,956 64.0 11.3 6.1 18.5 5 2006 WA 51,583 64.1 9.3 8.3 18.3 6 2007 WA 52,440 69.8 8.6 6.5 15.2 7 2008 WA 54,017 64.9 12.2 8.0 14.8 8 2009 WA 63,346 66.0 13.6 5.8 14.6 9 2010 WA 59,400 54.4 15.4 9.1 21.1 10 2011 WA 67,648 58.6 17.0 7.6 16.8 11 2012 WA 70,406 57.4 18.4 6.0 18.2 12 2013 WA 72,461 56.7 20.0 5.1 18.2 13 2014 WA 71,505 53.3 19.4 5.1 22.2 14 2015 WA 79,425 58.5 15.9 9.3 16.2 15 2016 WA 86,443 55.1 18.5 6.8 19.6 16 2017 WA 94,231 51.7 19.1 11.2 18.0 17 2018 WA 106,603 52.4 18.5 10.9 18.2 18 2019 WA 127,954 48.3 20.4 12.7 18.5 19 2020 WA 132,356 49.6 16.2 13.4 20.9 20 2021 WA 140,318 49.0 21.9 12.0 17.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&STATE=WA&geo=STATE&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): 1980-2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH, STATE=TX (percent) Year STATE Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 1980 TX 21,360 92.8 1.1 1.4 4.7 2 1990 TX 45,169 90.0 1.2 2.2 6.6 3 2000 TX 98,662 74.6 8.0 5.2 12.3 4 2005 TX 92,843 67.7 10.3 6.2 15.9 5 2006 TX 97,016 67.6 13.0 4.3 15.0 6 2007 TX 91,256 67.0 14.7 4.6 13.7 7 2008 TX 96,849 68.4 15.3 4.2 12.2 8 2009 TX 90,754 67.4 13.6 5.0 14.1 9 2010 TX 99,589 65.8 17.0 4.1 13.1 10 2011 TX 104,529 66.3 13.4 6.4 13.8 11 2012 TX 110,163 64.9 17.2 4.2 13.8 12 2013 TX 112,015 60.1 20.5 6.1 13.3 13 2014 TX 117,947 64.2 17.5 5.2 13.1 14 2015 TX 123,576 61.1 21.6 4.6 12.7 15 2016 TX 127,412 62.7 21.2 3.7 12.4 16 2017 TX 133,351 59.3 22.2 4.9 13.6 17 2018 TX 133,851 59.9 23.0 2.5 14.7 18 2019 TX 165,832 55.3 27.2 2.9 14.6 19 2020 TX 179,749 57.5 21.3 4.2 16.9 20 2021 TX 195,749 56.0 25.3 3.8 14.9 21 2022 TX 222,364 56.8 24.1 3.4 15.7 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2022&STATE=TX&geo=STATE&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&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, had been lobbying to pass the bill S386 by unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate in 2019. This bill was 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 4.6 percent of the software developers in Utah in 2021 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.
According to this article, S386 cleared the Senate but expired with the 116th Congress. However, it contends that it's sure to come back in the new 117th Congress. You can see a list of clients lobbying on S386 in this article from Open Secrets. As can be seen from the first page, it includes tech companies, tech consulting companies, and various associations.
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2021, 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 18 2019 UT 30,598 84.8 10.0 0.7 4.4 19 2020 UT 36,388 84.5 4.5 1.6 9.4 20 2021 UT 31,985 84.0 4.6 1.3 10.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2021&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 16.8 percent in 2022. This is far above the 4.6 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): 1980-2022, 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 18 2019 2,060,393 61.7 18.4 5.3 14.5 19 2020 2,208,465 63.5 16.1 5.4 15.0 20 2021 2,283,921 63.6 16.9 5.0 14.5 21 2022 2,428,381 63.1 16.8 5.3 14.8 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&maxyear=2022&STATE=&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH&sortn=5&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.