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OUR MISSION
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians promotes inclusive economic growth through immigrant integration.
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"The Welcoming Center supports me and I will never forget what they did for me. I always think to myself I am so lucky to find good people.”
Amina, Syria
Entrepreneurship Program graduate
Visit Amina and other Global Craft Market vendors at our booth at the Philadelphia Christmas Village. >>
PHILADELPHIA
STATISTICS
$7.4b
Immigrants paid $7.4b in federal, state, and local taxes in 2017.
46%
Immigrants are 46% more likely to become entrepreneurs compared to U.S.-born residents.
79%
79% of immigrants are of working age compared to 63% of U.S.-born workers.
$19.3b
Immigrants had a total spending power of $19.3b in 2017.
48%
48% of immigrants move to Philadelphia because of family or friends.
46,337
46,337 immigrant entrepreneurs reside in Philadelphia.
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