6/5/2026, 10:57 pm
Time to move, Komrades, but spare the Dunkin' Donuts.
https://www.massdailynews.com/2026/06/0 ... ticle_1659
Mass. must take in 60,000 immigrant newcomers a year if it wants to survive, group says
BOSTON — Massachusetts will need to take in at least 60,000 new immigrant arrivals every year through 2030 if it wants its labor force to survive, the Boston Foundation's research arm and the MassINC Policy Center said in a report published this week.
The number is the headline finding of "An Uncertain Future: How the Immigration Crackdown Threatens Massachusetts' Labor Force," a 30-plus-page brief from Boston Indicators and the MassINC Policy Center that lays out the economic consequences for the Commonwealth of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
According to the report, the Massachusetts labor force is shrinking from two directions. Aging out of the workforce costs the state roughly 9,000 workers a year. Domestic outmigration — Massachusetts residents leaving for other states — costs another 20,000.
To plug those losses and keep the working-age population steady, the report says the state needs about 29,000 new immigrant workers every year.To produce those 29,000 workers — given the age structure and labor-force participation rates of recent immigrants — the report estimates Massachusetts needs about 64,000 immigrants of all ages entering annually between 2026 and 2030. The executive summary rounds that down to "at least 60,000."
"Without these newcomers, Massachusetts will face not only slower population growth, but an outright contraction in the number of working-age residents available to support the broader economy," the authors write.
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https://www.massdailynews.com/2026/06/0 ... ticle_1659
Mass. must take in 60,000 immigrant newcomers a year if it wants to survive, group says
BOSTON — Massachusetts will need to take in at least 60,000 new immigrant arrivals every year through 2030 if it wants its labor force to survive, the Boston Foundation's research arm and the MassINC Policy Center said in a report published this week.
The number is the headline finding of "An Uncertain Future: How the Immigration Crackdown Threatens Massachusetts' Labor Force," a 30-plus-page brief from Boston Indicators and the MassINC Policy Center that lays out the economic consequences for the Commonwealth of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
According to the report, the Massachusetts labor force is shrinking from two directions. Aging out of the workforce costs the state roughly 9,000 workers a year. Domestic outmigration — Massachusetts residents leaving for other states — costs another 20,000.
To plug those losses and keep the working-age population steady, the report says the state needs about 29,000 new immigrant workers every year.To produce those 29,000 workers — given the age structure and labor-force participation rates of recent immigrants — the report estimates Massachusetts needs about 64,000 immigrants of all ages entering annually between 2026 and 2030. The executive summary rounds that down to "at least 60,000."
"Without these newcomers, Massachusetts will face not only slower population growth, but an outright contraction in the number of working-age residents available to support the broader economy," the authors write.
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