WASHINGTON: More than one-third of the temporary workers in the U.S. in 2012 were from India, which also accounted for the largest number of non-immigrants residing in the U.S. that year, according to an official report.

Of the 1.87 million resident non-immigrants in the U.S. in 2012, India accounted for the maximum number of 430,000 residents, followed by China with 210,000 residents and South Korea with 140,000, the Department of Homeland Security said in its latest report.

Out of the 1.9 million non-immigrants residing in U.S. in 2012, the largest categories were temporary workers (45 percent, or 840,000) and students (38 percent, or 720,000), the report said.

“Among temporary workers, 38 percent were citizens of India and 45 percent were ages 25–34,” the report said adding that nearly 50 percent of the students were citizens of China (22 percent), India (14 percent), or South Korea (13 percent).

Slightly more than 50 percent of the students were ages 18–24, the report said.

Exchange visitors made up another 12 per cent of the total resident non-immigrant population and the remaining four per cent were diplomats and other representatives.

Estimates for students and exchange visitor principals are consistent with counts of “active”” students from the DHS Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), the report said.
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