The impacts of foreign immigration on population and labor force growth during the 1990s varied widely across U.S. geographic regions, divisions and states. New England was far more dependent than nearly all other regions on the new wave of foreign immigrants to achieve its population growth and labor force growth during the past decade. In fact, New England's labor force would have experienced no net growth whatsoever in the absence of these new immigrants. This article describes the immigrant contributions to the population growth of New England and the implications of this growth to the region's workforce development. (Contains 3 figures.)