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I think the five million are adults.. some have children as these Census and BLS statistics show.. the figures include "undocumented immigrants" but the government does not show them separate.

FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS — 2013

Table 2. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by presence and age of youngest child and sex, 2012-2013 annual averages [Numbers in thousands] Characteristic 2012 2013

The foreign born include legally-admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents such as students and temporary workers, and undocumented immigrants.

Highlights from the 2013 data:

In 2013, there were 25.3 million foreign-born persons in the U.S. labor force, comprising 16.3 percent of the total. (See table 1.)
Hispanics accounted for 47.8 percent of the foreign-born labor force in 2013 and Asians accounted for 24.3 percent. (See table 1.) (Data in this news release for persons who are white, black, or Asian do not include those of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. Data on persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are presented separately.)
Foreign-born workers were more likely than native-born workers to be employed in service occupations and less likely to be employed in management, professional, and related occupations and in sales and office occupations. (See table 4.)
The median usual weekly earnings of foreign-born full-time wage and salary workers were $643 in 2013, compared with $805 for their native-born counterparts. (See table 5.) (Differences in earnings reflect a variety of factors, including variations in the distributions of foreign-born and native-born workers by educational attainment, occupation, industry, and geographic region.)

In 2013, foreign-born mothers with children under 18 years old were less likely to be labor force participants than were native-born mothers—59.7 percent versus 72.7 percent. Labor force participation differences between foreign-born and native-born mothers were greater among those with younger children than among those with older children. The labor force participation rate of foreign-born mothers with children under age 6 was 51.2 percent in 2013, much lower than that for native-born mothers with children under age 6, at 67.4 percent. Among women with children under age 3, the participation rate for the foreign born (46.7 percent) was 18.2 percentage points below that for nativeborn mothers (64.9 percent). The labor force participation rates of foreign-born and native-born fathers with children under age 18 were similar, at 93.6 percent and 92.6 percent, respectively. (See table 2.)

Formerly "undocumented immigrants" now (soon to be) legal residents and eligible for all government benefits "for the children." Ain't America wonderful? Again.. these Census / BLS data do not distinguish legal immigrants from ILLEGAL "immigrants".

Characteristic		2012			2013
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
FOREIGN BORN
With own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population	14,796	6,896	7,901	14,838	6,886	7,952
....Civilian labor force	11,229	6,466	4,763	11,189	6,442	4,747
........Participation rate	75.9	93.8	60.3	75.4	93.6	59.7
........Employed	10,378	6,063	4,315	10,494	6,114	4,380
.................Employment-population ratio	70.1	87.9	54.6	70.7	88.8	55.1
........Unemployed	851	403	448	695	328	367
.................Unemployment rate	7.6	6.2	9.4	6.2	5.1	7.7
With own children 6 to 17, none younger
Civilian noninstitutional population	7,896	3,576	4,319	8,003	3,622	4,381
....Civilian labor force	6,223	3,326	2,897	6,265	3,347	2,918
........Participation rate	78.8	93.0	67.1	78.3	92.4	66.6
........Employed	5,753	3,115	2,638	5,870	3,167	2,703
.............Employment-population ratio	72.9	87.1	61.1	73.3	87.4	61.7
........Unemployed	469	211	259	395	180	215
............Unemployment rate	7.5	6.3	8.9	6.3	5.4	7.4
With own children under 6
Civilian noninstitutional population	6,901	3,319	3,581	6,835	3,264	3,572
.....Civilian labor force	5,006	3,140	1,865	4,924	3,094	1,829
........Participation rate	72.5	94.6	52.1	72.0	94.8	51.2
........Employed	4,625	2,948	1,677	4,624	2,947	1,677
............Employment-population ratio	67.0	88.8	46.8	67.7	90.3	47.0
........Unemployed	381	192	189	299	147	152
............Unemployment rate	7.6	6.1	10.1	6.1	4.8	8.3
With own children under 3
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,828	1,864	1,964	3,736	1,809	1,927
....Civilian labor force	2,697	1,772	925	2,614	1,715	899
........Participation rate	70.5	95.1	47.1	70.0	94.8	46.7
........Employed	2,497	1,671	827	2,464	1,638	826
............Employment-population ratio	65.2	89.6	42.1	66.0	90.6	42.9
........Unemployed	200	101	98	150	77	74
........Unemployment rate	7.4	5.7	10.6	5.7	4.5	8.2
With no own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population	22,930	11,469	11,461	23,324	11,657	11,667
....Civilian labor force	13,797	7,958	5,840	14,139	8,173	5,966
........Participation rate	60.2	69.4	51.0	60.6	70.1	51.1
........Employed	12,628	7,279	5,348	13,087	7,563	5,524
............Employment-population ratio	55.1	63.5	46.7	56.1	64.9	47.4
........Unemployed	1,170	679	491	1,052	610	442
........Unemployment rate	8.5	8.5	8.4	7.4	7.5	7.4

..		2012			2013
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
NATIVE BORN

	50,823	22,048	28,776	50,546	22,061	28,486
....	41,525	20,488	21,037	41,145	20,427	20,719
........	81.7	92.9	73.1	81.4	92.6	72.7
........	38,723	19,397	19,326	38,651	19,426	19,226
............	76.2	88.0	67.2	76.5	88.1	67.5
........	2,802	1,091	1,711	2,494	1,001	1,493
............	6.7	5.3	8.1	6.1	4.9	7.2
..
	27,890	12,200	15,690	28,216	12,384	15,831
....	23,350	11,219	12,131	23,550	11,366	12,183
........	83.7	92.0	77.3	83.5	91.8	77.0
........	21,969	10,676	11,293	22,346	10,880	11,466
............	78.8	87.5	72.0	79.3	87.9	72.4
........	1,382	544	838	1,204	486	718
............	5.9	4.8	6.9	5.1	4.3	5.9
..
	22,933	9,847	13,086	22,331	9,676	12,655
....	18,175	9,268	8,907	17,596	9,060	8,535
........	79.3	94.1	68.1	78.8	93.6	67.4
........	16,754	8,721	8,034	16,306	8,546	7,760
............	73.1	88.6	61.4	73.0	88.3	61.3
........	1,421	548	873	1,290	515	775
............	7.8	5.9	9.8	7.3	5.7	9.1
..
	13,293	5,718	7,575	12,928	5,644	7,284
....	10,314	5,400	4,914	10,018	5,291	4,727
........	77.6	94.4	64.9	77.5	93.7	64.9
............	9,494	5,075	4,419	9,282	4,995	4,287
............	71.4	88.8	58.3	71.8	88.5	58.9
........	821	325	496	736	296	440
............	8.0	6.0	10.1	7.3	5.6	9.3
..
	154,734	76,931	77,803	156,971	77,952	79,019
....	88,423	47,415	41,008	88,916	47,625	41,290
........	57.1	61.6	52.7	56.6	61.1	52.3
........	80,741	42,817	37,924	81,696	43,250	38,446
............	52.2	55.7	48.7	52.0	55.5	48.7
........	7,683	4,599	3,084	7,219	4,375	2,844
............	8.7	9.7	7.5	8.1	9.2	6.9

NOTE: Own children include sons, daughters, step-children, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.