Breaking Down America’s Immigrant Population
@visualcapitalist
Key takeaways- The U.S. had a total foreign born population of 47.8M people as of 2023
- Over half of this population originates from countries in the Americas, with Mexico being the largest source by a huge margin (10.9M people)
- Other top sources of immigrants include India (2.9M), China (2.2M), and the Philippines (2.1M)
Dataset
RegionImmigrant Population|
| Americas | 25,315,500 | | Asia & Oceania | 14,905,100 | | Europe | 4,819,000 | | Africa | 2,791,300 | | | | Country | Immigrants | | UK | 693,465 | | Germany | 520,418 | | Ukraine | 468,780 | | Russia | 415,809 | | Poland | 382,844 | | Italy | 295,002 | | France | 187,003 | | Portugal | 160,729 | | Romania | 152,470 | | Spain | 126,067 | | Rest of Europe | 1,416,462 | | | | Country | Immigrants | | India | 2,910,042 | | China | 2,193,250 | | Philippines | 2,051,900 | | Vietnam | 1,365,841 | | Korea | 1,017,250 | | Pakistan | 428,795 | | Iran | 419,885 | | Taiwan | 392,012 | | Japan | 337,877 | | Bangladesh | 333,026 | | Rest of Asia/Oceania | 3,455,271 | | | | Country | Immigrants | | Mexico | 10,918,205 | | El Salvador | 1,494,869 | | Cuba | 1,450,808 | | Dominican Republic | 1,265,231 | | Guatemala | 1,250,053 | | Colombia | 1,049,821 | | Honduras | 934,617 | | Canada | 828,396 | | Jamaica | 817,294 | | Haiti | 777,845 | | Other Americas | 4,528,390 | | | | Country | Immigrants | | Nigeria | 476,008 | | Ethiopia | 278,182 | | Ghana | 241,477 | | Egypt | 225,665 | | Kenya | 174,734 | | South Africa | 133,359 | | Morocco | 109,370 | | Liberia | 100,769 | | Somalia | 92,401 | | Cameroon | 90,749 | | Rest of Africa | 868,612 |
Data sources
migrationpolicy.org |
