Population, by nativity and citizenship status · 2020. 8. 19. · Universe: 2018 resident...
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Total
population
U.S. born 282,406,817 86.3 % ---
Foreign born 44,760,622 13.7 100.0 %
Citizen 22,679,525 6.9 50.7
Non-citizen 22,081,097 6.7 49.3
Total 327,167,439 100.0 % ---
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"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Population, by nativity and citizenship status: Universe: 2018 resident population
Percent of
population
Percent of
foreign born
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1%
Mexico 11,182,111 25.0 %
East and Southeast Asia 8,648,528 19.3
Central Asia 131,854 0.3
South Asia 3,668,982 8.2
Oceania 246,371 0.6
Europe 4,848,270 10.8
Canada and Other North America 827,093 1.8
Caribbean 4,463,891 10.0
Central America 3,590,330 8.0
South America 3,304,380 7.4
Middle East-North Africa 1,784,898 4.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 2,032,470 4.5
Total 44,760,622 100.0 %
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Foreign born, by region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of
countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1%
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Mexico ######## 25.0 % Lebanon 126,027 0.3 % Uganda 34,572 0.1 %
China 2,861,725 6.4 Spain 117,939 0.3 Switzerland 33,817 0.1
India 2,634,871 5.9 Afghanistan 115,568 0.3 Singapore 33,741 0.1
Philippines 2,008,074 4.5 Syria 110,065 0.2 Azores Islands 32,346 0.1
El Salvador 1,420,399 3.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 107,274 0.2 Lithuania 31,937 0.1
Cuba 1,340,670 3.0 Chile 104,018 0.2 Bahamas 31,529 0.1
Vietnam 1,322,684 3.0 Panama 103,818 0.2 New Zealand 31,207 0.1
Dominican Republic 1,174,729 2.6 Western Africa, other 99,530 0.2 Congo 30,954 0.1
Korea 1,057,487 2.4 South Africa 98,858 0.2 Micronesia 30,572 0.1
Guatemala 1,003,841 2.2 Somalia 96,972 0.2 Europe, other 29,909 0.1
Canada 817,910 1.8 Asia, other 96,205 0.2 Eastern Africa, other 28,316 0.1
Colombia 793,114 1.8 Indonesia 95,405 0.2 Denmark 27,710 0.1
Jamaica 740,745 1.7 Albania 91,196 0.2 Czech Republic 27,675 0.1
Haiti 686,824 1.5 Armenia 89,330 0.2 Kazakhstan 27,605 0.1
Honduras 646,331 1.4 Costa Rica 87,997 0.2 Togo 26,682 0.1
Germany 556,284 1.2 Australia 87,629 0.2 Zimbabwe 26,549 0.1
Brazil 475,559 1.1 Netherlands 87,485 0.2 Macedonia 25,601 0.1
Peru 467,758 1.0 Liberia 86,468 0.2 Antigua & Barbuda 25,254 0.1
Ecuador 440,541 1.0 Jordan 82,492 0.2 St Vincent & The Grenadines 23,543 0.1
Poland 399,908 0.9 Malaysia 80,651 0.2 Latvia 23,502 0.1
Venezuela 398,578 0.9 Saudi Arabia 80,327 0.2 Norway 23,493 0.1
Iran 382,698 0.9 Cameroon 78,750 0.2 Ivory Coast 22,900 0.1
Pakistan 381,192 0.9 Bolivia 77,866 0.2 Azerbaijan 22,087 <0.05
Nigeria 375,887 0.8 Bulgaria 77,569 0.2 Marshall Islands 21,853 <0.05
Russia 372,841 0.8 Morocco 75,801 0.2 West Indies, other 21,590 <0.05
Japan 359,831 0.8 Belarus 72,391 0.2 Algeria 21,058 <0.05
United Kingdom, other 340,272 0.8 Uzbekistan 70,763 0.2 United Arab Emirates 20,411 <0.05
Ukraine 327,409 0.7 Former USSR/Russia, other 69,501 0.2 Finland 19,717 <0.05
Italy 321,001 0.7 Hungary 68,344 0.2 Tanzania 19,401 <0.05
England 293,788 0.7 Bhutan 63,415 0.1 Georgian Rep. 19,133 <0.05
Ethiopia 282,267 0.6 Caribbean, other 63,178 0.1 Paraguay 18,632 <0.05
Guyana 277,521 0.6 Barbados 55,758 0.1 Czechoslovakia 18,462 <0.05
Bangladesh 272,677 0.6 Yemen Arab Republic North 54,116 0.1 Zambia 18,117 <0.05
Thailand 265,877 0.6 Sudan 53,225 0.1 Americas, other 17,628 <0.05
Nicaragua 262,304 0.6 Sri Lanka 52,550 0.1 Rwanda 17,456 <0.05
Iraq 236,900 0.5 Sierra Leone 52,376 0.1 Slovakia 17,343 <0.05
Trinidad & Tobago 219,620 0.5 Scotland 50,919 0.1 Tonga 16,878 <0.05
Egypt 210,740 0.5 Sweden 49,203 0.1 Libya 15,155 <0.05
Ghana 197,411 0.4 Belize 48,012 0.1 Gambia 13,013 <0.05
Argentina 194,654 0.4 Uruguay 47,724 0.1 South Sudan 12,363 <0.05
France 191,412 0.4 Fiji 46,677 0.1 Northern Ireland 12,151 <0.05
Laos 184,103 0.4 Zaire 46,571 0.1 Montenegro 11,877 <0.05
Romania 165,033 0.4 Moldova 45,673 0.1 Samoa 11,555 <0.05
Kenya 150,336 0.3 Grenada 45,236 0.1 Kirghizia 11,399 <0.05
Nepal 148,709 0.3 Eritrea 42,918 0.1 Kosovo 10,450 <0.05
Myanmar 143,033 0.3 Austria 39,863 0.1 Other ns nec 10,429 <0.05
Cambodia 139,712 0.3 Serbia 39,120 0.1 Bermuda 9,183 <0.05
Portugal 139,320 0.3 Croatia 37,156 0.1 Tunisia 8,829 <0.05
Africa, other 137,557 0.3 Belgium 36,801 0.1 South America, other 8,415 <0.05
Israel/Palestine 136,030 0.3 Cape Verde 36,246 0.1 Iceland 4,668 <0.05
Turkey 134,733 0.3 Kuwait 36,087 0.1
Ireland 128,966 0.3 Yugoslavia 35,683 0.1
Greece 126,798 0.3 Dominica 35,215 0.1
Total 44,760,622 100.0 %
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"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Country of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population (Countries are listed in descending order of the size of the foreign-born population in each year.)
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
Note: China includes Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
Mexico 8.3 % 6.9 % 13.3 % 20.0 % 51.5 % 100.0 %
East and Southeast Asia 17.3 10.9 10.7 10.9 50.1 100.0
Central Asia 29.5 16.0 15.6 12.9 26.0 100.0
South Asia 31.3 16.1 12.2 12.8 27.6 100.0
Oceania 24.8 11.5 13.4 13.9 36.5 100.0
Europe 13.6 7.4 8.6 13.1 57.4 100.0
Canada and Other North America 18.3 8.2 7.6 10.5 55.4 100.0
Caribbean 17.2 12.9 10.5 10.7 48.6 100.0
Central America 18.3 10.2 15.6 15.0 40.9 100.0
South America 21.4 8.9 11.1 19.0 39.7 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 24.3 15.5 10.3 11.5 38.5 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 26.9 18.7 16.3 14.9 23.2 100.0
All 17.0 % 10.5 % 11.8 % 14.7 % 46.0 % 100.0 %
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
7,604,617 4,682,422 5,303,157 6,589,503 20,592,223 44,760,622
547,733 379,302 330,441 303,174 471,820 2,032,470
432,957 276,164 183,893 205,151 686,733 1,784,898
706,779 292,896 366,750 626,399 1,311,556 3,304,380
657,604 367,185 559,321 537,020 1,469,200 3,590,330
768,542 576,927 470,081 479,039 2,169,302 4,463,891
151,646 67,457 62,946 87,060 457,984 827,093
657,376 358,714 414,540 634,284 2,783,356 4,848,270
61,091 28,265 32,969 34,158 89,888 246,371
1,148,791 589,390 446,589 470,990 1,013,222 3,668,982
38,881 21,083 20,612 17,039 34,239 131,854
1,500,243 946,080 926,337 941,610 4,334,258 8,648,528
928,523 775,875 1,485,420 2,238,925 5,753,368 11,182,111
Foreign born, by region of birth and years in the U.S.: 2018 Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population
0 to 5 years 6 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 20 years Over 20 years Total
Total
population
U.S.-born
population
Foreign-born
population
Hispanic 59,740,273 39,920,459 19,819,814 33.2 %
White alone, not Hispanic 197,034,851 189,122,505 7,912,346 4.0
Black alone, not Hispanic 40,373,281 36,400,987 3,972,294 9.8
Asian alone, not Hispanic 18,225,747 6,183,413 12,042,334 66.1
Other, not Hispanic 11,793,287 10,779,453 1,013,834 8.6
Total 327,167,439 282,406,817 44,760,622 13.7 %
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"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Population, by nativity, race and ethnicity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Percent
foreign born
Note: "Other, not Hispanic" includes persons reporting single races not listed separately and persons reporting more than one race.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
One race 315,942,708 96.6 % 272,236,992 96.4 % 43,705,716 97.6 %
White 236,102,692 72.2 215,726,882 76.4 20,375,810 45.5
Black or African American 41,683,829 12.7 37,413,425 13.2 4,270,404 9.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 2,826,336 0.9 2,627,659 0.9 198,677 0.4
Asian 18,449,856 5.6 6,352,701 2.2 12,097,155 27.0
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander 606,987 0.2 460,543 0.2 146,444 0.3
Some other race 16,273,008 5.0 9,655,782 3.4 6,617,226 14.8
Two or more races 11,224,731 3.4 10,169,825 3.6 1,054,906 2.4
Total 327,167,439 100.0 % 282,406,817 100.0 % 44,760,622 100.0 %
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TOTAL U.S. BORN FOREIGN BORN
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Racial self-identification, by nativity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 79.9 % 16.8 % 3.2 % 100.0 % 90.7 % 7.8 % 1.5 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 20.1 49.3 30.6 100.0 16.3 36.0 47.7 100.0
Mexico 4.1 61.3 34.6 100.0 4.5 28.2 67.2 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 31.5 38.5 30.0 100.0 12.6 36.9 50.4 100.0
Central Asia *** *** *** *** 7.6 40.6 51.7 100.0
South Asia 14.9 59.9 25.1 100.0 10.2 61.3 28.5 100.0
Oceania 56.1 23.9 19.9 100.0 50.5 31.6 17.9 100.0
Europe 33.1 49.0 17.9 100.0 34.4 40.2 25.4 100.0
Canada and Other North America 61.4 35.3 3.2 100.0 80.7 15.5 3.8 100.0
Caribbean 20.7 48.9 30.5 100.0 30.7 26.0 43.3 100.0
Central America 12.8 38.5 48.7 100.0 6.6 27.2 66.2 100.0
South America 9.1 54.2 36.7 100.0 15.6 39.5 44.9 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 10.2 58.9 30.9 100.0 14.4 49.1 36.6 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 37.5 43.6 18.8 100.0 23.7 49.3 27.0 100.0
All 77.4 % 18.2 % 4.4 % 100.0 % 78.3 % 12.5 % 9.2 % 100.0 %
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
488,489 1,810,226
41,568,934 9,775,871 2,358,656 53,703,461 ######### 31,779,552 23,332,886 253,894,500
75,297 87,506 37,764 200,567 428,829 892,908
1,395,572 3,110,619
13,085 75,659 39,690 128,434 235,587 805,395 599,746 1,640,728
15,158 90,360 61,224 166,742 484,966 1,230,081
1,819,189 4,203,569
31,985 96,468 122,117 250,570 219,561 900,052 2,188,005 3,307,618
49,245 116,561 72,622 238,428 1,289,561 1,094,819
1,180,177 4,637,809
20,824 11,967 1,099 33,890 635,714 122,047 30,119 787,880
62,363 92,148 33,613 188,124 1,594,949 1,862,683
967,613 3,390,351
8,200 3,498 2,913 14,611 115,738 72,414 40,928 229,080
34,056 136,649 57,318 228,023 344,227 2,078,511
4,147,221 8,221,243
*** *** *** *** 8,895 47,336 60,286 116,517
121,167 147,881 115,086 384,134 1,037,278 3,036,744
20,140,685 42,224,336
16,256 244,226 137,943 398,425 487,791 3,032,953 7,217,582 10,738,326
452,448 1,107,205 687,258 2,246,911 6,891,732 15,191,919
Total
41,116,486 8,668,666 1,671,398 51,456,550 ######### 16,587,633 3,192,201 211,670,164
Only English
spoken at
home
LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
ONLY ENGLISH AT HOME
Only English
spoken at
home
LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
ONLY ENGLISH AT HOME
English
spoken
very well
English
spoken less
than very well Total
English
spoken
very well
English
spoken less
than very well
Language spoken at home and English-speaking ability, by age, nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 5 and older
YOUNGER THAN 18 18 AND OLDER
Years in the U.S.
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
Over 20 years
Total
0 to 5 years 13.7 % 41.7 % 44.7 % 100.0 % 12.3 % 32.4 % 55.2 % 100.0 %
6 to 10 years 21.4 60.3 18.3 100.0 12.4 35.5 52.0 100.0
11 to 15 years 33.1 57.7 9.2 100.0 11.6 36.8 51.7 100.0
16 to 20 years 46.7 43.5 9.8 100.0 12.9 37.9 49.2 100.0
Over 20 years --- --- --- --- 20.5 36.3 43.2 100.0
All 20.1 % 49.3 % 30.6 % 100.0 % 16.3 % 36.0 % 47.7 % 100.0 %
20,140,685 42,224,336
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
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452,448 1,107,205 687,258 2,246,911 6,891,732 15,191,919
3,203,642 6,506,703
--- --- --- --- 4,219,366 7,482,387 8,890,470 20,592,223
33,389 31,106 7,005 71,500 838,119 2,464,942
4,122,092
133,633 233,283 37,201 404,117 567,519 1,801,148 2,530,373 4,899,040
1,979,107 3,371,446 6,104,278
119,925 338,063 102,342 560,330 513,003 1,464,335 2,144,754
English
spoken less
than very well Total
English
spoken
very well
English
spoken less
than very well Total
165,501 504,753 540,710 1,210,964 753,725
Language spoken at home and English-speaking ability among foreign born, by years in the U.S.
and age: 2018 Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population ages 5 and older
YOUNGER THAN 18 18 AND OLDER
Only English
spoken at
home
LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
ONLY ENGLISH AT HOME
Only English
spoken at
home
LANGUAGE OTHER THAN
ONLY ENGLISH AT HOME
English
spoken
very well
Total Male Female
All U.S. born 36 35 37
All foreign born 45 44 46
Mexico 43 43 44
East and Southeast Asia 48 47 48
Central Asia 37 34 40
South Asia 39 39 38
Oceania 42 41 44
Europe 53 51 54
Canada and Other North America 54 53 55
Caribbean 49 47 50
Central America 40 39 42
South America 45 44 46
Middle East-North Africa 43 43 44
Sub-Saharan Africa 38 39 38
All 38 36 39
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Median age in years, by sex, nativity and region of birth:
2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Gen Z Millennial Gen X Boomer
(ages 21 and younger) (ages 22-37) (ages 38-53) (ages 54-72)
All U.S. born 86,978,230 59,832,456 51,199,886 61,633,246 22,762,999 211,670,164 282,406,817
All foreign born 4,091,287 11,543,073 14,476,822 11,023,207 3,626,233 42,224,336 44,760,622
Mexico 801,667 3,131,569 4,344,088 2,377,735 527,052 10,738,326 11,182,111
East and Southeast Asia 756,335 1,894,455 2,656,158 2,522,374 819,206 8,221,243 8,648,528
Central Asia 23,729 43,039 36,102 20,686 8,298 116,517 131,854
South Asia 379,617 1,341,243 1,133,535 639,002 175,585 3,390,351 3,668,982
Oceania 29,237 67,681 76,634 56,276 16,543 229,080 246,371
Europe 329,335 901,496 1,263,705 1,453,138 900,596 4,637,809 4,848,270
Canada and Other North America 61,402 149,898 195,463 285,472 134,858 787,880 827,093
Caribbean 410,497 929,049 1,320,565 1,322,939 480,841 4,203,569 4,463,891
Central America 447,108 1,111,661 1,211,085 685,353 135,123 3,307,618 3,590,330
South America 311,207 827,591 1,099,471 834,351 231,760 3,110,619 3,304,380
Middle East-North Africa 205,745 493,507 497,817 444,366 143,463 1,640,728 1,784,898
Sub-Saharan Africa 333,661 642,532 634,825 371,426 50,026 1,810,226 2,032,470
Total 91,069,517 71,375,529 65,676,708 72,656,453 26,389,232 253,894,500
All U.S. born 30.8 % 21.2 % 18.1 % 21.8 % 8.1 % 75.0 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 9.1 25.8 32.3 24.6 8.1 94.3 100.0
Mexico 7.2 28.0 38.8 21.3 4.7 96.0 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 8.7 21.9 30.7 29.2 9.5 95.1 100.0
Central Asia 18.0 32.6 27.4 15.7 6.3 88.4 100.0
South Asia 10.3 36.6 30.9 17.4 4.8 92.4 100.0
Oceania 11.9 27.5 31.1 22.8 6.7 93.0 100.0
Europe 6.8 18.6 26.1 30.0 18.6 95.7 100.0
Canada and Other North America 7.4 18.1 23.6 34.5 16.3 95.3 100.0
Caribbean 9.2 20.8 29.6 29.6 10.8 94.2 100.0
Central America 12.5 31.0 33.7 19.1 3.8 92.1 100.0
South America 9.4 25.0 33.3 25.2 7.0 94.1 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 11.5 27.6 27.9 24.9 8.0 91.9 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 16.4 31.6 31.2 18.3 2.5 89.1 100.0
All 27.8 % 21.8 % 20.1 % 22.2 % 8.1 % 77.6 % 100.0 %
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Total
327,167,439
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: GenZ is defined as anyone born after 1996. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Generations and age, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Silent/Greatest Adult population
(ages 73 and older) (ages 18 and older)
Age (years) Male Female Male Female
Younger than 18 1,292,552 2.9 % 1,243,734 2.8 % 36,206,687 12.8 % 34,529,966 12.2 %
18 and older ######## 45.3 21,929,069 49.0 ######### 36.6 108,392,266 38.4
Younger than 5 146,340 0.3 143,035 0.3 9,849,806 3.5 9,430,297 3.3
5 to 9 334,180 0.7 305,773 0.7 9,774,299 3.5 9,438,409 3.3
10 to 14 440,637 1.0 428,511 1.0 10,587,622 3.7 9,940,315 3.5
15 to 19 737,922 1.6 706,233 1.6 10,184,335 3.6 9,695,357 3.4
20 to 24 1,138,414 2.5 1,101,009 2.5 10,015,449 3.5 9,523,118 3.4
25 to 29 1,611,810 3.6 1,572,836 3.5 10,217,122 3.6 9,858,804 3.5
30 to 34 2,135,821 4.8 2,052,479 4.6 8,977,604 3.2 8,850,541 3.1
35 to 39 2,287,570 5.1 2,349,873 5.2 8,527,578 3.0 8,487,318 3.0
40 to 44 2,317,860 5.2 2,388,490 5.3 7,637,344 2.7 7,691,257 2.7
45 to 49 2,231,010 5.0 2,366,248 5.3 8,008,345 2.8 8,139,227 2.9
50 to 54 2,001,249 4.5 2,107,555 4.7 8,248,656 2.9 8,490,048 3.0
55 to 59 1,706,694 3.8 1,865,411 4.2 8,768,096 3.1 9,226,408 3.3
60 to 64 1,436,260 3.2 1,633,787 3.7 8,476,892 3.0 9,168,636 3.2
65 to 69 1,089,517 2.4 1,294,019 2.9 6,970,346 2.5 7,745,641 2.7
70 to 74 796,533 1.8 1,026,998 2.3 5,422,490 1.9 6,242,176 2.2
75 to 79 534,591 1.2 747,149 1.7 3,650,991 1.3 4,424,393 1.6
80 to 84 353,638 0.8 533,531 1.2 2,223,026 0.8 3,034,225 1.1
85 to 89 185,078 0.4 324,736 0.7 1,276,108 0.5 2,020,275 0.7
90 and older 102,695 0.2 225,130 0.5 668,476 0.2 1,515,787 0.5
Total ######## 48.2 % 23,172,803 51.8 % ######### 49.4 % 142,922,232 50.6 %
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Percent of all
foreign born
Percent of all
foreign born
Percent of all
U.S. born
Percent of all
U.S. born
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Nativity, by sex and age: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
FOREIGN BORN U.S. BORN
Age (years)
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
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Age and gender distributions for nativity groups: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Foreign born Age (years) U.S. born
10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10
Younger than 5
5 to 9
10 to 14
15 to 19
20 to 24
25 to 29
30 to 34
35 to 39
40 to 44
45 to 49
50 to 54
55 to 59
60 to 64
65 to 69
70 to 74
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 to 89
90 and older
Percent
FemalesMales
10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10
Younger than 5
5 to 9
10 to 14
15 to 19
20 to 24
25 to 29
30 to 34
35 to 39
40 to 44
45 to 49
50 to 54
55 to 59
60 to 64
65 to 69
70 to 74
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 to 89
90 and older
Percent
FemalesMales
FOREIGN BORN U.S. BORN
Female Male Female Male
Younger than 5 0.3 0.3 Younger than 5 3.3 3.5
5 to 9 0.7 0.7 5 to 9 3.3 3.5
10 to 14 1.0 1.0 10 to 14 3.5 3.7
15 to 19 1.6 1.6 15 to 19 3.4 3.6
20 to 24 2.5 2.5 20 to 24 3.4 3.5
25 to 29 3.5 3.6 25 to 29 3.5 3.6
30 to 34 4.6 4.8 30 to 34 3.1 3.2
35 to 39 5.2 5.1 35 to 39 3.0 3.0
40 to 44 5.3 5.2 40 to 44 2.7 2.7
45 to 49 5.3 5.0 45 to 49 2.9 2.8
50 to 54 4.7 4.5 50 to 54 3.0 2.9
55 to 59 4.2 3.8 55 to 59 3.3 3.1
60 to 64 3.7 3.2 60 to 64 3.2 3.0
65 to 69 2.9 2.4 65 to 69 2.7 2.5
70 to 74 2.3 1.8 70 to 74 2.2 1.9
75 to 791.7 1.2
75 to 791.6 1.3
80 to 84 1.2 0.8 80 to 84 1.1 0.8
85 to 89 0.7 0.4 85 to 89 0.7 0.5
90 and older0.5 0.2
90 and older0.5 0.2
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 47.9 % 1.8 % 12.0 % 6.1 % 32.2 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 61.2 2.8 8.4 5.4 22.2 100.0
Mexico 61.4 4.1 7.1 4.2 23.1 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 64.9 1.4 7.0 6.0 20.7 100.0
Central Asia 64.0 2.1 8.4 5.0 20.7 100.0
South Asia 77.0 0.6 2.7 3.4 16.3 100.0
Oceania 63.5 1.6 7.2 5.9 21.9 100.0
Europe 63.3 1.4 10.2 9.9 15.3 100.0
Canada and Other North America 63.3 1.3 10.6 7.8 16.9 100.0
Caribbean 48.6 4.8 14.4 6.4 25.7 100.0
Central America 52.2 3.9 7.7 3.2 32.9 100.0
South America 58.6 3.3 12.1 4.3 21.8 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 65.1 1.6 7.7 5.3 20.3 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 54.0 3.9 9.9 3.9 28.3 100.0
All 50.1 % 2.0 % 11.4 % 6.0 % 30.5 % 100.0 %
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: : The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
127,207,927 5,033,442 28,918,592 15,241,135 77,493,404 253,894,500
977,433 70,746 178,765 70,240 513,042 1,810,226
1,067,518 26,088 126,872 87,321 332,929 1,640,728
1,821,296 102,374 375,298 132,634 679,017 3,110,619
1,727,867 128,419 256,243 106,717 1,088,372 3,307,618
2,044,997 203,771 607,391 267,323 1,080,087 4,203,569
498,407 10,572 83,664 61,829 133,408 787,880
2,935,643 64,352 472,621 457,154 708,039 4,637,809
145,407 3,611 16,476 13,459 50,127 229,080
2,609,708 18,924 93,216 115,827 552,676 3,390,351
74,520 2,390 9,737 5,805 24,065 116,517
5,331,485 116,767 574,128 494,578 1,704,285 8,221,243
6,598,447 438,326 767,676 452,136 2,481,741 10,738,326
25,850,267 1,187,649 3,564,465 2,267,881 9,354,074 42,224,336
Total
101,357,660 3,845,793 25,354,127 12,973,254 68,139,330 211,670,164
Marital status, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 18 and older
Now married Separated Divorced Widowed Never married
Women giving
birth in past year
All U.S. born 3,090,612 5.7 % ---
All foreign born 762,329 7.5 100.0 %
Mexico 194,974 7.3 25.6
East and Southeast Asia 118,907 6.2 15.6
Central Asia 3,998 11.3 0.5
South Asia 81,985 8.0 10.8
Oceania 3,496 6.0 0.5
Europe 56,399 6.7 7.4
Canada and Other North America 10,042 7.5 1.3
Caribbean 72,045 8.1 9.5
Central America 80,205 9.1 10.5
South America 45,633 5.8 6.0
Middle East-North Africa 33,640 9.1 4.4
Sub-Saharan Africa 60,593 10.8 7.9
Total 3,852,941 6.0 % ---
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
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Fertility in the past year, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population defined for women ages 15 to 44
% of women giving
birth in past year
Share of total births
among foreign-born
women in past year
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
All Unmarried
All U.S. born 3,090,612 1,195,328 38.7 %
All foreign born 762,329 179,551 23.6
Mexico 194,974 63,634 32.6
East and Southeast Asia 118,907 11,818 9.9
Central Asia *** *** ***
South Asia 81,985 2,184 2.7
Oceania *** *** ***
Europe 56,399 4,890 8.7
Canada and Other North America *** *** ***
Caribbean 72,045 28,610 39.7
Central America 80,205 36,212 45.1
South America 45,633 10,783 23.6
Middle East-North Africa 33,640 1,479 4.4
Sub-Saharan Africa 60,593 17,878 29.5
Total 3,852,941 1,374,879 35.7 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Fertility in the past year, by marital status, nativity and
region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population defined for women ages 15 to 44 giving birth in the
last 12 months
WOMEN GIVING BIRTH
IN PAST YEAR
Percent
unmarried
Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate.
Unmarried women includes those who were never married or are divorced, separated or widowed. See
"Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
All U.S. born 2.4 % 6.0 % 27.9 % 31.0 % 20.4 % 12.4 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 17.1 9.8 22.3 18.8 18.1 13.9 100.0
Mexico 35.4 18.1 26.1 13.2 5.2 1.9 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 10.0 6.2 17.6 19.8 27.8 18.6 100.0
Central Asia 2.9 2.1 16.3 22.1 31.7 24.9 100.0
South Asia 5.1 4.6 9.1 10.1 31.7 39.3 100.0
Oceania 5.9 6.8 24.5 25.7 23.3 13.7 100.0
Europe 6.2 4.9 21.7 22.7 21.9 22.5 100.0
Canada and Other North America 2.6 4.5 16.7 26.4 27.8 22.0 100.0
Caribbean 12.0 10.5 29.9 25.2 14.4 8.0 100.0
Central America 32.9 13.6 26.0 16.8 7.8 3.0 100.0
South America 8.0 6.0 26.7 25.2 21.1 13.1 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 7.6 4.6 18.8 19.0 27.5 22.5 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 7.7 4.7 20.5 26.8 23.5 16.9 100.0
All 5.0 % 6.7 % 26.9 % 28.8 % 20.0 % 12.7 % 100.0 %
223,246,378
Note: "High school graduate" includes persons who have attained a high school diploma or its equivalent, such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. See "Countries by
regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
11,098,644 14,934,345 60,037,974 64,346,346 44,568,654 28,260,415
1,521,834
125,101 76,093 330,351 432,143 378,827 272,735 1,615,250
115,167 70,133 285,768 289,606 418,472 342,688
3,007,549
230,349 173,220 773,149 729,619 610,168 377,705 2,894,210
990,157 409,274 780,777 503,784 234,528 89,029
745,140
469,118 413,320 1,173,233 987,259 562,591 314,062 3,919,583
19,168 33,442 124,331 196,924 207,485 163,790
209,306
271,588 217,141 957,705 1,003,116 967,403 994,478 4,411,431
12,426 14,294 51,353 53,714 48,792 28,727
101,852
162,268 146,226 287,480 320,697 1,003,877 1,245,365 3,165,913
2,938 2,164 16,565 22,521 32,253 25,411
10,042,269
761,904 471,609 1,341,724 1,507,372 2,117,941 1,414,465 7,615,015
3,557,555 1,818,941 2,619,905 1,327,496 524,225 194,147
183,967,810
6,718,366 3,847,488 8,751,588 7,386,926 7,110,408 5,463,792 39,278,568
4,380,278 11,086,857 51,286,386 56,959,420 37,458,246 22,796,623
Educational attainment, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 25 and older
Less than
9th grade
9th to 12th
grade
High school
graduate
Two-year degree/
Some college
Bachelor's
degree
Advanced
degree Total
U.S. born 3,840,561 48.4 %
In household with foreign-born head 742,254 46.9
In household with U.S.-born head 3,097,012 48.8
Foreign born 79,741 46.9
Total 3,920,302 48.4 %
U.S. born 49,828,091 96.8 %
In household with foreign-born head 9,860,389 97.6
In household with U.S.-born head 39,804,011 96.7
Foreign born 2,137,820 95.1
Total 51,965,911 96.8 %
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
School enrollment and enrollment rate, by
nativity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 3 through 4
Universe: 2018 resident population ages 5 through 17
Note: School enrollment consists of both private and public schools.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1%
All U.S. born 587,488 3.7 %
All foreign born 75,235 6.2
Mexico 26,761 9.6
East and Southeast Asia 3,533 1.5
Central Asia *** ***
South Asia 2,590 3.2
Oceania *** ***
Europe 2,150 2.3
Canada and Other North America 547 2.9
Caribbean 7,512 5.6
Central America 24,440 18.2
South America 3,326 3.8
Middle East-North Africa 1,402 3.1
Sub-Saharan Africa 2,499 2.8
Total 662,723 3.9 %
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High school dropouts and dropout rate, by
nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 through 19
Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable
estimate. Dropouts are people not enrolled in school and who have not attained a high
school diploma or an equivalent credential, such as a General Educational Development
(GED) certificate. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional
grouping of countriesSource: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1%
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
All U.S. born 11,682,646 42.2 % All U.S. born 7,204,033 3.9 %
All foreign born 1,339,919 45.5 All foreign born 1,730,741 4.4
Mexico 183,810 26.4 Mexico 209,634 2.1
East and Southeast Asia 409,655 67.6 East and Southeast Asia 407,299 5.3
Central Asia 6,582 44.9 Central Asia 6,018 5.9
South Asia 138,318 61.6 South Asia 167,468 5.3
Oceania 9,766 49.4 Oceania 8,358 4.0
Europe 119,999 53.0 Europe 151,064 3.4
Canada and Other North America 27,383 64.1 Canada and Other North America 27,142 3.6
Caribbean 103,288 36.4 Caribbean 185,647 4.7
Central America *** *** Central America 84,037 2.8
South America 101,943 47.1 South America 161,581 5.6
Middle East-North Africa 76,004 63.9 Middle East-North Africa 121,530 7.9
Sub-Saharan Africa 107,937 55.4 Sub-Saharan Africa 199,896 12.4
Total 13,022,565 42.5 % Total 8,934,774 4.0 %
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
College enrollment and enrollment rate, by nativity and region of birth: 2018 Universe: 2018 resident population
AGES 18 TO 24 AGES 25 AND OLDER
Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. "Enrolled in college" includes persons who are currently
attending undergraduate, graduate or professional school. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Occupation group In labor force Employed Unemployed
All U.S. born 136,647,145 129,708,253 6,938,892 5.1 % 37.5 %
All foreign born 28,404,215 27,243,610 1,160,605 4.1 33.4
Mexico 7,458,973 7,148,963 310,010 4.2 31.2
East and Southeast Asia 5,204,569 5,024,519 180,050 3.5 37.3
Central Asia 81,088 77,936 3,152 3.9 31.4
South Asia 2,386,581 2,301,933 84,648 3.5 30.2
Oceania 161,666 153,264 8,402 5.2 30.0
Europe 2,728,886 2,638,356 90,530 3.3 41.6
Canada and Other North America 453,734 437,454 16,280 3.6 42.8
Caribbean 2,804,850 2,647,979 156,871 5.6 34.2
Central America 2,442,534 2,346,256 96,278 3.9 27.4
South America 2,223,110 2,139,904 83,206 3.7 29.2
Middle East-North Africa 1,027,739 974,795 52,944 5.2 38.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,412,300 1,334,568 77,732 5.5 23.4
Total 165,051,360 156,951,863 8,099,497 4.9 % 36.8 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
Employment status, by nativity and region of birth: 2018 Universe: 2018 civilian resident population ages 16 and older
Unemployment
rate
Not in
labor force
Occupation group
Management and business
Science and engineering
Legal, community and social services
Education, arts and media
Health care
Food preparation and serving
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
Other services
Sales
Office and administrative support
Farming, fishing and forestry
Construction and extraction
Installation, repair and production
Transportation and material moving
Military
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years
Total
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Management and business 13.0 % 10.4 % 12.6 %
Science and engineering 5.4 8.0 5.8
Legal, community and social services 3.0 1.6 2.7
Education, arts and media 8.8 6.2 8.4
Health care 9.1 9.9 9.2
Food preparation and serving 6.2 7.4 6.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 2.7 6.5 3.3
Other services 5.4 4.5 5.3
Sales 11.3 8.5 10.8
Office and administrative support 12.7 8.3 12.0
Farming, fishing and forestry 0.6 1.9 0.8
Construction and extraction 4.7 8.2 5.3
Installation, repair and production 7.7 8.8 7.8
Transportation and material moving 8.1 8.9 8.2
Military 0.4 0.1 0.3
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 0.9 0.9 0.9
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
153,962,161 30,188,557 184,150,718
Note: Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
556,905 35,144 592,049
1,317,281 259,110 1,576,391
11,784,060 2,653,215 14,437,275
12,504,870 2,673,269 15,178,139
916,886 569,463 1,486,349
7,269,547 2,476,034 9,745,581
17,391,363 2,580,721 19,972,084
19,613,568 2,494,354 22,107,922
4,183,259 1,957,968 6,141,227
8,377,235 1,372,578 9,749,813
13,995,427 2,977,959 16,973,386
9,570,999 2,226,248 11,797,247
4,578,675 482,113 5,060,788
13,573,179 1,886,459 15,459,638
20,010,377 3,138,055 23,148,432
8,318,530 2,405,867 10,724,397
Occupation, by nativity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
U.S. born Foreign born Total population
Occupation group
Central
Asia
South
Asia Oceania Europe
Management and business
Science and engineering
Legal, community and social services
Education, arts and media
Health care
Food preparation and serving
Building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance
Other services
Sales
Office and administrative support
Farming, fishing and forestry
Construction and extraction
Installation, repair and production
Transportation and material moving
Military
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years
Total
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Management and business 4.8 % 13.3 % 11.5 16.4 16.6 16.9 20.3 % 7.6 % 5.3 % 11.6 % 13.8 % 9.5 %
Science and engineering 1.5 12.1 6.8 29.7 8.7 10.5 11.3 2.8 1.6 5.0 10.3 6.2
Legal, community and social services 0.8 1.7 1.8 1.2 2.4 2.3 3.5 2.2 0.9 2.0 1.8 3.0
Education, arts and media 2.8 7.7 7.4 6.9 9.9 10.8 13.1 5.3 3.0 8.0 10.9 5.5
Health care 4.1 13.8 18.7 10.4 9.5 9.9 11.7 15.7 4.4 7.7 10.2 22.5
Food preparation and serving 10.8 7.7 4.8 3.3 5.9 4.2 2.8 6.0 10.2 6.6 5.4 4.4
Building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance10.4 2.5 3.0 1.1 3.0 3.5 1.3 7.5 13.7 9.3 2.0 4.6
Other services 2.9 6.7 6.3 2.5 5.1 4.6 3.5 6.3 3.6 5.4 4.0 5.2
Sales 6.5 9.1 8.7 10.9 9.3 9.1 10.3 8.6 6.4 9.5 15.6 7.8
Office and administrative support 6.4 9.6 7.7 6.3 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.0 6.5 10.3 7.9 8.1
Farming, fishing and forestry 6.2 0.3 <0.05 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.2 <0.05 0.1
Construction and extraction 17.4 1.5 4.5 0.7 2.9 4.9 2.9 5.6 19.1 8.1 2.2 1.5
Installation, repair and production 13.2 8.0 5.8 3.7 7.2 6.3 4.0 8.0 11.1 7.2 6.0 7.2
Transportation and material moving 11.2 5.1 12.2 5.9 7.3 6.0 4.2 12.8 11.2 8.2 8.4 13.0
Military 0.1 0.2 0.1 <0.05 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 <0.05 0.1
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years0.9 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.1
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries. Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing
organization.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
518,531 2,978,473 2,478,715 2,371,218 1,127,004 1,489,5497,589,608 5,796,209 91,504 2,511,693 173,988 3,041,861
1,594 38,632 21,807 15,344 14,942 16,58468,478 39,188 509 24,066 1,696 15,986
322 3,388 3,605 2,521 570 1,9936,356 10,277 83 1,178 416 4,055
21,666 380,618 278,768 195,344 94,700 193,221851,937 297,208 11,118 149,425 12,690 183,436
20,568 238,654 275,088 170,932 68,020 107,9101,001,810 465,487 5,342 92,958 12,533 191,971
14,822 165,738 472,636 192,749 24,539 22,5371,316,937 87,448 4,097 18,523 4,977 150,276
2,097 9,904 48,009 5,649 1,283 2,160473,083 15,351 0 3,970 1,325 6,559
53,519 296,439 160,879 243,198 89,201 121,349482,108 559,092 7,078 157,368 17,864 302,874
53,662 255,489 157,791 226,007 175,309 116,271494,685 525,913 7,961 273,505 16,158 276,968
17,993 187,967 90,115 128,878 45,021 77,875216,708 388,236 5,757 62,512 8,889 141,259
6,934 223,699 340,261 220,492 22,133 68,446787,212 146,691 2,776 27,050 5,240 105,995
14,727 178,265 253,526 156,627 60,899 66,173821,912 447,055 4,373 82,534 10,321 128,770
60,699 466,385 109,156 182,905 115,503 335,065312,621 797,190 17,153 260,796 16,466 302,199
67,957 157,404 75,202 190,601 122,535 81,342215,812 448,148 6,787 172,756 17,184 329,190
18,262 65,335 22,168 47,565 20,330 44,28260,568 97,458 1,656 29,391 4,219 70,541
58,508 83,025 38,518 118,525 116,494 92,680
131,186 273,881 155,525 141,661
111,490 701,074 6,254 744,866 15,152 319,008
Middle East-
North
America
Sub-
Saharan
Africa
367,891 770,393 10,560 410,795 28,858 512,774 105,201 227,531
Occupation, by region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
Mexico
East and
Southeast
Asia
Canada and
Other North
America Caribbean
Central
America
South
America
Occupation group
Management
Business operations
Financial
Computer and mathematical
Architecture and engineering
Life, physical and social sciences
Community and social services
Legal
Education, training and library
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media
Health care practitioners and technical
Health care support
Protective service
Food preparation and serving
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
Personal care and service
Sales
Office and administrative support
Farming, fishing and forestry
Construction trades
Extraction workers
Installation, maintenance and repair workers
Production
Transportation and material moving
Military
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years
Total
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Management 7.7 % 6.1 % 7.4 %
Business operations 3.1 2.2 3.0
Financial 2.2 2.0 2.1
Computer and mathematical 2.8 4.5 3.1
Architecture and engineering 1.8 2.2 1.8
Life, physical and social sciences 0.9 1.2 0.9
Community and social services 1.8 1.1 1.7
Legal 1.1 0.5 1.0
Education, training and library 6.6 4.5 6.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 2.3 1.8 2.2
Health care practitioners and technical 5.9 5.4 5.8
Health care support 3.2 4.4 3.4
Protective service 2.4 1.1 2.2
Food preparation and serving 6.2 7.4 6.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 2.7 6.5 3.3
Personal care and service 3.0 3.4 3.1
Sales 11.3 8.5 10.8
Office and administrative support 12.7 8.3 12.0
Farming, fishing and forestry 0.6 1.9 0.8
Construction trades 4.6 8.2 5.2
Extraction workers 0.1 0.0 0.1
Installation, maintenance and repair workers 2.9 2.4 2.9
Production 4.7 6.3 5.0
Transportation and material moving 8.1 8.9 8.2
Military 0.4 0.1 0.3
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 0.9 0.9 0.9
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
153,962,161 30,188,557 184,150,718
Note: Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
556,905 35,144 592,049
1,317,281 259,110 1,576,391
7,252,626 1,916,640 9,169,266
12,504,870 2,673,269 15,178,139
149,619 11,788 161,407
4,531,434 736,575 5,268,009
916,886 569,463 1,486,349
7,119,928 2,464,246 9,584,174
17,391,363 2,580,721 19,972,084
19,613,568 2,494,354 22,107,922
4,183,259 1,957,968 6,141,227
4,605,851 1,037,853 5,643,704
3,771,384 334,725 4,106,109
9,570,999 2,226,248 11,797,247
9,075,102 1,637,690 10,712,792
4,920,325 1,340,269 6,260,594
10,092,630 1,349,928 11,442,558
3,480,549 536,531 4,017,080
2,840,427 329,091 3,169,518
1,738,248 153,022 1,891,270
2,737,435 657,728 3,395,163
1,313,066 375,318 1,688,384
3,317,863 614,414 3,932,277
4,268,029 1,372,821 5,640,850
11,861,608 1,849,162 13,710,770
4,830,906 674,479 5,505,385
Detailed occupation, by nativity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
U.S. born Foreign born Total population
Occupation group
Management
Business operations
Financial
Computer and mathematical
Architecture and engineering
Life, physical and social sciences
Community and social services
Legal
Education, training and library
Arts, design, entertainment,
sports and media
Health care practitioners and technical
Health care support
Protective service
Food preparation and serving
Building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance
Personal care and service
Sales
Office and administrative support
Farming, fishing and forestry
Construction trades
Extraction workers
Installation, maintenance
and repair workers
Production
Transportation and material moving
Military
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years
Total
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Management 3.4 % 6.9 % 5.9 9.0 10.6 10.3 12.1 % 4.6 % 3.6 % 7.0 % 8.7 % 5.0 %
Business operations 0.9 2.7 2.6 4.6 3.3 3.7 5.0 1.5 0.9 2.6 2.8 2.1
Financial 0.6 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2 1.6 0.7 2.0 2.3 2.4
Computer and mathematical 0.6 6.1 4.5 21.7 4.8 5.3 5.2 1.7 0.7 2.4 4.6 3.6
Architecture and engineering 0.6 3.6 1.6 5.4 1.8 3.2 3.5 0.8 0.6 1.8 3.9 1.6
Life, physical and social sciences 0.2 2.5 0.8 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.6 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.9 1.0
Community and social services 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.7 1.9 1.3 1.8 1.7 0.7 1.4 1.0 2.4
Legal 0.2 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5
Education, training and library 2.0 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.6 7.2 8.3 4.1 2.2 5.3 8.5 4.3
Arts, design, entertainment,
sports and media 0.8 2.3 2.0 1.2 4.3 3.6 4.8 1.2 0.9 2.7 2.4 1.2
Health care practitioners and technical 1.2 8.9 7.7 8.3 3.7 6.2 9.9 6.2 1.5 4.0 7.6 10.9
Health care support 2.9 4.8 11.0 2.1 5.8 3.7 1.8 9.5 2.9 3.7 2.6 11.6
Protective service 0.7 0.7 1.5 0.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 2.5 0.8 1.4 1.4 2.3
Food preparation and serving 10.8 7.7 4.8 3.3 5.9 4.2 2.8 6.0 10.2 6.6 5.4 4.4
Building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance10.4 2.5 3.0 1.1 3.0 3.5 1.3 7.5 13.7 9.3 2.0 4.6
Personal care and service 2.1 6.0 4.8 1.7 2.8 3.5 2.6 3.8 2.8 4.1 2.6 2.9
Sales 6.5 9.1 8.7 10.9 9.3 9.1 10.3 8.6 6.4 9.5 15.6 7.8
Office and administrative support 6.4 9.6 7.7 6.3 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.0 6.5 10.3 7.9 8.1
Farming, fishing and forestry 6.2 0.3 <0.05 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.1
Construction trades 17.3 1.5 4.5 0.7 2.6 4.9 2.8 5.6 19.0 8.1 2.1 1.5
Extraction workers 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.2 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Installation, maintenance
and repair workers 3.3 1.6 2.8 0.7 1.8 2.3 1.7 3.2 3.4 2.7 2.4 1.4
Production 9.9 6.4 3.1 3.0 5.4 4.0 2.3 4.8 7.7 4.5 3.7 5.8
Transportation and material moving 11.2 5.1 12.2 5.9 7.3 6.0 4.2 12.8 11.2 8.2 8.4 13.0
Military 0.1 0.2 0.1 <0.05 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years0.9 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.1
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
1,489,549
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries. Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing organization.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
3,041,861 518,531 2,978,473 2,478,715 2,371,218 1,127,004
38,632 21,807 15,344 14,942 16,584
7,589,608 5,796,209 91,504 2,511,693 173,988
2,521 570 1,993
68,478 39,188 509 24,066 1,696 15,986 1,594
193,221
6,356 10,277 83 1,178 416 4,055 322 3,388 3,605
183,436 21,666 380,618 278,768 195,344 94,700
142,586 191,183 107,880 41,520 86,440
851,937 297,208 11,118 149,425 12,690
63,052 26,500 21,470
751,777 371,612 2,797 75,474 9,369 122,786 11,799
151
250,033 93,875 2,545 17,484 3,164 69,185 8,769 96,068 83,905
289 45 382 1,060 303 328
165,356 471,576 192,446 24,211 22,386
7,181 1,293 0 348 408
5,649 1,283 2,160
1,309,756 86,155 4,097 18,175 4,569 149,987 14,777
121,349
473,083 15,351 0 3,970 1,325 6,559 2,097 9,904 48,009
302,874 53,519 296,439 160,879 243,198 89,201
255,489 157,791 226,007 175,309 116,271
482,108 559,092 7,078 157,368 17,864
96,293 29,251 43,279
494,685 525,913 7,961 273,505 16,158 276,968 53,662
68,446
161,626 349,417 4,411 43,653 4,808 107,483 13,713 113,774 69,727
105,995 6,934 223,699 340,261 220,492 22,133
178,265 253,526 156,627 60,899 66,173
787,212 146,691 2,776 27,050 5,240
32,585 15,770 34,596
821,912 447,055 4,373 82,534 10,321 128,770 14,727
172,850
55,082 38,819 1,346 18,859 4,081 33,776 4,280 74,193 20,388
112,138 9,257 282,931 70,873 88,809 29,703
183,454 38,283 94,096 85,800 162,215
220,458 280,093 10,065 52,673 10,033
64,175 27,204 17,406
92,163 517,097 7,088 208,123 6,433 190,061 51,442
63,936
63,024 132,830 1,806 29,733 7,519 110,714 25,057 35,136 21,274
218,476 42,900 122,268 53,928 126,426 95,331
15,871 5,102 14,601 9,543 7,825
152,788 315,318 4,981 143,023 9,665
32,964 10,787 36,457
11,684 32,948 1,304 12,072 829 32,187 8,980
14,887
48,884 64,510 352 17,319 3,390 38,354 9,282 49,464 17,066
62,048 13,403 9,565 5,243 20,362 21,301
24,142 15,139 42,252 43,393 24,270
17,863 142,433 741 63,759 3,611
55,911 51,800 53,523
46,939 207,284 1,420 135,124 3,201 96,358 18,206
35,682
46,688 351,357 4,093 545,983 8,340 160,602 26,899 49,318 18,136
85,847 16,393 46,451 17,934 48,104 26,013
45,198 23,174 60,604 31,070 31,911
44,082 216,337 2,750 70,016 4,660
165,173 98,442 74,068
65,996 154,787 2,392 114,361 5,758 112,357 25,852
Sub-Saharan
Africa
257,813 399,269 5,418 226,418 18,440 314,570 62,956 135,882 90,078
Europe
Canada and Other
North America Caribbean
Central
America
South
America
Middle East -
North Africa
Detailed occupation, by region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
Mexico
East and
Southeast
Central
Asia Souh Asia Oceania
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining
Utilities 1,363,221
Construction 9,754,663
Manufacturing - durable and nondurable goods 15,238,799
Wholesale and retail trade, transportation, warehousing 29,881,840
Information and communications 3,125,370
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 10,090,688
Business services 18,116,233
Educational, health and social services 37,187,152
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations,
food services16,604,460
Other services (except public administration) 7,621,579
Public administration 7,981,663
Active-duty military 1,074,975
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years
Total
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining 1.7 % 2.5 % 1.8 %
Utilities 0.8 0.4 0.8
Construction 6.0 8.9 6.5
Manufacturing - durable and nondurable goods 9.4 10.8 9.6
Wholesale and retail trade, transportation, warehousing 18.4 17.1 18.2
Information and communications 1.9 1.6 1.9
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 6.2 5.3 6.1
Business services 11.2 13.3 11.5
Educational, health and social services 22.9 19.6 22.4
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations,
food services10.2 11.1 10.4
Other services (except public administration) 4.7 6.2 4.9
Public administration 4.9 2.3 4.5
Active-duty military 0.7 0.2 0.6
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 0.8 0.8 0.8
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing organization.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
69,166 1,144,141
1,317,281 259,110 1,576,391
162,148,738 31,965,475 194,114,213
3,543,002 20,147,462
1,981,014 9,602,593
749,469 8,731,132
1,682,906 11,773,594
4,244,258 22,360,491
6,277,124 43,464,276
3,437,569 18,676,368
5,456,619 35,338,459
497,569 3,622,939
2,790,814 783,744 3,574,558
124,972 1,488,193
2,858,953 12,613,616
Industry, by nativity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
U.S. born Foreign born Total population
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and mining
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing - durable
and nondurable goods
Wholesale and retail trade,
transportation, warehousing
Information and communications
Finance, insurance, real estate,
and rental and leasing
Business services
Educational, health and social
services
Arts, entertainment, recreation,
accommodations, food services
Other services
(except public administration)
Public administration
Active-duty military
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years
Total
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and mining7.2 % 0.6 % 2.0 % 0.5 % 1.6 % 0.9 % 1.3 % 0.4 % 2.1 % 0.7 % 0.6 % 0.5 %
Utilities 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3
Construction 17.2 2.3 6.7 1.3 3.6 6.6 4.4 6.2 19.5 9.5 3.8 1.9
Manufacturing - durable
and nondurable goods 13.0 12.8 4.9 10.5 9.6 10.1 10.3 6.9 9.9 7.9 8.1 8.9
Wholesale and retail trade,
transportation, warehousing14.6 15.8 22.2 18.7 17.5 15.9 13.3 21.6 15.8 18.0 24.6 21.5
Information and communications 0.6 1.9 2.0 3.0 3.1 2.5 3.2 1.3 0.7 1.8 2.1 1.2
Finance, insurance, real estate,
and rental and leasing2.6 6.4 5.3 8.7 6.5 7.6 8.0 5.5 3.0 6.4 6.3 4.2
Business services 11.7 11.4 11.6 24.2 16.1 15.3 17.0 9.9 13.4 14.1 12.8 10.1
Educational, health and social
services10.4 24.4 29.7 20.6 20.4 23.5 27.3 27.4 10.8 20.0 23.1 33.5
Arts, entertainment, recreation,
accommodations, food services13.8 12.2 8.6 6.5 10.2 8.2 7.3 9.9 13.6 10.3 9.6 8.1
Other services
(except public administration)6.2 7.8 4.7 2.5 6.1 5.5 3.7 5.6 8.5 7.8 4.6 4.6
Public administration 1.4 3.1 1.3 1.9 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.2 1.4 2.3 2.7 3.8
Active-duty military 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.3 1.1
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries. Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing organization.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
549,013 3,108,885 2,668,877 2,491,402 1,177,501 1,552,2438,206,482 6,043,432 94,264 2,646,926 186,060 3,218,542
1,594 38,632 21,807 15,344 14,942 16,58468,478 39,188 509 24,066 1,696 15,986
1,365 8,742 5,357 5,971 1,091 5,55710,430 20,692 116 1,728 579 6,745
16,136 100,211 36,849 58,260 31,510 59,299111,385 184,466 1,244 50,596 5,892 92,258
20,493 173,352 225,557 194,753 53,764 71,251510,118 470,447 4,466 66,492 11,261 178,189
39,878 307,307 364,263 256,479 113,520 126,2551,132,151 738,889 8,123 172,789 18,977 262,494
150,155 852,449 287,436 497,456 271,941 519,341851,226 1,476,763 28,024 545,175 37,953 755,248
93,181 308,077 358,378 350,765 150,665 156,013961,225 690,585 10,938 641,563 29,901 490,942
44,161 171,644 80,769 159,200 73,965 65,891209,457 386,795 4,956 229,867 12,044 243,180
17,445 39,864 19,789 44,839 24,354 19,37652,019 111,815 1,854 79,046 5,764 81,168
73,291 672,919 421,057 448,652 289,612 333,8941,196,775 952,540 20,925 496,173 32,491 512,752
56,453 215,338 263,704 196,794 95,485 138,4351,069,206 774,143 4,634 278,524 17,898 324,383
23,945 193,396 519,564 237,145 44,530 29,0211,415,060 135,993 6,311 33,664 6,774 212,568
3,583 13,001 7,419 8,793 5,559 4,01226,781 25,342 288 13,731 1,800 14,663
7,333 13,953 56,928 16,951 6,563 7,314
Central
America
South
America
Middle East-
North Africa
Sub-Saharan
Africa
592,171 35,774 1,876 13,512 3,030 27,966
Industry, by region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
Mexico
East and
Southeast
Central
Asia Souh Asia Oceania Europe
Canada and Other
North America Caribbean
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Mining
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing - nondurable goods
Manufacturing - durable goods
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Information and communications
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific, management, administrative,
waste management services
Educational, health and social services
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations,
and food services
Other services (except public administration)
Public administration
Active-duty military
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years
Total
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1.2 % 2.1 % 1.4 %
Mining 0.5 0.3 0.5
Utilities 0.8 0.4 0.8
Construction 6.0 8.9 6.5
Manufacturing - nondurable goods 3.6 4.6 3.7
Manufacturing - durable goods 5.8 6.2 5.9
Wholesale trade 2.3 2.5 2.4
Retail trade 11.7 9.3 11.3
Transportation and warehousing 4.4 5.2 4.5
Information and communications 1.9 1.6 1.9
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 6.2 5.3 6.1
Professional, scientific, management, administrative,
waste management services11.2 13.3 11.5
Educational, health and social services 22.9 19.6 22.4
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations,
and food services10.2 11.1 10.4
Other services (except public administration) 4.7 6.2 4.9
Public administration 4.9 2.3 4.5
Active-duty military 0.7 0.2 0.6
Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 0.8 0.8 0.8
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
162,148,738 31,965,475 194,114,213
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing
1,074,975 69,166 1,144,141
1,317,281 259,110 1,576,391
7,621,579 1,981,014 9,602,593
7,981,663 749,469 8,731,132
37,187,152 6,277,124 43,464,276
16,604,460 3,543,002 20,147,462
10,090,688 1,682,906 11,773,594
18,116,233 4,244,258 22,360,491
7,140,938 1,670,650 8,811,588
3,125,370 497,569 3,622,939
3,758,721 806,169 4,564,890
18,982,181 2,979,800 21,961,981
5,810,242 1,457,254 7,267,496
9,428,557 1,980,315 11,408,872
1,363,221 124,972 1,488,193
9,754,663 2,858,953 12,613,616
1,958,378 681,489 2,639,867
832,436 102,255 934,691
Detailed industry, by nativity: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
U.S. born Foreign born Total population
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting
Mining
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing - nondurable goods
Manufacturing - durable goods
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation and warehousing
Information and communications
Finance, insurance, real estate,
and rental and leasing
Professional, scientific,
management, administrative,
waste management services
Educational, health and social services
Arts, entertainment, recreation,
accommodations, and food services
Other services
(except public administration)
Public administration
Active-duty military
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years
Total
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting6.7 % 0.4 % 1.1 % 0.2 % 0.6 % 0.5 % 0.8 % 0.4 % 2.0 % 0.4 % 0.2 % 0.2 %
Mining 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
Utilities 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3
Construction 17.2 2.3 6.7 1.3 3.6 6.6 4.4 6.2 19.5 9.5 3.8 1.9
Manufacturing - nondurable goods 6.5 4.3 1.5 3.7 4.5 3.3 3.6 3.5 5.1 3.5 3.0 4.4
Manufacturing - durable goods 6.6 8.5 3.5 6.9 5.1 6.8 6.7 3.4 4.8 4.4 5.1 4.6
Wholesale trade 2.8 2.7 1.2 1.9 2.9 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.9 1.7
Retail trade 7.8 9.3 10.8 12.2 10.3 8.6 8.3 10.3 8.0 9.4 15.4 10.0
Transportation and warehousing 4.0 3.8 10.2 4.7 4.3 5.2 2.7 8.9 5.2 5.8 6.3 9.7
Information and communications 0.6 1.9 2.0 3.0 3.1 2.5 3.2 1.3 0.7 1.8 2.1 1.2
Finance, insurance, real estate,
and rental and leasing2.6 6.4 5.3 8.7 6.5 7.6 8.0 5.5 3.0 6.4 6.3 4.2
Professional, scientific,
management, administrative,
waste management services
11.7 11.4 11.6 24.2 16.1 15.3 17.0 9.9 13.4 14.1 12.8 10.1
Educational, health and social services 10.4 24.4 29.7 20.6 20.4 23.5 27.3 27.4 10.8 20.0 23.1 33.5
Arts, entertainment, recreation,
accommodations, and food services13.8 12.2 8.6 6.5 10.2 8.2 7.3 9.9 13.6 10.3 9.6 8.1
Other services
(except public administration)6.2 7.8 4.7 2.5 6.1 5.5 3.7 5.6 8.5 7.8 4.6 4.6
Public administration 1.4 3.1 1.3 1.9 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.2 1.4 2.3 2.7 3.8
Active-duty military 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
Unemployed, no work experience
in past five years0.8 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.3 1.1
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
2,491,402 1,177,501 1,552,243
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries. Occupations are the kind of work that people do on the job. Industry is the kind of business conducted by an employing organization.
16,584
8,206,482 6,043,432 94,264 2,646,926 186,060 3,218,542 549,013 3,108,885 2,668,877
15,986 1,594 38,632 21,807 15,344 14,942
8,742 5,357 5,971 1,091 5,557
68,478 39,188 509 24,066 1,696
58,260 31,510 59,299
10,430 20,692 116 1,728 579 6,745 1,365
71,251
111,385 184,466 1,244 50,596 5,892 92,258 16,136 100,211 36,849
178,189 20,493 173,352 225,557 194,753 53,764
307,307 364,263 256,479 113,520 126,255
510,118 470,447 4,466 66,492 11,261
497,456 271,941 519,341
1,132,151 738,889 8,123 172,789 18,977 262,494 39,878
156,013
851,226 1,476,763 28,024 545,175 37,953 755,248 150,155 852,449 287,436
490,942 93,181 308,077 358,378 350,765 150,665
171,644 80,769 159,200 73,965 65,891
961,225 690,585 10,938 641,563 29,901
44,839 24,354 19,376
209,457 386,795 4,956 229,867 12,044 243,180 44,161
151,162
52,019 111,815 1,854 79,046 5,764 81,168 17,445 39,864 19,789
167,370 15,023 278,070 139,058 144,862 74,000
321,373 214,233 234,245 181,425 155,746
328,382 228,492 9,607 123,262 8,032
69,545 34,187 26,986
636,505 561,089 10,162 322,696 19,105 276,150 45,498
70,647
231,888 162,959 1,156 50,215 5,354 69,232 12,770 73,476 67,766
219,599 36,523 105,111 127,395 109,891 60,560
110,227 136,309 86,903 34,925 67,788
539,123 516,023 3,261 181,869 9,527
237,145 44,530 29,021
530,083 258,120 1,373 96,655 8,371 104,784 19,930
4,012
1,415,060 135,993 6,311 33,664 6,774 212,568 23,945 193,396 519,564
14,663 3,583 13,001 7,419 8,793 5,559
2,575 3,612 7,954 3,815 3,545
26,781 25,342 288 13,731 1,800
8,997 2,748 3,769
42,426 12,643 818 7,703 1,829 12,088 3,096
Sub-Saharan
Africa
549,745 23,131 1,058 5,809 1,201 15,878 4,237 11,378 53,316
Europe
Canada and Other
North America Caribbean
Central
America
South
America
Middle East-
North America
Detailed industry, by region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
Mexico
East and
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Central
Asia South Asia Oceania
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 29.2 % 35.0 % 35.8 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 27.4 40.2 32.4 100.0
Mexico 31.8 51.5 16.8 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 25.1 33.7 41.2 100.0
Central Asia 29.3 36.9 33.8 100.0
South Asia 19.7 22.8 57.5 100.0
Oceania 22.7 34.3 43.0 100.0
Europe 21.1 29.3 49.6 100.0
Canada and Other North America 20.8 23.0 56.2 100.0
Caribbean 29.9 45.1 25.0 100.0
Central America 32.8 49.9 17.3 100.0
South America 27.5 41.9 30.6 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 28.0 29.3 42.7 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 27.3 40.9 31.8 100.0
All 28.9 % 35.8 % 35.2 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
49,991,539 61,964,868 60,911,822 172,868,229
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ from those that might be provided by the U.S. Census
Bureau. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
294,578 308,617 449,354 1,052,549
391,383 585,851 456,181 1,433,415
812,139 1,234,246 427,488 2,473,873
626,413 952,630 696,613 2,275,656
100,295 110,973 271,360 482,628
845,368 1,273,293 706,222 2,824,883
37,679 56,921 71,400 166,000
597,747 831,276 1,407,313 2,836,336
24,939 31,371 28,797 85,107
477,675 554,311 1,396,316 2,428,302
2,409,313 3,905,743 1,272,522 7,587,578
1,347,235 1,812,623 2,211,419 5,371,277
42,022,665 50,297,979 51,510,676 143,831,320
7,968,874 11,666,889 9,401,146 29,036,909
Persons, by personal earnings, nativity and region of birth: 2018 Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older with positive earnings
Less than
$20,000
$20,000 to
$49,999
$50,000
or more Total
All U.S. born $ #####
All foreign born #####
Mexico #####
East and Southeast Asia #####
Central Asia #####
South Asia #####
Oceania #####
Europe #####
Canada and Other North America #####
Caribbean #####
Central America #####
South America #####
Middle East-North Africa #####
Sub-Saharan Africa #####
All $ #####
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Median personal earnings, by nativity and region
of birth: 2018 Universe: 2018 resident population ages 16 and older with positive earnings
Note: Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ
from those that might be provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. See "Countries by regional
classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1%
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total 115,114,146
All U.S. born 8.3 % 42.0 % 49.7 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 11.7 46.4 41.9 100.0
Mexico 16.8 61.6 21.6 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 8.6 37.6 53.7 100.0
Central Asia 8.0 45.4 46.7 100.0
South Asia 5.5 22.4 72.1 100.0
Oceania 7.4 37.0 55.7 100.0
Europe 5.1 30.7 64.3 100.0
Canada and Other North America 4.6 21.7 73.7 100.0
Caribbean 14.1 53.7 32.3 100.0
Central America 17.5 59.9 22.6 100.0
South America 11.0 48.0 40.9 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 8.9 32.2 58.9 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.5 46.8 42.7 100.0
All 8.9 % 42.8 % 48.3 % 100.0 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
10,243,837 49,232,335 55,637,974
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ from those that might be provided by the U.S. Census
Bureau. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
60,990 219,579 402,171 682,740
102,039 454,425 414,921 971,385
310,297 1,059,731 400,099 1,770,127
172,696 750,825 640,335 1,563,856
15,141 70,912 240,867 326,920
284,162 1,084,258 652,055 2,020,475
8,741 43,931 66,132 118,804
100,543 608,065 1,273,525 1,982,133
4,516 25,751 26,480 56,747
98,350 400,806 1,288,662 1,787,818
919,505 3,372,438 1,183,441 5,475,384
319,639 1,394,680 1,991,761 3,706,080
7,845,991 39,738,851 47,051,911 94,636,753
2,397,846 9,493,484 8,586,063 20,477,393
Full-time, year-round workers, by personal earnings, nativity and region of
birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population defined for persons ages 16 and older who worked at least 35 hours per week and at least
48 weeks in the past year
Less than $20,000
$20,000 to
$49,999
$50,000
or more Total
All U.S. born $ #####
All foreign born #####
Mexico #####
East and Southeast Asia #####
Central Asia #####
South Asia #####
Oceania #####
Europe #####
Canada and Other North America #####
Caribbean #####
Central America #####
South America #####
Middle East-North Africa #####
Sub-Saharan Africa #####
All $ #####
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Median personal earnings for full-time, year-round
workers, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population defined for persons ages 16 and older who
worked at least 35 hours per week and at least 48 weeks in the past year
Note: Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ from
those that might be provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. See "Countries by regional
classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico 1,260,632 1,064,728 745,267 361,893 4,550,352
East and Southeast Asia 522,321 559,489 694,044 930,333 3,351,495
Central Asia 7,659 9,633 9,685 10,376 50,818
South Asia 153,246 200,924 333,207 628,139 1,468,268
Oceania 17,258 16,351 20,960 28,837 95,889
Europe 403,162 394,804 441,374 636,009 2,339,384
Canada and Other North America 58,409 70,938 72,963 135,332 410,383
Caribbean 430,911 386,883 319,706 253,729 1,918,085
Central America 364,005 302,928 233,591 142,635 1,357,006
South America 267,990 282,476 269,308 251,520 1,331,544
Middle East-North Africa 136,843 126,084 129,897 194,614 784,829
Sub-Saharan Africa 182,741 181,513 166,382 140,541 854,638
Total
All U.S. born 20.1 % 19.7 % 20.1 % 20.5 % 19.6 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 21.4 20.6 19.4 18.6 20.1 100.0
Mexico 24.6 27.7 23.4 16.4 8.0 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 19.3 15.6 16.7 20.7 27.8 100.0
Central Asia 26.5 15.1 19.0 19.1 20.4 100.0
South Asia 10.4 10.4 13.7 22.7 42.8 100.0
Oceania 13.0 18.0 17.1 21.9 30.1 100.0
Europe 19.8 17.2 16.9 18.9 27.2 100.0
Canada and Other North America 17.7 14.2 17.3 17.8 33.0 100.0
Caribbean 27.5 22.5 20.2 16.7 13.2 100.0
Central America 23.1 26.8 22.3 17.2 10.5 100.0
South America 19.5 20.1 21.2 20.2 18.9 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 25.2 17.4 16.1 16.6 24.8 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 21.5 21.4 21.2 19.5 16.4 100.0
All 20.3 % 19.8 % 20.0 % 20.2 % 19.7 % 100.0 %
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: Quintiles are based upon 2018 total household income distribution. Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ from those that might be provided by the
U.S. Census Bureau. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories
and other group quarters. Households are classified by the nativity and region of birth of the household head.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
24,707,228 24,058,295 24,266,353 24,541,291 23,947,018 121,520,185
72,741
526,856
313,847
260,250
197,391
183,461
1,117,832
645,308
13,465
152,752
12,483
464,035
3,963,050 3,809,344 3,599,831 3,438,157 3,715,803 18,526,185
20,744,178 20,248,951 20,666,522 21,103,134 20,231,215 102,994,000
(Up to $25,000) ($25,001-$48,000) ($48,001-$77,000) ($77,001-$125,000) ($125,001+) Total
Households, by Income, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2018Universe: 2018 households
1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile
All U.S. born $ 61,460
All foreign born 59,000
Mexico 46,000
East and Southeast Asia 74,500
Central Asia 61,200
South Asia ######
Oceania 80,000
Europe 70,000
Canada and Other North America 79,170
Caribbean 48,400
Central America 48,200
South America 60,000
Middle East-North Africa 60,600
Sub-Saharan Africa 57,000
All $ 61,000
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Median household income, by nativity and region of
birth: 2018
Note: Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ from those that
might be provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our
regional grouping of countries. The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college
dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by the nativity and region of birth of the
household head.Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 18.1 % 11.9 % 8.4 % 12.9 %
All foreign born 24.8 13.8 15.4 14.6
Mexico 33.4 17.7 19.9 18.6
East and Southeast Asia 16.8 11.6 13.9 12.3
Central Asia *** 10.8 *** 13.8
South Asia 16.0 9.1 8.6 9.6
Oceania 28.4 13.2 12.2 14.2
Europe 15.0 8.0 11.3 9.3
Canada and Other North America 4.6 8.4 11.8 9.3
Caribbean 25.8 13.7 21.2 15.9
Central America 32.1 17.2 17.2 18.3
South America 19.4 10.5 14.9 11.7
Middle East-North Africa 41.2 18.5 18.2 20.3
Sub-Saharan Africa 31.1 15.7 16.8 17.4
All 18.3 % 12.2 % 9.4 % 13.1 %
Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. *Poverty status is determined for
individuals in housing units and noninstitutional group quarters. The poverty universe excludes children under age 15 who are not related to
the householder, people living in institutional group quarters and people living in college dormitories or military barracks. Due to the way in
which the IPUMS assigns poverty values, these data will differ from those that might be provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. See "Countries by
regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
13,295,006 23,900,741 4,794,872 41,990,619
POVERTY RATE (%)
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
58,923 247,945 51,528 358,396
68,103 257,369 23,773 349,245
88,773 506,528 54,875 650,176
37,312 275,913 69,967 383,192
1,785 44,578 28,924 75,287
66,607 446,816 189,645 703,068
4,775 25,281 4,015 34,071
31,323 246,935 166,543 444,801
*** 10,814 *** 18,101
44,334 270,309 34,042 348,685
146,563 1,680,959 229,067 2,056,589
71,104 742,095 234,901 1,048,100
12,673,836 19,142,453 3,701,173 35,517,462
621,170 4,758,288 1,093,699 6,473,157
Poverty, by age, nativity and region of birth: 2018Based on 2018 poverty universe*
PERSONS IN POVERTY
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
Universe: 2018 resident
population
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Citizen
Non-citizen
Total
All U.S. born 4.5 % 10.7 % 0.4 % 7.5 %
All foreign born 18.5 22.9 3.8 19.6
Citizen 5.9 10.7 1.0 8.2
Non-citizen 23.1 33.9 12.4 31.3
All 4.9 % 12.8 % 0.8 % 9.1 %
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
3,621,489 25,835,885 430,927 29,888,301
UNINSURED RATE (%)
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
39,696 1,767,397 52,040 1,859,133
430,330 6,253,632 218,639 6,902,601
3,151,463 17,814,856 160,248 21,126,567
470,026 8,021,029 270,679 8,761,734
Persons without health insurance, by age, nativity and citizenship: 2018
PERSONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Citizen
Non-citizen
Total
All U.S. born 55.9 % 23.9 % 12.8 % 7.5 %
All foreign born 50.2 23.2 7.0 19.6
Citizen 54.8 25.9 11.1 8.2
Non-citizen 45.5 20.4 2.9 31.3
All 55.1 % 23.8 % 12.0 % 9.1 %
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
180,365,690 77,739,026 39,174,422 29,888,301
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: Private health insurance includes employer-provided insurance, union-provided insurance, plans purchased by individuals from private
insurance companies and TRICARE or other military health care. Public health insurance includes the federal insurance programs Medicare,
Medicaid and Department of Veterans Affairs insurance. For more details, see https://usa.ipums.org/usa-
action/variables/HCOVPUB#description_section.
12,427,076 5,878,685 2,514,631 1,859,133
10,048,058 4,500,164 630,274 6,902,601
157,890,556 67,360,177 36,029,517 21,126,567
22,475,134 10,378,849 3,144,905 8,761,734
Type of health insurance, by nativity and citizenship: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Private Public
Both private
and public No coverage
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
All U.S. born 68,000,212 34,993,788 66.0 %
All foreign born 9,794,620 8,731,565 52.9
Mexico 2,243,024 2,307,328 49.3
East and Southeast Asia 2,081,163 1,270,332 62.1
Central Asia 20,415 30,403 40.2
South Asia 795,279 672,989 54.2
Oceania 51,073 44,816 53.3
Europe 1,556,742 782,642 66.5
Canada and Other North America 291,443 118,940 71.0
Caribbean 872,737 1,045,348 45.5
Central America 510,417 846,589 37.6
South America 657,642 673,902 49.4
Middle East-North Africa 399,941 384,888 51.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 310,229 544,409 36.3
Total 77,794,832 43,725,353 64.0 %
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Housing tenure, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 households
Percent
owner-occupied
Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group
quarters. Households are classified by the nativity and region of birth of the household head. Owner-occupied
includes housing units that may have not yet been fully purchased and may be under a mortgage. See
"Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
Household heads
Number of
homeowners
0 to 5 years 1,953,374 350,430 17.9 %
6 to 10 years 1,525,590 509,155 33.4
11 to 15 years 1,959,649 787,560 40.2
16 to 20 years 2,739,477 1,335,477 48.7
Over 20 years 10,348,095 6,811,998 65.8
Total 18,526,185 9,794,620 52.9 %
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Homeownership among foreign-born heads of
households, by years in U.S.: 2018
Universe: 2018 foreign-born heads of households
Percent
owning home
Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and
other group quarters.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 59.2 % 14.6 % 4.2 % 22.1 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 64.9 11.5 5.9 17.7 100.0
Mexico 64.3 12.3 7.4 16.0 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 68.9 9.7 5.1 16.3 100.0
Central Asia 69.8 10.7 3.6 15.9 100.0
South Asia 80.4 3.7 4.3 11.7 100.0
Oceania 68.6 7.9 3.1 20.4 100.0
Europe 67.1 7.3 3.0 22.6 100.0
Canada and Other North America 66.6 4.9 2.5 26.1 100.0
Caribbean 51.9 21.0 7.0 20.1 100.0
Central America 55.7 15.0 8.5 20.8 100.0
South America 64.2 12.8 5.6 17.5 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 69.0 8.4 5.8 16.7 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 58.3 15.8 6.5 19.4 100.0
All 59.9 % 14.1 % 4.5 % 21.5 % 100.0 %
Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. See "Countries by regional classification"
for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
191,265,549 45,102,724 14,251,040 68,456,517 319,075,830
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
1,219,997 148,510 102,994 295,956 1,767,407
1,162,909 314,175 130,272 387,082 1,994,338
1,969,960 532,061 299,470 737,693 3,539,184
2,099,704 418,611 182,197 572,260 3,272,772
539,575 39,449 19,892 210,983 809,899
2,277,582 922,910 308,426 881,018 4,389,936
163,677 18,862 7,298 48,729 238,566
3,200,467 348,564 144,132 1,077,062 4,770,225
91,309 14,042 4,659 20,847 130,857
2,924,121 132,870 154,715 424,794 3,636,500
7,102,790 1,357,563 814,370 1,766,120 11,040,843
5,844,453 821,434 432,438 1,385,360 8,483,685
162,650,755 40,030,471 11,648,146 60,642,505 274,971,877
28,614,794 5,072,253 2,602,894 7,814,012 44,103,953
Persons, by household type, nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 household population
FAMILY HOUSEHOLD
Non-family
household TotalMarried couple
Female
householder
Male
householder
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 46.6 % 10.6 % 3.5 % 39.3 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 55.7 12.6 4.7 27.1 100.0
Mexico 57.9 14.6 6.0 21.5 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 58.9 10.0 3.9 27.1 100.0
Central Asia 59.6 9.8 2.4 28.3 100.0
South Asia 75.7 3.8 3.0 17.5 100.0
Oceania 58.6 7.3 2.9 31.2 100.0
Europe 53.0 7.8 2.6 36.6 100.0
Canada and Other North America 52.1 5.7 2.2 40.0 100.0
Caribbean 41.8 22.0 5.4 30.9 100.0
Central America 49.9 16.9 6.7 26.5 100.0
South America 53.3 14.2 4.5 28.1 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 58.5 8.4 4.9 28.2 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 46.9 17.0 5.6 30.5 100.0
All 48.0 % 10.9 % 3.7 % 37.4 % 100.0 %
Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by the nativity
and region of birth of the household head. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
58,332,563 13,266,477 4,462,613 45,458,532 121,520,185
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
459,380 65,872 38,423 221,154 784,829
401,245 145,565 47,578 260,250 854,638
677,340 229,232 91,252 359,182 1,357,006
709,706 188,874 59,361 373,603 1,331,544
213,913 23,440 8,911 164,119 410,383
801,066 421,248 103,976 591,795 1,918,085
56,180 7,003 2,802 29,904 95,889
1,241,036 181,925 60,814 855,609 2,339,384
30,267 4,960 1,207 14,384 50,818
1,111,109 55,778 43,985 257,396 1,468,268
2,632,717 664,201 274,729 978,705 4,550,352
1,974,166 336,281 131,865 909,183 3,351,495
48,017,778 10,940,001 3,597,040 40,439,181 102,994,000
10,314,785 2,326,476 865,573 5,019,351 18,526,185
Households, by type, nativity and region of birth: 2018 Universe: 2018 households
FAMILY HOUSEHOLD
Non-family
household Total
Married
couple
Female
householder
Male
householder
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 50.6 % 38.1 % 11.3 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 31.3 46.5 22.2 100.0
Mexico 20.2 44.6 35.3 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 35.8 47.3 16.9 100.0
Central Asia 29.1 46.0 24.9 100.0
South Asia 27.0 57.0 16.0 100.0
Oceania 35.7 40.1 24.2 100.0
Europe 50.7 40.2 9.2 100.0
Canada and Other North America 58.9 32.2 8.8 100.0
Caribbean 36.1 47.4 16.5 100.0
Central America 22.9 48.5 28.6 100.0
South America 33.5 50.5 15.9 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 32.6 45.5 21.9 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 28.0 44.4 27.6 100.0
All 47.2 % 39.6 % 13.2 % 100.0 %
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
"Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2018"
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
35,868,005 30,129,065 10,064,583 76,061,653
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by the
nativity and region of birth of the household head. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
183,784 256,480 123,411 563,675
166,685 263,709 163,994 594,388
228,856 483,986 284,982 997,824
321,244 483,961 152,736 957,941
145,093 79,391 21,780 246,264
478,277 629,256 218,757 1,326,290
23,576 26,444 15,965 65,985
751,624 596,017 136,134 1,483,775
10,603 16,742 9,089 36,434
326,733 689,836 194,303 1,210,872
721,283 1,591,273 1,259,091 3,571,647
873,503 1,155,925 412,884 2,442,312
31,633,627 23,852,552 7,068,640 62,554,819
4,234,378 6,276,513 2,995,943 13,506,834
Households, by family size, nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 family households
Two-person families
Three- or four-
person families
Five-person
families or more Total
All U.S. born
All foreign born
Mexico
East and Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
Oceania
Europe
Canada and Other North America
Caribbean
Central America
South America
Middle East-North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Total
All U.S. born 87.5 % 8.3 % 4.2 % 100.0 %
All foreign born 84.0 4.4 11.5 100.0
Mexico 79.1 6.6 14.3 100.0
East and Southeast Asia 84.1 4.5 11.4 100.0
Central Asia *** *** *** ***
South Asia 92.0 1.8 6.1 100.0
Oceania 76.7 10.0 13.3 100.0
Europe 91.4 1.5 7.0 100.0
Canada and Other North America 94.3 2.0 3.6 100.0
Caribbean 77.3 8.5 14.2 100.0
Central America 72.5 6.0 21.5 100.0
South America 86.1 3.9 10.1 100.0
Middle East-North Africa 92.9 0.8 6.3 100.0
Sub-Saharan Africa 89.8 2.2 7.9 100.0
All 87.3 % 8.2 % 4.4 % 100.0 %
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
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64,003,819 6,016,326 3,252,794 73,272,939
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. See "Countries by regional classification" for
details on our regional grouping of countries.
133,958 1,124 9,088 144,170
199,651 4,988 17,605 222,244
204,887 17,075 60,750 282,712
166,799 7,488 19,474 193,761
36,991 794 1,428 39,213
201,284 22,150 36,888 260,322
13,259 1,735 2,297 17,291
192,378 3,248 14,835 210,461
*** *** *** ***
256,475 5,040 17,116 278,631
351,170 29,263 63,352 443,785
359,332 19,091 48,862 427,285
61,872,698 5,903,957 2,959,998 70,736,653
2,131,121 112,369 292,796 2,536,286
Living arrangements of children, by nativity and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population ages 17 and younger
Parent
householder
Grandparent
householder Other Total
Foreign-born
population
Total
population
Northeast 9,452,628 56,111,079 16.8 %
Midwest 5,047,500 68,308,749 7.4
South 15,070,445 124,753,948 12.1
West 15,190,049 77,993,663 19.5
Total 44,760,622 327,167,439 13.7 %
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Foreign-born population, by region: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Percent
foreign born
Note: For details on the states included in each region, see https://usa.ipums.org/usa-
action/variables/REGION#description_section.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
Foreign-born
population
U.S.-born
population
Total
population
California 10,609,674 28,947,371 39,557,045 26.8 %
Texas 4,934,187 23,767,658 28,701,845 17.2
Florida 4,472,190 16,827,135 21,299,325 21.0
New York 4,456,968 15,085,241 19,542,209 22.8
New Jersey 2,039,032 6,869,488 8,908,520 22.9
Illinois 1,806,150 10,934,930 12,741,080 14.2
Massachussetts 1,195,593 5,706,604 6,902,197 17.3
Washington 1,109,546 6,426,045 7,535,591 14.7
Virginia 1,066,050 7,451,635 8,517,685 12.5
Georgia 1,064,448 9,455,027 10,519,475 10.1
Arizona 961,236 6,210,410 7,171,646 13.4
Pennsylvania 931,955 11,875,105 12,807,060 7.3
Maryland 908,735 5,133,983 6,042,718 15.0
North Carolina 818,383 9,565,237 10,383,620 7.9
Michigan 699,218 9,296,697 9,995,915 7.0
Nevada 591,532 2,442,860 3,034,392 19.5
Colorado 557,944 5,137,620 5,695,564 9.8
Ohio 552,923 11,136,519 11,689,442 4.7
Connecticut 522,022 3,050,643 3,572,665 14.6
Minnesota 481,444 5,129,735 5,611,179 8.6
Oregon 427,540 3,763,173 4,190,713 10.2
Indiana 358,801 6,333,077 6,691,878 5.4
Tennessee 355,451 6,414,559 6,770,010 5.3
Wisconsin 293,897 5,519,671 5,813,568 5.1
Utah 265,666 2,895,439 3,161,105 8.4
Hawaii 264,546 1,155,945 1,420,491 18.6
Missouri 262,488 5,863,964 6,126,452 4.3
South Carolina 255,855 4,828,272 5,084,127 5.0
Oklahoma 234,602 3,708,477 3,943,079 5.9
Kansas 207,646 2,703,864 2,911,510 7.1
New Mexico 197,508 1,897,920 2,095,428 9.4
Louisiana 191,369 4,468,609 4,659,978 4.1
Iowa 181,110 2,975,035 3,156,145 5.7
Kentucky 169,564 4,298,838 4,468,402 3.8
Alabama 163,318 4,724,553 4,887,871 3.3
Arkansas 147,109 2,866,716 3,013,825 4.9
Rhode Island 144,940 912,375 1,057,315 13.7
Nebraska 138,175 1,791,093 1,929,268 7.2
Idaho 106,007 1,648,201 1,754,208 6.0
District of Columbia 99,022 603,433 702,455 14.1
Delaware 90,373 876,798 967,171 9.3
New Hampshire 82,552 1,273,858 1,356,410 6.1
Mississippi 73,333 2,913,197 2,986,530 2.5
Alaska 57,127 680,311 737,438 7.7
Maine 49,487 1,288,917 1,338,404 3.7
North Dakota 36,103 723,974 760,077 4.7
Vermont 30,079 596,220 626,299 4.8
South Dakota 29,545 852,690 882,235 3.3
West Virginia 26,456 1,779,376 1,805,832 1.5
Montana 23,718 1,038,587 1,062,305 2.2
Wyoming 18,005 559,732 577,737 3.1
Total 44,760,622 282,406,817 327,167,439 13.7 %
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Nativity, by state: 2018Universe: 2018 resident population
Percent
foreign born
Note: States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign-born residents in
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
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Foreign
born Mexico
East and
Southeast
Asia Central Asia South Asia Oceania Europe
Canada and Other
North America Caribbean
Central
America
South
America
Middle East-
North Africa
Sub-Saharan
Africa
California 10,609,674 4,032,642 3,041,608 20,162 685,080 81,509 750,853 130,706 72,331 898,430 276,460 474,724 139,669
Texas 4,934,187 2,516,437 611,081 5,341 392,556 11,528 203,699 53,080 111,394 475,591 174,277 139,653 235,927
Florida 4,472,190 254,426 276,951 6,261 121,787 8,431 423,017 118,605 1,805,330 422,020 891,368 94,174 49,109
N. York 4,456,968 222,031 759,985 43,991 368,029 16,027 712,267 58,904 1,067,671 267,790 582,319 172,222 185,602
N. Jersey 2,039,032 107,599 296,471 3,986 310,193 2,179 283,642 16,962 366,491 150,076 336,559 87,771 77,103
Illinois 1,806,150 642,065 297,303 3,737 216,207 2,581 366,709 19,222 29,459 53,914 58,010 61,197 55,565
Massachussetts 1,195,593 16,119 219,756 3,046 96,913 4,175 234,633 31,767 203,758 92,857 147,985 56,662 87,708
Washington 1,109,546 256,836 347,596 7,436 101,619 14,739 158,768 43,535 9,806 36,379 24,751 33,677 69,271
Virginia 1,066,050 50,763 239,116 2,731 156,476 3,105 102,609 14,311 35,473 207,214 94,604 70,425 89,118
Georgia 1,064,448 237,281 173,462 1,597 130,316 5,837 83,284 17,692 100,473 94,455 81,144 30,427 108,335
Arizona 961,236 529,069 115,085 1,659 51,315 4,335 84,187 43,108 17,801 29,278 20,226 31,127 33,504
Pennsylvania 931,955 52,545 190,363 4,149 132,920 3,741 169,487 15,722 153,885 38,895 57,196 42,801 70,080
Maryland 908,735 34,035 166,566 1,798 90,083 1,711 78,210 8,418 83,626 162,501 74,915 31,838 174,796
N. Carolina 818,383 229,977 117,461 1,461 96,136 4,686 85,807 18,749 44,572 88,921 57,102 26,471 46,452
Michigan 699,218 89,142 133,584 2,228 103,809 2,367 123,378 35,443 19,781 12,767 15,084 133,175 28,415
Nevada 591,532 230,941 153,417 239 13,876 2,594 50,013 10,921 25,808 44,881 25,017 11,719 21,625
Colorado 557,944 221,927 88,943 4,245 34,487 2,869 73,001 15,408 6,682 33,540 22,277 20,893 33,443
Ohio 552,923 44,382 111,604 4,603 89,514 3,982 102,685 14,751 18,281 23,978 15,661 43,881 79,394
Connecticut 522,022 20,831 54,960 1,061 60,225 1,211 110,599 13,991 90,141 40,609 88,967 15,511 23,705
Minnesota 481,444 58,148 123,900 1,884 37,058 1,960 46,634 10,996 5,844 20,168 23,884 19,304 131,638
Oregon 427,540 152,733 103,886 3,994 24,006 6,680 58,291 14,492 4,482 15,981 14,060 11,978 15,993
Indiana 358,801 108,445 80,253 *** 38,453 1,599 42,443 8,706 10,219 20,053 13,362 11,021 23,978
Tennessee 355,451 84,132 60,870 *** 27,736 2,034 41,788 7,501 12,833 42,529 16,045 34,431 25,034
Wisconsin 293,897 82,867 72,126 *** 31,558 *** 49,210 5,262 6,099 11,494 14,362 7,358 12,010
Utah 265,666 94,126 37,795 *** 14,596 7,976 23,711 7,483 5,730 15,939 40,262 5,992 9,389
Hawaii 264,546 6,501 200,466 *** 1,554 24,747 10,081 3,974 3,582 2,311 4,040 1,132 ***
Missouri 262,488 38,406 64,648 *** 26,633 4,344 48,209 3,235 9,115 10,941 11,829 12,770 31,206
S. Carolina 255,855 62,118 43,335 *** 18,643 *** 48,815 9,490 13,757 25,043 21,026 5,276 7,014
Oklahoma 234,602 104,808 37,637 *** 17,066 1,177 17,635 6,378 3,199 16,756 8,282 10,804 10,860
Kansas 207,646 84,806 39,589 *** 23,782 2,790 11,977 2,050 2,396 17,614 6,135 6,016 9,677
N. Mexico 197,508 141,805 15,366 *** 5,607 *** 10,871 2,442 3,612 6,106 4,371 3,397 2,956
Louisiana 191,369 30,501 45,288 *** 10,194 *** 14,248 2,035 13,356 46,559 11,287 11,182 6,214
Iowa 181,110 47,025 43,441 *** 19,760 2,201 18,128 2,741 5,266 9,236 2,104 12,743 18,382
Kentucky 169,564 27,559 36,924 1,693 14,817 1,143 22,046 2,853 14,559 18,095 6,792 7,567 15,319
Alabama 163,318 44,820 33,928 *** 14,798 *** 22,911 2,452 6,647 17,034 8,056 4,337 7,176
Arkansas 147,109 58,937 22,923 *** 8,892 4,137 8,408 2,533 1,469 26,382 4,665 2,981 5,782
R. Island 144,940 3,394 17,726 *** 7,829 *** 28,289 2,999 32,689 18,726 10,093 4,646 18,255
Nebraska 138,175 47,082 26,100 *** 9,457 *** 11,123 2,497 4,481 15,895 6,089 4,318 9,756
Idaho 106,007 54,726 15,311 *** 2,948 *** 9,661 5,772 *** 4,978 5,762 5,001 ***
District of Columbia 99,022 3,190 11,488 *** 3,756 *** 19,716 2,488 9,798 18,946 8,010 4,235 16,473
Delaware 90,373 13,884 16,278 *** 13,238 *** 9,013 1,545 9,545 12,853 4,316 1,985 7,562
N. Hampshire 82,552 1,459 14,862 *** 15,071 *** 21,148 7,822 6,594 3,209 4,496 3,047 4,542
Mississippi 73,333 16,893 11,865 *** 7,433 *** 9,912 1,432 4,372 10,848 4,072 3,368 2,558
Alaska 57,127 5,893 29,797 *** 1,306 1,054 7,914 4,256 1,219 *** 2,172 *** 1,679
Maine 49,487 *** 11,676 *** 3,856 *** 11,211 8,904 *** *** 1,222 2,415 7,408
N. Dakota 36,103 1,466 6,166 *** 7,442 *** 1,938 2,117 2,388 *** *** 2,374 10,975
Vermont 30,079 *** 5,383 *** 3,697 *** 7,123 5,936 3,237 *** *** *** 1,516
S. Dakota 29,545 1,961 6,873 *** 3,186 *** 3,314 *** 1,186 3,670 *** 3,444 5,414
W. Virginia 26,456 2,845 8,360 *** 2,698 *** 4,201 *** 1,441 1,198 *** 3,002 1,022
Montana 23,718 3,603 5,340 *** *** *** 6,836 3,635 *** 1,031 1,303 *** ***
Wyoming 18,005 7,206 3,616 *** *** *** 4,617 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Total 44,760,622 ######## 8,648,528 131,854 3,668,982 246,371 4,848,270 827,093 4,463,891 3,590,330 3,304,380 1,784,898 2,032,470
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Foreign born, by state and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population
Note: States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign-born residents in 2017. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
Central
Asia South Asia Oceania Europe
California 23.7 % 36.1 % 35.2 % 15.3 % 18.7 % 33.1 % 15.5 % 15.8 % 1.6 % 25.0 % 8.4 % 25.7 % 7.0 %
Texas 11.0 22.5 7.1 4.1 10.7 4.7 4.2 6.4 2.5 13.2 5.3 8.4 11.3
Florida 10.0 2.3 3.2 4.7 3.3 3.4 8.7 14.3 40.4 11.8 27.0 5.1 2.5
New York 10.0 2.0 8.8 33.4 10.0 6.5 14.7 7.1 23.9 7.5 17.6 9.5 9.3
New Jersey 4.6 1.0 3.4 3.0 8.5 0.9 5.9 2.1 8.2 4.2 10.2 4.8 3.9
Illinois 4.0 5.7 3.4 2.8 5.9 1.0 7.6 2.3 0.7 1.5 1.8 3.4 2.7
Massachussetts 2.7 0.1 2.5 2.3 2.6 1.7 4.8 3.8 4.6 2.6 4.5 3.1 4.4
Washington 2.5 2.3 4.0 5.6 2.8 6.0 3.3 5.3 0.2 1.0 0.7 1.8 3.5
Virginia 2.4 0.5 2.8 2.1 4.3 1.3 2.1 1.7 0.8 5.8 2.9 4.0 4.4
Georgia 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.2 3.6 2.4 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.5 1.9 5.3
Arizona 2.1 4.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.7 5.2 0.4 0.8 0.6 1.7 1.7
Pennsylvania 2.1 0.5 2.2 3.1 3.6 1.5 3.5 1.9 3.4 1.1 1.7 2.3 3.5
Maryland 2.0 0.3 1.9 1.4 2.5 0.7 1.6 1.0 1.9 4.5 2.3 2.8 7.9
North Carolina 1.8 2.1 1.4 1.1 2.6 1.9 1.8 2.3 1.0 2.5 1.7 1.5 2.3
Michigan 1.6 0.8 1.5 1.7 2.8 1.0 2.5 4.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 7.2 1.4
Nevada 1.3 2.1 1.8 0.2 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.6 1.1
Colorado 1.2 2.0 1.0 3.2 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.9 0.1 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.6
Ohio 1.2 0.4 1.3 3.5 2.4 1.6 2.1 1.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.4 4.0
Connecticut 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.6 0.5 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.1 2.7 0.8 1.2
Minnesota 1.1 0.5 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.3 6.5
Oregon 1.0 1.4 1.2 3.0 0.7 2.7 1.2 1.8 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8
Indiana 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.2
Tennessee 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.2 0.5 1.8 1.3
Wisconsin 0.7 0.7 0.8 <0.05 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6
Utah 0.6 0.8 0.4 <0.05 0.4 3.2 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.5
Hawaii 0.6 0.1 2.3 0.1 <0.05 10.0 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 <0.05
Missouri 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.8 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.6
South Carolina 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4
Oklahoma 0.5 0.9 0.4 <0.05 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6
Kansas 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5
New Mexico 0.4 1.3 0.2 <0.05 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Louisiana 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.6 0.3
Iowa 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.9
Kentucky 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8
Alabama 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4
Arkansas 0.3 0.5 0.3 <0.05 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.3 <0.05 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.3
Rhode Island 0.3 <0.05 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.9
Nebraska 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5
Idaho 0.2 0.5 0.2 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.2 0.7 <0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 <0.05
District of Columbia 0.2 <0.05 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.7
Delaware 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 <0.05 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3
New Hampshire 0.2 <0.05 0.2 <0.05 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Mississippi 0.2 0.2 0.1 <0.05 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1
Alaska 0.1 0.1 0.3 <0.05 <0.05 0.4 0.2 0.5 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1
Maine 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.4
North Dakota 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.2 <0.05 <0.05 0.3 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 0.2 0.5
Vermont 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1
South Dakota 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.2 0.3
West Virginia 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.2 <0.05
Montana 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.4 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Wyoming <0.05 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
Total 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Note: States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign born in 2018. See "Countries by regional classification" for details on our regional grouping of countries.
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2018 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS).
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Share of foreign born, by state and region of birth: 2018Universe: 2018 foreign-born resident population
Percent of
foreign born Mexico
East and
Southeast Asia
Canada and Other
North America Caribbean
Central
America
South
America
Middle East-
North Africa