Summary STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN...

Population/Region of Birth/Nativity/Language Use/Race/Years in the U.S.Population (#) 42,235,749Born in Mexico 27.7Citizen 47.3Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older) 50.4White alone, not Hispanic 18.1

Age/Gender/Marital Status/FertilityMedian age (in years) 43Female 51.3Married (ages 18 and older) 59.7Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year 7.5

Educational Attainment and Enrollment(highest degree completed, ages 25 and older)High school graduate or less 52.4Two-year degree/Some college 19.0Bachelor's degree or more 28.6

Work/Earnings/Income(ages 16 and older)In labor force (among civilian population) 66.3Median annual personal earnings (in 2014 dollars, among those with earnings) $26,000Median annual household income (in 2014 dollars) $49,071

Poverty/Health InsuranceLiving in Poverty 17.7Uninsured 26.6

Homeownership and Household CharacteristicsIn family households 86.4

Region and Top Five States of ResidenceWest 34.8

California 24.8South 32.7

Texas 10.6Florida 9.4

Northeast 21.4New York 10.6New Jersey 4.6

Midwest 11.1

Summary

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014Characteristics of the U.S. Foreign-born Population: 2014

% of the foreign-born population, unless otherwise noted

Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2014 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)

Population PercentU.S. born 276,621,307 86.8Foreign born 42,235,749 13.2

Citizen 19,972,388 6.3Non-citizen 22,263,361 7.0

Total 318,857,056 100.0

Table 1

Population, by Nativity and Citizenship Status: 2014

Universe: 2014 resident population

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014


Population PercentMexico 11,710,013 27.7South and East Asia 11,144,850 26.4Europe/Canada 5,762,207 13.6Caribbean 3,985,206 9.4Central America 3,300,921 7.8South America 2,827,502 6.7Middle East 1,674,829 4.0Sub-Saharan Africa 1,586,357 3.8All other 243,864 0.6Total 42,235,749 100.0

Table 2



Universe: 2014 foreign-born resident population

Note: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Foreign Born, by Region of Birth: 2014

Total populationU.S.-born population

Foreign-born population

Percent foreign born

Hispanic 55,250,517 35,949,570 19,300,947 34.9White alone, not Hispanic 197,441,410 189,786,402 7,655,008 3.9Black alone, not Hispanic 39,302,196 35,924,463 3,377,733 8.6Asian alone, not Hispanic 16,501,080 5,465,021 11,036,059 66.9Other, not Hispanic 10,361,853 9,495,851 866,002 8.4Total 318,857,056 276,621,307 42,235,749 13.2

Table 3

Population, by Nativity, Race and Ethnicity: 2014




Note: "Other, not Hispanic" includes persons reporting single races not listed separately and persons reporting more than one race.

Number Percent Number Percent Number PercentOne race 309,234,898 97.0 267,956,666 96.9 41,278,232 97.7

White 234,016,290 73.4 213,937,345 77.3 20,078,945 47.5Black or African American 40,418,264 12.7 36,765,944 13.3 3,652,320 8.6American Indian and Alaska Native 2,588,446 0.8 2,434,037 0.9 154,409 0.4Asian 16,663,206 5.2 5,586,078 2.0 11,077,128 26.2Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 547,309 0.2 436,505 0.2 110,804 0.3Some Other Race 15,001,383 4.7 8,796,757 3.2 6,204,626 14.7

Two or More Races 9,622,158 3.0 8,664,641 3.1 957,517 2.3Total 318,857,056 100.0 276,621,307 100.0 42,235,749 100.0

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Table 4



U.S. BORN FOREIGN BORNTOTAL

Racial Self-Identification, by Nativity: 2014

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Mexico 11,710,013 27.7 Ireland 124,622 0.3 Grenada 35,657 0.1China 2,505,197 5.9 Lebanon 122,193 0.3 Belgium 35,590 0.1India 2,181,604 5.2 Nepal 113,562 0.3 Sudan 32,921 0.1Philippines 1,923,075 4.6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 113,059 0.3 Serbia 32,911 0.1El Salvador 1,322,893 3.1 Turkey 111,710 0.3 Bahamas 32,379 0.1Vietnam 1,298,268 3.1 Panama 108,966 0.3 Sierra Leone 31,630 0.1Cuba 1,175,936 2.8 Spain 99,662 0.2 Uganda 30,028 0.1Korea 1,082,173 2.6 Somalia 96,159 0.2 Singapore 30,001 0.1Dominican Republic 995,755 2.4 Indonesia 96,059 0.2 Macedonia 29,492 0.1Guatemala 909,267 2.2 Asia, other 94,446 0.2 Czech Republic 29,226 0.1

Canada 794,355 1.9 Chile 93,288 0.2 New Zealand 28,739 0.1Jamaica 710,572 1.7 Saudi Arabia 89,948 0.2 Dominica 28,611 0.1Colombia 697,002 1.7 Syria 89,927 0.2 Micronesia 27,681 0.1Haiti 616,631 1.5 Australia 89,881 0.2 Kuwait 27,611 0.1Germany 584,234 1.4 South Africa 89,290 0.2 West Indies ns nec 27,421 0.1Honduras 569,027 1.3 Armenia 86,340 0.2 Denmark 26,724 0.1Peru 442,217 1.0 Netherlands 81,673 0.2 Kazakhstan 26,296 0.1Poland 432,069 1.0 Costa Rica 81,571 0.2 St Vincent & The Grenadines 25,073 0.1Ecuador 418,951 1.0 Liberia 81,469 0.2 Zaire 24,899 0.1Russia 396,339 0.9 Albania 80,707 0.2 Azerbaijan 23,392 0.1

Pakistan 365,445 0.9 Bolivia 75,266 0.2 Slovakia 23,106 0.1Iran 363,551 0.9 Afghanistan 71,679 0.2 Norway 23,002 0.1Italy 355,104 0.8 Malaysia 71,328 0.2 Paraguay 22,729 0.1Japan 336,870 0.8 Morocco 68,841 0.2 Azores Islands 22,670 0.1Brazil 331,454 0.8 Jordan 68,492 0.2 United Arab Emirates 22,137 0.1Ukraine 329,288 0.8 Hungary 65,890 0.2 Algeria 21,229 0.1England 322,605 0.8 Scotland 62,452 0.1 Latvia 20,591 <0.05United Kingdom, other 291,124 0.7 Bulgaria 61,133 0.1 Marshall Islands 20,285 <0.05Guyana 272,656 0.6 Caribbean, other 58,154 0.1 Georgia 19,614 <0.05Africa, other 262,745 0.6 Belarus 56,798 0.1 Antigua & Barbuda 19,582 <0.05

Nigeria 262,392 0.6 Bhutan 56,539 0.1 Zimbabwe 18,638 <0.05Thailand 250,443 0.6 Uzbekistan 53,359 0.1 Tanzania 18,560 <0.05Nicaragua 246,716 0.6 Sweden 52,130 0.1 Togo 18,376 <0.05Venezuela 227,553 0.5 Uruguay 50,675 0.1 Congo 17,507 <0.05Ethiopia 213,093 0.5 Yugoslavia 48,975 0.1 Czechoslovakia 16,777 <0.05Trinidad & Tobago 212,656 0.5 Belize 48,933 0.1 Finland 16,303 <0.05Iraq 211,365 0.5 Cameroon 48,511 0.1 Montenegro 15,912 <0.05Bangladesh 210,156 0.5 Austria 47,088 0.1 Americas, other 13,548 <0.05Laos 197,570 0.5 Barbados 46,779 0.1 Tonga 13,186 <0.05Argentina 183,191 0.4 Former USSR/Russia, other 45,904 0.1 Gambia 12,881 <0.05

Egypt 167,448 0.4 Croatia 45,591 0.1 Other 12,614 <0.05France 162,324 0.4 Yemen Arab Republic North 43,591 0.1 South America, other 12,520 <0.05Cambodia 161,787 0.4 Moldova 42,269 0.1 Samoa 12,216 <0.05Romania 150,946 0.4 Switzerland 41,534 0.1 Libya 11,811 <0.05Portugal 149,419 0.4 Sri Lanka 40,924 0.1 North Africa, other 11,019 <0.05Ghana 149,281 0.4 Fiji 39,262 0.1 Zambia 8,591 <0.05Greece 135,723 0.3 Europe, other 38,099 0.1 Cyprus 8,297 <0.05Israel/Palestine 131,059 0.3 Eritrea 37,492 0.1 Iceland 6,907 <0.05Myanmar 129,403 0.3 Lithuania 37,346 0.1 Bermuda 5,533 <0.05Kenya 128,013 0.3 Cape Verde 36,802 0.1

Total 42,235,749 100.0

Table 5


Country of Birth: 2014

Countries are listed in descending order of number of foreign-born residents in 2014



Note: China includes Taiwan and Hong Kong.

0 to 5 years 6 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 20 years Over 20 years TotalMexico 852,943 1,560,232 2,393,265 1,807,087 5,096,486 11,710,013South and East Asia 2,232,505 1,589,883 1,423,158 1,188,351 4,710,953 11,144,850Europe/Canada 709,428 540,467 710,169 692,726 3,109,417 5,762,207Caribbean 605,197 478,404 511,799 463,287 1,926,519 3,985,206Central America 430,839 604,848 588,285 381,741 1,295,208 3,300,921South America 398,880 371,325 619,202 338,277 1,099,818 2,827,502Middle East 466,877 189,909 215,823 155,268 646,952 1,674,829Sub-Saharan Africa 394,915 333,831 299,835 199,891 357,885 1,586,357All other 55,697 40,816 42,530 24,579 80,242 243,864Total 6,147,281 5,709,715 6,804,066 5,251,207 18,323,480 42,235,749

Mexico 7.3 13.3 20.4 15.4 43.5 100.0South and East Asia 20.0 14.3 12.8 10.7 42.3 100.0Europe/Canada 12.3 9.4 12.3 12.0 54.0 100.0Caribbean 15.2 12.0 12.8 11.6 48.3 100.0Central America 13.1 18.3 17.8 11.6 39.2 100.0South America 14.1 13.1 21.9 12.0 38.9 100.0Middle East 27.9 11.3 12.9 9.3 38.6 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 24.9 21.0 18.9 12.6 22.6 100.0All other 22.8 16.7 17.4 10.1 32.9 100.0All 14.6 13.5 16.1 12.4 43.4 100.0

Table 6





Foreign Born, by Region of Birth and Years in the U.S.: 2014

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

English spoken very well

English spoken less than very well Total


English spoken less than very well Total

All U.S. born 41,549,372 8,225,301 1,783,025 51,557,698 187,848,763 14,907,857 2,877,877 205,634,497All foreign born 463,269 1,167,148 605,412 2,235,829 6,188,747 13,325,757 20,216,241 39,730,745

Mexico 17,954 410,101 169,458 597,513 422,622 2,770,499 7,874,361 11,067,482South and East Asia 177,149 254,447 167,714 599,310 1,149,038 4,359,116 4,944,356 10,452,510Europe/Canada 102,861 99,470 33,941 236,272 2,172,832 1,933,625 1,388,592 5,495,049Caribbean 40,571 97,155 60,979 198,705 1,194,153 933,006 1,640,233 3,767,392Central America 33,716 88,732 71,698 194,146 209,326 808,110 2,070,501 3,087,937South America 18,408 86,468 29,381 134,257 425,998 1,023,144 1,231,395 2,680,537Middle East 11,293 62,556 41,198 115,047 179,708 719,335 636,623 1,535,666Sub-Saharan Africa 52,762 58,306 27,442 138,510 327,162 715,972 381,382 1,424,516All other 8,555 9,913 3,601 22,069 107,908 62,950 48,798 219,656

Total 42,012,641 9,392,449 2,388,437 53,793,527 194,037,510 28,233,614 23,094,118 245,365,242

All U.S. born 80.6 16.0 3.5 100.0 91.4 7.2 1.4 100.0All foreign born 20.7 52.2 27.1 100.0 15.6 33.5 50.9 100.0

Mexico 3.0 68.6 28.4 100.0 3.8 25.0 71.1 100.0South and East Asia 29.6 42.5 28.0 100.0 11.0 41.7 47.3 100.0Europe/Canada 43.5 42.1 14.4 100.0 39.5 35.2 25.3 100.0Caribbean 20.4 48.9 30.7 100.0 31.7 24.8 43.5 100.0Central America 17.4 45.7 36.9 100.0 6.8 26.2 67.1 100.0South America 13.7 64.4 21.9 100.0 15.9 38.2 45.9 100.0Middle East 9.8 54.4 35.8 100.0 11.7 46.8 41.5 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 38.1 42.1 19.8 100.0 23.0 50.3 26.8 100.0All other 38.8 44.9 16.3 100.0 49.1 28.7 22.2 100.0

All 78.1 17.5 4.4 100.0 79.1 11.5 9.4 100.0

YOUNGER THAN 18 18 AND OLDER

Table 7


Language Spoken at Home and English-Speaking Ability, by Age, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Universe: 2014 resident population ages 5 and older


Only English spoken at home




LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ONLY ENGLISH AT HOME


English spoken

very well

English spokenless thanvery well Total


English spokenless thanvery well Total

0 to 5 years 130,007 359,822 419,454 909,283 584,597 1,401,634 2,982,592 4,968,8236 to 10 years 175,516 457,541 127,131 760,188 515,181 1,548,047 2,886,299 4,949,52711 to 15 years 134,704 316,624 51,554 502,882 666,209 2,125,040 3,509,935 6,301,18416 to 20 years 23,042 33,161 7,273 63,476 665,235 1,851,655 2,670,841 5,187,731Over 20 years --- --- --- --- 3,757,525 6,399,381 8,166,574 18,323,480Total 463,269 1,167,148 605,412 2,235,829 6,188,747 13,325,757 20,216,241 39,730,745

0 to 5 years 14.3 39.6 46.1 100.0 11.8 28.2 60.0 100.06 to 10 years 23.1 60.2 16.7 100.0 10.4 31.3 58.3 100.011 to 15 years 26.8 63.0 10.3 100.0 10.6 33.7 55.7 100.016 to 20 years 36.3 52.2 11.5 100.0 12.8 35.7 51.5 100.0Over 20 years --- --- --- --- 20.5 34.9 44.6 100.0All 20.7 52.2 27.1 100.0 15.6 33.5 50.9 100.0

Table 8


Language Spoken at Home and English-Speaking Ability Among Foreign Born, by Years in the U.S. and Age: 2014

Universe: 2014 foreign-born resident population ages 5 and older

YOUNGER THAN 18 18 AND OLDER







Total Male FemaleAll U.S. born 35 34 37All foreign born 43 42 44

Mexico 40 40 41South and East Asia 44 43 44Europe/Canada 52 50 54Caribbean 48 47 49Central America 38 37 40South America 44 43 45Middle East 43 43 43Sub-Saharan Africa 38 38 38All other 41 40 42

All 37 36 39

Table 9



Note: Middle East consists of Afganistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Median Age in Years, by Sex, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


Adult Millennial Gen X Boomer Silent/GreatestYounger than 18 (ages 18-33) (ages 34-49) (ages 50-68) (ages 69 and older) Total

All U.S. born 70,986,810 60,679,287 51,765,425 64,150,353 29,039,432 276,621,307All foreign born 2,505,004 9,963,206 14,181,723 11,217,007 4,368,809 42,235,749

Mexico 642,531 3,209,708 4,635,228 2,579,673 642,873 11,710,013South and East Asia 692,340 2,532,308 3,623,872 3,146,604 1,149,726 11,144,850Europe/Canada 267,158 952,007 1,409,743 1,804,305 1,328,994 5,762,207Caribbean 217,814 728,656 1,189,045 1,289,111 560,580 3,985,206Central America 212,984 985,845 1,246,926 694,400 160,766 3,300,921South America 146,965 635,764 947,935 835,544 261,294 2,827,502Middle East 139,163 402,261 489,248 461,553 182,604 1,674,829Sub-Saharan Africa 161,841 454,951 562,941 343,237 63,387 1,586,357All other 24,208 61,706 76,785 62,580 18,585 243,864

Total 73,491,814 70,642,493 65,947,148 75,367,360 33,408,241 318,857,056

All U.S. born 25.7 21.9 18.7 23.2 10.5 100.0All foreign born 5.9 23.6 33.6 26.6 10.3 100.0

Mexico 5.5 27.4 39.6 22.0 5.5 100.0South and East Asia 6.2 22.7 32.5 28.2 10.3 100.0Europe/Canada 4.6 16.5 24.5 31.3 23.1 100.0Caribbean 5.5 18.3 29.8 32.3 14.1 100.0Central America 6.5 29.9 37.8 21.0 4.9 100.0South America 5.2 22.5 33.5 29.6 9.2 100.0Middle East 8.3 24.0 29.2 27.6 10.9 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 10.2 28.7 35.5 21.6 4.0 100.0All other 9.9 25.3 31.5 25.7 7.6 100.0

All 23.0 22.2 20.7 23.6 10.5 100.0Note: No chronological end point has been set for Millennials. For the purposes of following a cleanly defined group, Millennials are defined as those ages 18 to 33 in 2014. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.


Table 10


Generations, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014



Age (years) MalePercent of all foreign born Female

Percent of all foreign born Male

Percent of all U.S. born Female

Percent of all U.S. born

Younger than 18 1,275,137 3.0 1,229,867 2.9 36,352,781 13.1 34,634,029 12.518 and older 19,287,472 45.7 20,443,273 48.4 99,973,012 36.1 105,661,485 38.2

Younger than 5 143,561 0.3 125,614 0.3 9,939,380 3.6 9,489,732 3.45 to 9 270,870 0.6 261,429 0.6 10,231,579 3.7 9,747,583 3.510 to 14 443,857 1.1 453,632 1.1 10,208,353 3.7 9,717,428 3.515 to 19 810,777 1.9 712,266 1.7 10,078,842 3.6 9,630,601 3.520 to 24 1,272,314 3.0 1,126,676 2.7 10,417,278 3.8 9,969,485 3.625 to 29 1,795,915 4.3 1,698,642 4.0 9,249,331 3.3 9,098,930 3.330 to 34 2,140,584 5.1 2,044,110 4.8 8,593,753 3.1 8,657,988 3.135 to 39 2,250,759 5.3 2,254,556 5.3 7,801,216 2.8 7,800,254 2.840 to 44 2,259,078 5.3 2,370,243 5.6 8,022,798 2.9 8,138,611 2.945 to 49 2,084,207 4.9 2,130,843 5.0 8,237,873 3.0 8,400,507 3.050 to 54 1,864,257 4.4 1,939,631 4.6 9,168,074 3.3 9,521,390 3.455 to 59 1,501,222 3.6 1,649,591 3.9 8,788,495 3.2 9,321,848 3.460 to 64 1,211,301 2.9 1,366,250 3.2 7,800,092 2.8 8,431,281 3.065 to 69 909,557 2.2 1,109,634 2.6 6,325,355 2.3 6,951,406 2.570 to 74 632,327 1.5 853,589 2.0 4,492,819 1.6 5,168,427 1.975 to 79 458,474 1.1 637,726 1.5 3,062,326 1.1 3,777,681 1.480 to 84 287,137 0.7 449,809 1.1 2,101,140 0.8 2,961,516 1.185 to 89 151,267 0.4 295,884 0.7 1,217,555 0.4 2,064,072 0.790 and older 75,145 0.2 193,015 0.5 589,534 0.2 1,446,774 0.5Total 20,562,609 48.7 21,673,140 51.3 136,325,793 49.3 140,295,514 50.7

Table 11

Nativity, by Sex and Age: 2014


U.S. BORN



FOREIGN BORN

Age (years)

Table 12

Foreign Born U.S. BornAge (years)




Age and Gender Distributions for Nativity Groups: 2014

10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10

Younger than 55 to 9

10 to 1415 to 1920 to 2425 to 2930 to 3435 to 3940 to 4445 to 4950 to 5455 to 5960 to 6465 to 6970 to 7475 to 7980 to 8485 to 89

90 and older

Percent

Females Males

10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10

Younger than 55 to 9

10 to 1415 to 1920 to 2425 to 2930 to 3435 to 3940 to 4445 to 4950 to 5455 to 5960 to 6465 to 6970 to 7475 to 7980 to 8485 to 89

90 and older

Percent

Females Males

Now married Separated Divorced Widowed Never married TotalAll U.S. born 99,272,891 4,200,682 25,141,574 12,947,966 64,071,384 205,634,497All foreign born 23,738,989 1,230,188 3,231,281 2,154,767 9,375,520 39,730,745

Mexico 6,578,028 454,270 715,073 408,755 2,911,356 11,067,482South and East Asia 7,062,716 156,678 604,088 564,943 2,064,085 10,452,510Europe/Canada 3,401,848 91,797 568,058 553,958 879,388 5,495,049Caribbean 1,789,398 205,417 510,085 249,183 1,013,309 3,767,392Central America 1,541,737 130,564 239,095 97,050 1,079,491 3,087,937South America 1,505,995 95,587 321,586 117,234 640,135 2,680,537Middle East 982,521 25,772 118,692 88,219 320,462 1,535,666Sub-Saharan Africa 744,726 65,831 135,132 63,112 415,715 1,424,516All other 132,020 4,272 19,472 12,313 51,579 219,656

Total 123,011,880 5,430,870 28,372,855 15,102,733 73,446,904 245,365,242



All 50.1 2.2 11.6 6.2 29.9 100.0

Table 13






Marital Status, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Women giving birth in past year

Percent of women giving birth in past year

Share of total births among foreign-born

womenin past year

All U.S. born 3,128,527 5.9 ---All foreign born 766,248 7.5 100.0

Mexico 251,759 8.1 32.9South and East Asia 193,176 6.9 25.2Europe/Canada 66,440 6.6 8.7Caribbean 51,180 6.2 6.7Central America 75,548 8.6 9.9South America 50,146 7.1 6.5Middle East 28,933 8.4 3.8Sub-Saharan Africa 45,434 10.1 5.9All other 3,632 6.1 0.5

Total 3,894,775 6.1 ---


Table 14


Universe: 2014 resident population defined for women ages 15 to 44


Fertility in the Past Year, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

All Unmarried All U.S. born 3,128,527 1,284,886 41.1All foreign born 766,248 195,833 25.6

Mexico 251,759 81,874 32.5South and East Asia 193,176 19,042 9.9

Europe/Canada 66,440 7,482 11.3

Caribbean 51,180 22,193 43.4

Central America 75,548 38,184 50.5

South America 50,146 12,076 24.1Middle East 28,933 2,836 9.8Sub-Saharan Africa 45,434 11,493 25.3All other 3,632 *** 18.0Total 3,894,775 1,480,719 38.0

Table 15


Universe: 2014 resident population defined for women ages 15 to 44 giving birth in the last 12 months


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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

WOMEN GIVING BIRTH IN PAST YEAR

Percent unmarried

Fertility in the Past Year, by Marital Status, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Less than 9th grade

9th to 12th grade

High school graduate Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree Total

All U.S. born 4,986,481 12,028,442 50,920,142 55,417,278 33,792,653 20,046,050 177,191,046All foreign born 7,023,139 3,895,465 8,275,124 6,956,448 6,073,368 4,391,209 36,614,753

Mexico 3,929,697 1,887,157 2,467,659 1,250,839 437,625 149,782 10,122,759South and East Asia 903,807 586,783 1,538,337 1,767,282 2,751,422 2,105,332 9,652,963Europe/Canada 338,910 284,199 1,200,530 1,232,935 1,091,255 1,032,419 5,180,248Caribbean 453,098 404,232 1,073,965 875,955 453,816 245,794 3,506,860Central America 942,772 406,863 727,944 479,804 186,514 73,070 2,816,967South America 221,919 169,759 688,584 648,199 458,472 272,961 2,459,894Middle East 117,254 76,075 278,929 278,450 369,726 279,250 1,399,684Sub-Saharan Africa 103,990 64,268 246,660 370,039 285,092 207,326 1,277,375All other 11,692 16,129 52,516 52,945 39,446 25,275 198,003

Total 12,009,620 15,923,907 59,195,266 62,373,726 39,866,021 24,437,259 213,805,799

All U.S. born 2.8 6.8 28.7 31.3 19.1 11.3 100.0All foreign born 19.2 10.6 22.6 19.0 16.6 12.0 100.0

Mexico 38.8 18.6 24.4 12.4 4.3 1.5 100.0South and East Asia 9.4 6.1 15.9 18.3 28.5 21.8 100.0Europe/Canada 6.5 5.5 23.2 23.8 21.1 19.9 100.0Caribbean 12.9 11.5 30.6 25.0 12.9 7.0 100.0Central America 33.5 14.4 25.8 17.0 6.6 2.6 100.0South America 9.0 6.9 28.0 26.4 18.6 11.1 100.0Middle East 8.4 5.4 19.9 19.9 26.4 20.0 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 8.1 5.0 19.3 29.0 22.3 16.2 100.0All other 5.9 8.1 26.5 26.7 19.9 12.8 100.0

All 5.6 7.4 27.7 29.2 18.6 11.4 100.0

Table 16

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014Educational Attainment, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014



Note: "High school graduate" includes persons who have attained a high school diploma or its equivalent, such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.


Two-year Degree/Some

college

ENROLLED IN SCHOOL

ENROLLMENT RATE

2014 2014U.S. born 3,789,247 47.3 In household with foreign-born head 744,342 44.5 In household with U.S.-born head 3,042,926 48.0Foreign born 66,750 46.9Total 3,855,997 47.3

U.S. born 50,069,959 97.1 In household with foreign-born head 9,463,473 97.6 In household with U.S.-born head 40,439,219 97.0Foreign born 2,125,981 95.1Total 52,195,940 97.0

Universe: 2014 resident population ages 3 through 4

School Enrollment, by Nativity: 2014

Table 17

Note: School enrollment consists of both private and public schools.




NUMBER OF DROPOUTS DROPOUT RATE

2014 2014All U.S. born 597,933 3.8All foreign born 89,336 7.0

Mexico 44,312 11.2South and East Asia 5,503 1.8Europe/Canada 2,631 2.0Caribbean 5,219 5.0Central America 20,244 17.8South America 4,969 5.4Middle East 1,718 3.7Sub-Saharan Africa 2,899 4.2All other 1,841 16.8

Total 687,269 4.0

Note: 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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.


Table 18

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014High School Dropouts, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


ENROLLED IN COLLEGE

ENROLLMENT RATE

All U.S. born 11,978,917 42.1All foreign born 1,320,352 42.4


Total 13,299,269 42.1

All U.S. born 7,904,679 4.5All foreign born 1,720,070 4.7


All 9,624,749 4.5

Table 19



College Enrollment, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014



Note: "Enrolled in college" includes persons who are currently attending undergraduate, graduate or professional school. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Table 20

In labor force Employed UnemployedUnemployment

Rate (%)Not in labor force

(%)All U.S. born 132,851,881 122,983,361 9,868,520 7.4 37.5All foreign born 26,680,362 24,982,445 1,697,917 6.4 33.7

Mexico 7,740,523 7,241,869 498,654 6.4 31.1South and East Asia 6,803,367 6,451,992 351,375 5.2 35.6Europe/Canada 3,211,188 3,046,320 164,868 5.1 42.1Caribbean 2,507,919 2,285,241 222,678 8.9 34.1Central America 2,345,216 2,194,408 150,808 6.4 25.3South America 1,901,408 1,778,999 122,409 6.4 29.9Middle East 926,244 848,152 78,092 8.4 40.3Sub-Saharan Africa 1,090,714 992,700 98,014 9.0 24.8All other 153,783 142,764 11,019 7.2 31.6

Total 159,532,243 147,965,806 11,566,437 7.3 36.9


Employment Status, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Universe: 2014 civilian resident population ages 16 and older



Occupation Group U.S. born Foreign born Total populationManagement and business 22,382,477 3,292,953 25,675,430Science and engineering 7,243,080 1,966,198 9,209,278Legal, community and social services 4,483,123 436,687 4,919,810Education, arts and media 13,261,570 1,671,639 14,933,209Health care 12,020,670 2,257,693 14,278,363Food preparation and serving 9,316,552 2,320,140 11,636,692Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 5,572,596 2,494,307 8,066,903Other services 9,757,293 1,710,468 11,467,761Sales 17,726,123 2,609,882 20,336,005Office and administrative support 21,998,257 2,627,736 24,625,993Farming, fishing and forestry 910,751 639,527 1,550,278Construction and extraction 7,331,700 2,316,966 9,648,666Installation, repair and production 13,580,513 3,140,410 16,720,923Transportation and material moving 9,951,279 2,113,484 12,064,763Military 558,866 29,817 588,683Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1,972,360 396,228 2,368,588Total 158,067,210 30,024,135 188,091,345

PERCENT DISTRIBUTIONManagement and business 14.2 11.0 13.7Science and engineering 4.6 6.5 4.9Legal, community and social services 2.8 1.5 2.6Education, arts and media 8.4 5.6 7.9Health care 7.6 7.5 7.6Food preparation and serving 5.9 7.7 6.2Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 3.5 8.3 4.3Other services 6.2 5.7 6.1Sales 11.2 8.7 10.8Office and administrative support 13.9 8.8 13.1Farming, fishing and forestry 0.6 2.1 0.8Construction and extraction 4.6 7.7 5.1Installation, repair and production 8.6 10.5 8.9Transportation and material moving 6.3 7.0 6.4Military 0.4 0.1 0.3Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1.2 1.3 1.3Total 100.0 100.0 100.0Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2014 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)

Table 21


Occupation, by Nativity: 2014

Universe: 2014 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years

Occupation Group MexicoSouth and East Asia

Europe/ Canada Caribbean

Central America

South America Middle East

Sub-Saharan

Africa All otherManagement and business 383,143 1,217,976 719,274 243,800 129,361 277,037 168,422 120,914 33,026Science and engineering 84,163 1,180,528 329,678 70,135 34,418 88,960 95,314 71,563 11,439Legal, community and social services 50,011 115,504 87,549 56,601 27,419 40,828 18,789 37,580 2,406Education, arts and media 192,126 528,842 402,949 138,076 58,410 154,992 110,166 70,413 15,665Health care 191,788 821,398 317,005 374,216 88,296 134,286 86,384 232,236 12,084Food preparation and serving 975,561 510,211 165,364 152,162 269,414 130,232 54,431 52,656 10,109Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 1,207,311 193,216 146,906 220,613 436,489 210,494 19,632 51,110 8,536

Other services 315,375 547,039 199,077 220,913 118,445 131,038 53,410 113,128 12,043Sales 535,642 782,062 368,537 245,251 170,054 210,599 174,410 105,492 17,835Office and administrative support 546,966 720,458 398,443 316,400 182,979 244,591 94,550 106,555 16,794Farming, fishing and forestry 539,695 20,430 7,923 11,260 47,964 7,422 1,278 2,908 ***Construction and extraction 1,277,330 98,406 186,249 148,646 396,304 160,336 23,927 20,831 4,937Installation, repair and production 1,295,753 648,841 255,875 244,966 333,345 184,900 76,528 83,471 16,731Transportation and material moving 814,614 299,890 176,073 271,402 222,191 135,466 70,933 110,748 12,167Military 4,056 9,220 5,843 4,947 1,040 1,994 *** 1,706 ***

Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 107,796 84,350 27,370 61,415 33,549 28,484 21,531 28,368 3,365

Total 8,521,330 7,778,371 3,794,115 2,780,803 2,549,678 2,141,659 1,070,090 1,209,679 178,410

PERCENT DISTRIBUTIONManagement and business 4.5 15.7 19.0 8.8 5.1 12.9 15.7 10.0 18.5Science and engineering 1.0 15.2 8.7 2.5 1.3 4.2 8.9 5.9 6.4Legal, community and social services 0.6 1.5 2.3 2.0 1.1 1.9 1.8 3.1 1.3Education, arts and media 2.3 6.8 10.6 5.0 2.3 7.2 10.3 5.8 8.8Health care 2.3 10.6 8.4 13.5 3.5 6.3 8.1 19.2 6.8Food preparation and serving 11.4 6.6 4.4 5.5 10.6 6.1 5.1 4.4 5.7Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 14.2 2.5 3.9 7.9 17.1 9.8 1.8 4.2 4.8

Other services 3.7 7.0 5.2 7.9 4.6 6.1 5.0 9.4 6.8Sales 6.3 10.1 9.7 8.8 6.7 9.8 16.3 8.7 10.0Office and administrative support 6.4 9.3 10.5 11.4 7.2 11.4 8.8 8.8 9.4Farming, fishing and forestry 6.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4Construction and extraction 15.0 1.3 4.9 5.3 15.5 7.5 2.2 1.7 2.8

Installation, repair and production 15.2 8.3 6.7 8.8 13.1 8.6 7.2 6.9 9.4

Transportation and material moving 9.6 3.9 4.6 9.8 8.7 6.3 6.6 9.2 6.8Military <0.05 0.1 0.2 0.2 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.4

Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1.3 1.1 0.7 2.2 1.3 1.3 2.0 2.3 1.9

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 22


Note: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.


Occupation, by Region of Birth: 2014

Universe: 2014 foreign-born resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years

REGION OF BIRTH

Occupation Group U.S. born Foreign born Total populationManagement 15,067,705 2,242,373 17,310,078Business operations 4,036,122 494,935 4,531,057Financial 3,278,650 555,645 3,834,295Computer and mathematical 3,523,787 1,082,820 4,606,607Architecture and engineering 2,504,733 566,798 3,071,531Life, physical and social sciences 1,214,560 316,580 1,531,140Community and social services 2,713,958 285,244 2,999,202Legal 1,769,165 151,443 1,920,608Education, training and library 9,983,544 1,203,672 11,187,216Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 3,278,026 467,967 3,745,993Health care practitioners and technical 8,420,796 1,450,843 9,871,639Health care support 3,599,874 806,850 4,406,724Protective service 3,790,158 300,515 4,090,673Food preparation and serving 9,316,552 2,320,140 11,636,692Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 5,572,596 2,494,307 8,066,903Personal care and service 5,967,135 1,409,953 7,377,088Sales 17,726,123 2,609,882 20,336,005Office and administrative support 21,998,257 2,627,736 24,625,993Farming, fishing and forestry 910,751 639,527 1,550,278Construction trades 7,054,086 2,286,559 9,340,645Extraction workers 277,614 30,407 308,021Installation, maintenance and repair workers 4,857,384 759,953 5,617,337Production 8,723,129 2,380,457 11,103,586Transportation and material moving 9,951,279 2,113,484 12,064,763Military 558,866 29,817 588,683

Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1,972,360 396,228 2,368,588

Total 158,067,210 30,024,135 188,091,345

PERCENT DISTRIBUTIONManagement 9.5 7.5 9.2Business operations 2.6 1.6 2.4Financial 2.1 1.9 2.0Computer and mathematical 2.2 3.6 2.4Architecture and engineering 1.6 1.9 1.6Life, physical and social sciences 0.8 1.1 0.8Community and social services 1.7 1.0 1.6Legal 1.1 0.5 1.0Education, training and library 6.3 4.0 5.9Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 2.1 1.6 2.0Health care practitioners and technical 5.3 4.8 5.2Health care support 2.3 2.7 2.3Protective service 2.4 1.0 2.2Food preparation and serving 5.9 7.7 6.2Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 3.5 8.3 4.3Personal care and service 3.8 4.7 3.9Sales 11.2 8.7 10.8Office and administrative support 13.9 8.8 13.1Farming, fishing and forestry 0.6 2.1 0.8Construction trades 4.5 7.6 5.0Extraction workers 0.2 0.1 0.2Installation, maintenance and repair workers 3.1 2.5 3.0Production 5.5 7.9 5.9Transportation and material moving 6.3 7.0 6.4Military 0.4 0.1 0.3

Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1.2 1.3 1.3

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2014 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)

Table 23

Detailed Occupation, by Nativity: 2014



Occupation Group MexicoSouth and East Asia


Central America


Sub-Saharan Africa All other

Management 299,701 742,924 517,216 168,728 97,757 192,241 124,192 75,477 24,137Business operations 47,587 198,729 108,153 37,041 17,914 39,072 21,570 19,968 4,901Financial 35,855 276,323 93,905 38,031 13,690 45,724 22,660 25,469 3,988Computer and mathematical 34,272 719,970 159,547 34,165 16,660 39,345 38,526 34,303 6,032Architecture and engineering 36,776 296,391 98,880 24,902 12,318 33,884 38,331 22,399 2,917Life, physical and social sciences 13,115 164,167 71,251 11,068 5,440 15,731 18,457 14,861 2,490

Community and social services 39,860 70,994 44,798 41,898 20,632 24,652 9,670 31,165 1,575Legal 10,151 44,510 42,751 14,703 6,787 16,176 9,119 6,415 ***Education, training and library 137,776 393,999 272,784 109,112 40,630 101,982 85,839 52,564 8,986Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 54,350 134,843 130,165 28,964 17,780 53,010 24,327 17,849 6,679

Health care practitioners and technical 72,933 662,963 231,019 152,661 40,256 76,769 72,649 133,479 8,114

Health care support 118,855 158,435 85,986 221,555 48,040 57,517 13,735 98,757 3,970Protective service 48,789 53,386 41,779 66,925 18,899 24,114 10,612 33,587 2,424Food preparation and serving 975,561 510,211 165,364 152,162 269,414 130,232 54,431 52,656 10,109Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 1,207,311 193,216 146,906 220,613 436,489 210,494 19,632 51,110 8,536

Personal care and service 266,586 493,653 157,298 153,988 99,546 106,924 42,798 79,541 9,619Sales 535,642 782,062 368,537 245,251 170,054 210,599 174,410 105,492 17,835Office and administrative support 546,966 720,458 398,443 316,400 182,979 244,591 94,550 106,555 16,794

Farming, fishing and forestry 539,695 20,430 7,923 11,260 47,964 7,422 1,278 2,908 ***Construction trades 1,253,449 97,358 185,111 147,944 395,265 159,672 23,431 19,550 4,779Extraction workers 23,881 1,048 1,138 *** 1,039 *** *** 1,281 ***Installation, maintenance and repair workers 279,907 115,575 81,269 90,099 88,450 57,507 26,207 16,699 4,240

Production 1,015,846 533,266 174,606 154,867 244,895 127,393 50,321 66,772 12,491Transportation and material moving 814,614 299,890 176,073 271,402 222,191 135,466 70,933 110,748 12,167

Military 4,056 9,220 5,843 4,947 1,040 1,994 *** 1,706 ***Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 107,796 84,350 27,370 61,415 33,549 28,484 21,531 28,368 3,365

Total 8,521,330 7,778,371 3,794,115 2,780,803 2,549,678 2,141,659 1,070,090 1,209,679 178,410

PERCENT DISTRIBUTIONManagement 3.5 9.6 13.6 6.1 3.8 9.0 11.6 6.2 13.5Business operations 0.6 2.6 2.9 1.3 0.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.7Financial 0.4 3.6 2.5 1.4 0.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2Computer and mathematical 0.4 9.3 4.2 1.2 0.7 1.8 3.6 2.8 3.4Architecture and engineering 0.4 3.8 2.6 0.9 0.5 1.6 3.6 1.9 1.6Life, physical and social sciences 0.2 2.1 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.7 1.7 1.2 1.4

Community and social services 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.5 0.8 1.2 0.9 2.6 0.9Legal 0.1 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5Education, training and library 1.6 5.1 7.2 3.9 1.6 4.8 8.0 4.3 5.0Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 0.6 1.7 3.4 1.0 0.7 2.5 2.3 1.5 3.7

Health care practitioners and technical 0.9 8.5 6.1 5.5 1.6 3.6 6.8 11.0 4.5

Health care support 1.4 2.0 2.3 8.0 1.9 2.7 1.3 8.2 2.2Protective service 0.6 0.7 1.1 2.4 0.7 1.1 1.0 2.8 1.4Food preparation and serving 11.4 6.6 4.4 5.5 10.6 6.1 5.1 4.4 5.7Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 14.2 2.5 3.9 7.9 17.1 9.8 1.8 4.2 4.8

Personal care and service 3.1 6.3 4.1 5.5 3.9 5.0 4.0 6.6 5.4Sales 6.3 10.1 9.7 8.8 6.7 9.8 16.3 8.7 10.0Office and administrative support 6.4 9.3 10.5 11.4 7.2 11.4 8.8 8.8 9.4

Farming, fishing and forestry 6.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4Construction trades 14.7 1.3 4.9 5.3 15.5 7.5 2.2 1.6 2.7Extraction workers 0.3 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.1Installation, maintenance and repair workers 3.3 1.5 2.1 3.2 3.5 2.7 2.4 1.4 2.4

Production 11.9 6.9 4.6 5.6 9.6 5.9 4.7 5.5 7.0Transportation and material moving 9.6 3.9 4.6 9.8 8.7 6.3 6.6 9.2 6.8

Military <0.05 0.1 0.2 0.2 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.4Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1.3 1.1 0.7 2.2 1.3 1.3 2.0 2.3 1.9

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

REGION OF BIRTH



Table 24


Detailed Occupation, by Region of Birth: 2014

Universe: 2014 foreign-born resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years

Industry U.S. born Foreign born Total populationAgriculture, forestry, fishing and mining 2,978,331 843,747 3,822,078Utilities 1,335,210 121,832 1,457,042Construction 9,199,098 2,560,114 11,759,212Manufacturing - durable and nondurable goods 15,107,608 3,366,251 18,473,859Wholesale and retail trade, transportation, warehousing 29,176,325 5,007,153 34,183,478Information and communications 3,420,560 510,058 3,930,618Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 9,848,734 1,528,639 11,377,373Business services 16,836,038 3,788,487 20,624,525Educational, health and social services 35,997,415 5,576,758 41,574,173Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, food services 15,979,007 3,647,894 19,626,901Other services (except public administration) 7,281,835 1,941,681 9,223,516Public administration 7,825,648 677,536 8,503,184Active-duty military 1,109,041 57,757 1,166,798Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1,972,360 396,228 2,368,588Total 158,067,210 30,024,135 188,091,345

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining 1.9 2.8 2.0Utilities 0.8 0.4 0.8Construction 5.8 8.5 6.3Manufacturing - durable and nondurable goods 9.6 11.2 9.8Wholesale and retail trade, transportation, warehousing 18.5 16.7 18.2Information and communications 2.2 1.7 2.1Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 6.2 5.1 6.0Business services 10.7 12.6 11.0Educational, health and social services 22.8 18.6 22.1Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, food services 10.1 12.1 10.4Other services (except public administration) 4.6 6.5 4.9Public administration 5.0 2.3 4.5Active-duty military 0.7 0.2 0.6Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1.2 1.3 1.3Total 100.0 100.0 100.0



Table 25

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Industry, by Nativity: 2014


Industry MexicoSouth and East Asia


Central America



Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining 665,509 49,093 28,536 15,155 52,700 15,747 6,863 8,106 2,038

Utilities 25,435 36,772 20,632 13,240 7,842 7,995 5,183 4,306 ***Construction 1,328,412 146,533 235,009 175,498 421,402 185,424 40,077 22,439 5,320

Manufacturing - durable and nondurable goods 1,149,683 979,171 388,837 188,448 269,143 185,782 93,263 90,224 21,700

Wholesale and retail trade,transportation, warehousing 1,226,745 1,300,404 601,996 574,685 391,718 383,074 262,117 234,901 31,513

Information and communications 52,671 192,241 113,565 44,641 19,634 44,155 20,866 16,956 5,329

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 203,428 527,009 290,735 153,432 83,777 142,859 63,146 52,512 11,741

Business services 979,801 1,070,651 535,792 276,681 349,879 289,606 130,909 130,944 24,224Educational, health and social services 772,322 1,763,932 900,662 753,913 287,412 405,191 238,381 418,792 36,153

Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, food services 1,346,217 880,793 335,819 264,695 375,873 227,839 100,551 94,501 21,606

Other services (except public administration) 562,400 504,638 195,084 169,011 219,650 170,054 56,991 56,721 7,132

Public administration 94,651 222,752 112,014 80,711 34,578 49,867 29,244 47,333 6,386Active-duty military 6,260 20,032 8,064 9,278 2,521 5,582 *** 3,576 1,476


Total 8,521,330 7,778,371 3,794,115 2,780,803 2,549,678 2,141,659 1,070,090 1,209,679 178,410

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining 7.8 0.6 0.8 0.5 2.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.1

Utilities 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 #VALUE!Construction 15.6 1.9 6.2 6.3 16.5 8.7 3.7 1.9 3.0

Manufacturing - durable and nondurable goods 13.5 12.6 10.2 6.8 10.6 8.7 8.7 7.5 12.2

Wholesale and retail trade,transportation, warehousing 14.4 16.7 15.9 20.7 15.4 17.9 24.5 19.4 17.7

Information and communications 0.6 2.5 3.0 1.6 0.8 2.1 1.9 1.4 3.0

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 2.4 6.8 7.7 5.5 3.3 6.7 5.9 4.3 6.6

Business services 11.5 13.8 14.1 9.9 13.7 13.5 12.2 10.8 13.6

Educational, health and social services 9.1 22.7 23.7 27.1 11.3 18.9 22.3 34.6 20.3

Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, food services 15.8 11.3 8.9 9.5 14.7 10.6 9.4 7.8 12.1

Other services (except public administration) 6.6 6.5 5.1 6.1 8.6 7.9 5.3 4.7 4.0

Public administration 1.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 1.4 2.3 2.7 3.9 3.6Active-duty military 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 #VALUE! 0.3 0.8


Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 26




Industry, by Region of Birth: 2014


REGION OF BIRTH


Industry U.S. born Foreign born Total populationAgriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1,951,131 734,361 2,685,492Mining 1,027,200 109,386 1,136,586Utilities 1,335,210 121,832 1,457,042Construction 9,199,098 2,560,114 11,759,212Manufacturing - nondurable goods 5,710,826 1,498,062 7,208,888Manufacturing - durable goods 9,396,782 1,868,189 11,264,971Wholesale trade 3,952,103 834,799 4,786,902Retail trade 19,066,577 2,894,931 21,961,508Transportation and warehousing 6,157,645 1,277,423 7,435,068Information and communications 3,420,560 510,058 3,930,618Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 9,848,734 1,528,639 11,377,373Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services 16,836,038 3,788,487 20,624,525

Educational, health and social services 35,997,415 5,576,758 41,574,173Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, and food services 15,979,007 3,647,894 19,626,901Other services (except public administration) 7,281,835 1,941,681 9,223,516Public administration 7,825,648 677,536 8,503,184Active-duty military 1,109,041 57,757 1,166,798Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1,972,360 396,228 2,368,588Total 158,067,210 30,024,135 188,091,345

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 1.2 2.4 1.4Mining 0.6 0.4 0.6Utilities 0.8 0.4 0.8Construction 5.8 8.5 6.3Manufacturing - nondurable goods 3.6 5.0 3.8Manufacturing - durable goods 5.9 6.2 6.0Wholesale trade 2.5 2.8 2.5Retail trade 12.1 9.6 11.7Transportation and warehousing 3.9 4.3 4.0Information and communications 2.2 1.7 2.1Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 6.2 5.1 6.0Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services 10.7 12.6 11.0

Educational, health and social services 22.8 18.6 22.1Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, and food services 10.1 12.1 10.4Other services (except public administration) 4.6 6.5 4.9Public administration 5.0 2.3 4.5Active-duty military 0.7 0.2 0.6Unemployed, no work experience in past five years 1.2 1.3 1.3Total 100.0 100.0 100.0



Table 27STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014

Detailed Industry, by Nativity: 2014


Industry MexicoSouth and East Asia


Central America


Sub-Saharan

Africa All other

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 608,350 29,914 16,856 12,853 48,666 10,567 2,273 3,630 1,252

Mining 57,159 19,179 11,680 2,302 4,034 5,180 4,590 4,476 ***Utilities 25,435 36,772 20,632 13,240 7,842 7,995 5,183 4,306 ***Construction 1,328,412 146,533 235,009 175,498 421,402 185,424 40,077 22,439 5,320

Manufacturing - nondurable goods 595,642 342,045 140,528 93,181 158,565 81,379 34,971 42,133 9,618

Manufacturing - durable goods 554,041 637,126 248,309 95,267 110,578 104,403 58,292 48,091 12,082Wholesale trade 273,667 223,442 91,823 67,475 68,386 63,265 24,603 18,257 3,881Retail trade 674,881 795,722 356,327 306,468 219,845 218,896 180,838 125,106 16,848Transportation and warehousing 278,197 281,240 153,846 200,742 103,487 100,913 56,676 91,538 10,784Information and communications 52,671 192,241 113,565 44,641 19,634 44,155 20,866 16,956 5,329

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 203,428 527,009 290,735 153,432 83,777 142,859 63,146 52,512 11,741

Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services

979,801 1,070,651 535,792 276,681 349,879 289,606 130,909 130,944 24,224

Educational, health and social services 772,322 1,763,932 900,662 753,913 287,412 405,191 238,381 418,792 36,153

Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, and food services

1,346,217 880,793 335,819 264,695 375,873 227,839 100,551 94,501 21,606

Other services (except public administration) 562,400 504,638 195,084 169,011 219,650 170,054 56,991 56,721 7,132

Public administration 94,651 222,752 112,014 80,711 34,578 49,867 29,244 47,333 6,386Active-duty military 6,260 20,032 8,064 9,278 2,521 5,582 *** 3,576 1,476


Total 8,521,330 7,778,371 3,794,115 2,780,803 2,549,678 2,141,659 1,070,090 1,209,679 178,410

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 7.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.7

Mining 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4Utilities 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2Construction 15.6 1.9 6.2 6.3 16.5 8.7 3.7 1.9 3.0

Manufacturing - nondurable goods 7.0 4.4 3.7 3.4 6.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 5.4

Manufacturing - durable goods 6.5 8.2 6.5 3.4 4.3 4.9 5.4 4.0 6.8Wholesale trade 3.2 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.0 2.3 1.5 2.2Retail trade 7.9 10.2 9.4 11.0 8.6 10.2 16.9 10.3 9.4Transportation and warehousing 3.3 3.6 4.1 7.2 4.1 4.7 5.3 7.6 6.0Information and communications 0.6 2.5 3.0 1.6 0.8 2.1 1.9 1.4 3.0

Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing 2.4 6.8 7.7 5.5 3.3 6.7 5.9 4.3 6.6

Professional, scientific, management, administrative, waste management services

11.5 13.8 14.1 9.9 13.7 13.5 12.2 10.8 13.6

Educational, health and social services 9.1 22.7 23.7 27.1 11.3 18.9 22.3 34.6 20.3

Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodations, and food services

15.8 11.3 8.9 9.5 14.7 10.6 9.4 7.8 12.1

Other services (except public administration) 6.6 6.5 5.1 6.1 8.6 7.9 5.3 4.7 4.0

Public administration 1.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 1.4 2.3 2.7 3.9 3.6Active-duty military 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8


Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 28




Detailed Industry, by Region of Birth: 2014

REGION OF BIRTH



Less than $20,000 $20,000 to $49,999 $50,000 or more TotalAll U.S. born 46,567,941 48,753,934 42,752,001 138,073,876All foreign born 9,604,069 10,297,695 7,054,452 26,956,216

Mexico 3,532,415 3,438,712 824,602 7,795,729South and East Asia 1,897,476 2,201,295 2,828,386 6,927,157Europe/Canada 856,081 1,058,345 1,403,699 3,318,125Caribbean 923,890 1,024,224 523,390 2,471,504Central America 1,017,040 1,050,061 282,093 2,349,194South America 673,926 767,376 487,869 1,929,171Middle East 294,394 283,079 349,359 926,832Sub-Saharan Africa 359,648 424,203 298,140 1,081,991All other 49,199 50,400 56,914 156,513

Total 56,172,010 59,051,629 49,806,453 165,030,092

All U.S. born 33.7 35.3 31.0 100.0All foreign born 35.6 38.2 26.2 100.0

Mexico 45.3 44.1 10.6 100.0South and East Asia 27.4 31.8 40.8 100.0Europe/Canada 25.8 31.9 42.3 100.0Caribbean 37.4 41.4 21.2 100.0Central America 43.3 44.7 12.0 100.0South America 34.9 39.8 25.3 100.0Middle East 31.8 30.5 37.7 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 33.2 39.2 27.6 100.0All other 31.4 32.2 36.4 100.0

All 34.0 35.8 30.2 100.0

Table 29


Universe: 2014 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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Persons, by Personal Earnings, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


Median earnings ($)All U.S. born 30,000All foreign born 26,000

Mexico 20,400South and East Asia 37,300Europe/Canada 40,000Caribbean 25,000Central America 21,600South America 27,300Middle East 34,000Sub-Saharan Africa 29,000All other 33,000

All 30,000

Table 30

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THEFOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Median Personal Earnings, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


Universe: 2014 resident population ages 16 and older with positive earnings


Less than $20,000 $20,000 to $49,999 $50,000 or more TotalAll U.S. born 9,495,284 39,108,625 39,083,038 87,686,947All foreign born 3,370,209 8,408,871 6,444,036 18,223,116

Mexico 1,507,372 2,960,685 762,418 5,230,475South and East Asia 529,024 1,723,830 2,597,058 4,849,912Europe/Canada 164,360 775,036 1,264,114 2,203,510Caribbean 358,611 859,782 484,434 1,702,827Central America 435,336 889,917 262,100 1,587,353South America 197,465 622,564 445,254 1,265,283Middle East 71,650 207,163 307,751 586,564Sub-Saharan Africa 92,075 330,747 269,785 692,607All other 14,316 39,147 51,122 104,585

Total 12,865,493 47,517,496 45,527,074 105,910,063



All 12.1 44.9 43.0 100.0

Table 31

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Full-time, Year-round Workers, by Personal Earnings, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Universe: 2014 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




Median earnings ($)All U.S. born 45,000All foreign born 35,000


All 42,600


Table 32

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THEFOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014

Median Personal Earnings for Full-time, Year-round Workers, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Universe: 2014 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


1st quintile 2nd quintile 3rd quintile 4th quintile 5th quintile(Up to $21,700) ($21,701-$41,700) ($41,701-$67,200) ($67,201-$109,000) ($109,001+) Total

All U.S. born 19,729,912 19,728,357 20,159,990 20,453,502 20,090,940 100,162,701All foreign born 3,734,659 3,743,068 3,290,998 3,068,055 3,259,941 17,096,721

Mexico 1,168,490 1,351,702 1,017,404 679,786 298,688 4,516,070South and East Asia 696,976 635,115 689,821 897,194 1,372,658 4,291,764Europe/Canada 548,403 473,597 474,755 529,470 733,220 2,759,445Caribbean 467,178 399,570 338,207 277,171 216,385 1,698,511Central America 284,275 345,344 275,557 205,455 113,027 1,223,658South America 205,494 245,615 237,844 226,814 208,446 1,124,213Middle East 197,941 129,463 106,145 117,065 168,769 719,383Sub-Saharan Africa 151,537 149,186 134,073 117,826 119,730 672,352All other 14,365 13,476 17,192 17,274 29,018 91,325

Total 23,464,571 23,471,425 23,450,988 23,521,557 23,350,881 117,259,422



All 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.1 19.9 100.0

Table 33



Households, by Income, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Note: Quintiles are based upon 2014 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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. 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.

Universe: 2014 households


Median income ($)All U.S. born 54,000All foreign born 49,071


All 53,200


Table 34

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THEFOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014

Median Household Income, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. 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.

Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older TotalAll U.S. born 15,031,684 21,014,166 3,142,472 39,188,322All foreign born 725,664 5,697,811 936,616 7,360,091

Mexico 257,594 2,411,544 212,601 2,881,739South and East Asia 122,032 1,017,352 218,806 1,358,190Europe/Canada 36,707 339,703 198,371 574,781Caribbean 75,880 520,791 146,510 743,181Central America 74,898 569,604 42,195 686,697South America 30,461 279,467 53,458 363,386Middle East 66,595 292,789 45,792 405,176Sub-Saharan Africa 56,905 239,262 15,882 312,049All other 4,592 27,299 3,001 34,892

Total 15,757,348 26,711,977 4,079,088 46,548,413

Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older TotalAll U.S. born 21.3 13.1 8.1 14.5All foreign born 29.3 17.1 15.7 17.7


All 21.6 13.8 9.1 14.9Note: *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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Poverty, by Age, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Table 35


Based on 2014 poverty universe*


PERSONS IN POVERTY

POVERTY RATE (%)

Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older TotalAll U.S. born 3,840,720 22,944,076 140,343 26,925,139All foreign born 583,781 10,340,856 304,445 11,229,082

Citizen 46,478 2,163,820 39,723 2,250,021

Non-Citizen 537,303 8,177,036 264,722 8,979,061

Total 4,424,501 33,284,932 444,788 38,154,221

Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older TotalAll U.S. born 5.4 13.9 0.3 9.7All foreign born 23.3 30.7 5.0 26.6

Citizen 7.2 14.5 0.9 11.3

Non-Citizen 28.9 43.5 16.4 40.3All 6.0 16.7 1.0 12.0

Table 36STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Persons Without Health Insurance, by Age, Nativity and Citizenship: 2014



PERSONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE

UNINSURED RATE (%)

Note: These data reflect insurance coverage prior to the implementation of the employer insurance mandate of the Affordable Care Act.

Private health care coverage

Public health care coverage

Both private and public No coverage

All U.S. born 154,740,217 61,767,407 33,188,544 26,925,139All foreign born 19,697,884 8,684,538 2,624,245 11,229,082

Citizen 10,935,447 4,699,758 2,087,162 2,250,021Non-Citizen 8,762,437 3,984,780 537,083 8,979,061

Total 174,438,101 70,451,945 35,812,789 38,154,221

Private health care coverage

Public health care coverage

Both private and public No coverage


Citizen 54.8 23.5 10.5 11.3Non-Citizen 39.4 17.9 2.4 40.3

All 54.7 22.1 11.2 12.0


Table 37STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Type of Health Insurance, by Nativity and Citizenship: 2014



Note: These data reflect insurance coverage prior to the implementation of the employer insurance mandate of the Affordable Care Act. 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 http://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/HCOVPRIV and http://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/HCOVPUB.

Owner-occupied Renter-occupiedPercent

owner-occupiedAll U.S. born 65,401,076 34,761,625 65.3 All foreign born 8,682,318 8,414,403 50.8

Mexico 2,017,117 2,498,953 44.7 South and East Asia 2,487,039 1,804,725 57.9 Europe/Canada 1,819,894 939,551 66.0 Caribbean 743,434 955,077 43.8 Central America 443,616 780,042 36.3 South America 532,859 591,354 47.4

Middle East 349,693 369,690 48.6

Sub-Saharan Africa 243,648 428,704 36.2

All other 45,018 46,307 49.3

Total 74,083,394 43,176,028 63.2 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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.



Table 38

Housing Tenure, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


Table 39

Household heads

Number of homeowners

Percent owning home

0 to 5 years 1,440,101 226,702 15.76 to 10 years 1,771,686 492,990 27.811 to 15 years 2,475,821 948,209 38.316 to 20 years 2,175,092 1,052,929 48.4Over 20 years 9,234,021 5,961,488 64.6Total 17,096,721 8,682,318 50.8


Universe: 2014 foreign-born heads of households

STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014 Homeownership Among Foreign-born Heads of Households, by Years in U.S.: 2014

Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters.

Married couple Female householder Male householderAll U.S. born 158,539,755 47,927,951 16,719,201 46,046,025 269,232,932All foreign born 26,297,233 5,991,084 3,633,312 5,638,334 41,559,963

Mexico 7,157,818 1,937,255 1,426,453 1,024,831 11,546,357South and East Asia 7,876,203 1,052,608 614,226 1,416,529 10,959,566Europe/Canada 3,745,611 444,695 211,444 1,248,143 5,649,893Caribbean 1,922,892 1,042,961 375,957 575,125 3,916,935Central America 1,726,016 642,641 468,483 417,560 3,254,700South America 1,735,073 430,124 234,864 389,669 2,789,730Middle East 1,116,784 151,167 131,860 254,735 1,654,546Sub-Saharan Africa 856,331 266,736 158,060 271,202 1,552,329All other 160,505 22,897 11,965 40,540 235,907

Total 184,836,988 53,919,035 20,352,513 51,684,359 310,792,895

All U.S. born 58.9 17.8 6.2 17.1 100.0All foreign born 63.3 14.4 8.7 13.6 100.0

Mexico 62.0 16.8 12.4 8.9 100.0South and East Asia 71.9 9.6 5.6 12.9 100.0Europe/Canada 66.3 7.9 3.7 22.1 100.0Caribbean 49.1 26.6 9.6 14.7 100.0Central America 53.0 19.7 14.4 12.8 100.0South America 62.2 15.4 8.4 14.0 100.0Middle East 67.5 9.1 8.0 15.4 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 55.2 17.2 10.2 17.5 100.0All other 68.0 9.7 5.1 17.2 100.0

All 59.5 17.3 6.5 16.6 100.0

Table 40

Persons, by Household Type, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2014

Universe: 2014 household population


FAMILY HOUSEHOLDNon-family household Total

Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.


Married couple Female householder Male householderAll U.S. born 46,826,446 12,761,109 4,552,656 36,022,490 100,162,701All foreign born 9,302,309 2,556,407 1,197,889 4,040,116 17,096,721

Mexico 2,552,275 841,293 479,933 642,569 4,516,070South and East Asia 2,722,888 406,804 180,014 982,058 4,291,764Europe/Canada 1,427,105 229,554 81,664 1,021,122 2,759,445Caribbean 686,054 435,514 122,732 454,211 1,698,511Central America 576,276 263,076 144,901 239,405 1,223,658South America 580,487 188,046 80,321 275,359 1,124,213Middle East 413,574 61,634 45,624 198,551 719,383Sub-Saharan Africa 294,339 119,992 58,457 199,564 672,352All other 49,311 10,494 4,243 27,277 91,325

Total 56,128,755 15,317,516 5,750,545 40,062,606 117,259,422

All U.S. born 46.8 12.7 4.5 36.0 100.0All foreign born 54.4 15.0 7.0 23.6 100.0

Mexico 56.5 18.6 10.6 14.2 100.0South and East Asia 63.4 9.5 4.2 22.9 100.0Europe/Canada 51.7 8.3 3.0 37.0 100.0Caribbean 40.4 25.6 7.2 26.7 100.0Central America 47.1 21.5 11.8 19.6 100.0South America 51.6 16.7 7.1 24.5 100.0Middle East 57.5 8.6 6.3 27.6 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 43.8 17.8 8.7 29.7 100.0All other 54.0 11.5 4.6 29.9 100.0

All 47.9 13.1 4.9 34.2 100.0

Table 41




Households, by Type, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


FAMILY HOUSEHOLDNon-family household Total

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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Two-person familiesThree- or four- person families

Five-person families or more Total

All U.S. born 31,875,026 25,041,183 7,224,002 64,140,211All foreign born 3,931,435 6,048,754 3,076,416 13,056,605

Mexico 707,453 1,733,506 1,432,542 3,873,501

South and East Asia 1,026,035 1,694,848 588,823 3,309,706

Europe/Canada 909,446 660,279 168,598 1,738,323

Caribbean 444,568 579,336 220,396 1,244,300

Central America 234,308 482,909 267,036 984,253South America 286,980 421,116 140,758 848,854Middle East 165,077 235,330 120,425 520,832Sub-Saharan Africa 134,248 217,351 121,189 472,788All other 23,320 24,079 16,649 64,048

Total 35,806,461 31,089,937 10,300,418 77,196,816


Mexico 18.3 44.8 37.0 100.0South and East Asia 31.0 51.2 17.8 100.0Europe/Canada 52.3 38.0 9.7 100.0Caribbean 35.7 46.6 17.7 100.0Central America 23.8 49.1 27.1 100.0

South America 33.8 49.6 16.6 100.0

Middle East 31.7 45.2 23.1 100.0

Sub-Saharan Africa 28.4 46.0 25.6 100.0

All other 36.4 37.6 26.0 100.0All 46.4 40.3 13.3 100.0

Table 42


Universe: 2014 family households


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. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.

Households, by Family Size, Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014


Parent householder

Grandparent householder Other Total

All U.S. born 62,244,714 5,759,086 2,983,010 70,986,810All foreign born 2,114,252 116,493 274,259 2,505,004

Mexico 536,991 25,929 79,611 642,531South and East Asia 592,014 32,933 67,393 692,340Europe/Canada 243,438 5,108 18,612 267,158Caribbean 164,413 21,498 31,903 217,814Central America 162,976 13,244 36,764 212,984South America 125,882 7,565 13,518 146,965Middle East 129,073 2,492 7,598 139,163Sub-Saharan Africa 140,218 5,723 15,900 161,841All other 19,247 2,001 2,960 24,208

Total 64,358,966 5,875,579 3,257,269 73,491,814


Mexico 83.6 4.0 12.4 100.0South and East Asia 85.5 4.8 9.7 100.0Europe/Canada 91.1 1.9 7.0 100.0Caribbean 75.5 9.9 14.6 100.0

Central America 76.5 6.2 17.3 100.0South America 85.7 5.1 9.2 100.0Middle East 92.7 1.8 5.5 100.0Sub-Saharan Africa 86.6 3.5 9.8 100.0All other 79.5 8.3 12.2 100.0

All 87.6 8.0 4.4 100.0

Table 43



Universe: 2014 resident population ages 17 and younger



Living Arrangements of Children, by Nativity and Region of Birth: 2014

Foreign-born population Total population


Northeast 9,055,724 56,152,333 16.1Midwest 4,679,314 67,745,108 6.9South 13,795,778 119,771,934 11.5West 14,704,933 75,187,681 19.6Total 42,235,749 318,857,056 13.2Note: For details on the states included in each region, see https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/REGION#description_section.


Table 44


Foreign-born Population, by Region: 2014


Foreign-born population

U.S.-born population Total population


California 10,471,567 28,330,933 38,802,500 27.0Texas 4,497,584 22,459,374 26,956,958 16.7New York 4,462,737 15,283,490 19,746,227 22.6Florida 3,975,817 15,917,480 19,893,297 20.0New Jersey 1,943,338 6,994,837 8,938,175 21.7Illinois 1,769,147 11,111,433 12,880,580 13.7Massachusetts 1,053,605 5,691,803 6,745,408 15.6Virginia 1,010,544 7,315,745 8,326,289 12.1Georgia 991,168 9,106,175 10,097,343 9.8Washington 929,505 6,132,025 7,061,530 13.2

Arizona 921,641 5,809,843 6,731,484 13.7Maryland 886,650 5,089,757 5,976,407 14.8Pennsylvania 813,198 11,974,011 12,787,209 6.4North Carolina 763,056 9,180,908 9,943,964 7.7Michigan 641,874 9,268,003 9,909,877 6.5Nevada 548,186 2,290,913 2,839,099 19.3Colorado 532,903 4,822,963 5,355,866 9.9Connecticut 494,059 3,102,618 3,596,677 13.7Ohio 480,868 11,113,295 11,594,163 4.1Minnesota 437,544 5,019,629 5,457,173 8.0

Oregon 388,960 3,581,279 3,970,239 9.8Tennessee 322,652 6,226,700 6,549,352 4.9Indiana 322,272 6,274,583 6,596,855 4.9Wisconsin 274,329 5,483,235 5,757,564 4.8Utah 251,630 2,691,272 2,942,902 8.6Hawaii 240,863 1,178,698 1,419,561 17.0South Carolina 225,651 4,606,831 4,832,482 4.7Missouri 224,430 5,839,159 6,063,589 3.7Oklahoma 219,892 3,658,159 3,878,051 5.7New Mexico 213,959 1,871,613 2,085,572 10.3

Kansas 204,433 2,699,588 2,904,021 7.0Louisiana 184,304 4,465,372 4,649,676 4.0Kentucky 159,867 4,253,590 4,413,457 3.6Iowa 154,060 2,953,066 3,107,126 5.0Alabama 152,789 4,696,588 4,849,377 3.2Arkansas 143,392 2,822,977 2,966,369 4.8Rhode Island 137,432 917,741 1,055,173 13.0Nebraska 120,131 1,761,372 1,881,503 6.4Idaho 102,903 1,531,561 1,634,464 6.3District of Columbia 92,820 566,073 658,893 14.1

Delaware 79,720 855,894 935,614 8.5New Hampshire 78,118 1,248,695 1,326,813 5.9Mississippi 63,051 2,931,028 2,994,079 2.1Alaska 55,724 681,008 736,732 7.6Maine 48,835 1,281,254 1,330,089 3.7North Dakota 27,044 712,438 739,482 3.7West Virginia 26,821 1,823,505 1,850,326 1.4Vermont 24,402 602,160 626,562 3.9Montana 23,655 999,924 1,023,579 2.3Wyoming 23,437 560,716 584,153 4.0South Dakota 23,182 829,993 853,175 2.7Total 42,235,749 276,621,307 318,857,056 13.2


Table 45

Nativity, by State: 2014


States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign-born residents in 2014


Foreign born MexicoSouth and East Asia


Central America


Sub-Saharan

Africa All otherCalifornia 10,471,567 4,296,614 3,452,122 893,283 64,967 860,246 249,432 470,177 114,994 69,732Texas 4,497,584 2,534,962 829,091 247,161 73,627 402,248 137,610 93,359 166,612 12,914New York 4,462,737 255,140 1,091,078 840,208 1,085,857 271,724 586,315 170,356 148,345 13,714Florida 3,975,817 288,117 364,463 493,096 1,658,199 356,762 690,212 77,483 37,295 10,190New Jersey 1,943,338 123,519 580,644 320,944 306,510 148,893 302,199 89,333 66,032 5,264Illinois 1,769,147 666,637 463,298 398,837 23,443 54,097 48,250 69,535 40,854 4,196Massachusetts 1,053,605 10,643 280,891 260,633 162,550 83,746 110,657 53,312 87,182 3,991Virginia 1,010,544 56,883 360,871 118,070 35,340 180,431 86,848 84,100 84,710 3,291Georgia 991,168 281,641 259,955 110,714 91,057 83,357 53,508 20,979 84,370 5,587Washington 929,505 224,651 366,403 195,231 4,036 32,608 21,992 23,903 44,507 16,174

Arizona 921,641 521,427 150,054 133,585 11,748 25,862 23,861 28,793 20,503 5,808Maryland 886,650 37,784 266,930 101,767 63,090 177,052 65,526 30,661 141,998 1,842Pennsylvania 813,198 52,887 279,904 182,683 103,219 38,063 59,308 44,418 49,554 3,162North Carolina 763,056 257,197 167,844 93,064 33,697 92,015 40,979 29,733 46,096 2,431Michigan 641,874 77,746 209,264 170,001 12,146 12,620 16,514 118,499 22,313 2,771Nevada 548,186 235,153 149,936 49,574 21,039 43,128 19,053 14,322 12,838 3,143Colorado 532,903 231,063 106,447 94,449 4,034 27,120 19,644 13,945 32,895 3,306Connecticut 494,059 28,046 112,482 139,200 72,943 30,318 76,653 15,816 16,889 1,712Ohio 480,868 41,241 168,419 122,399 13,728 20,368 20,390 42,639 49,930 1,754Minnesota 437,544 69,647 154,045 56,936 7,576 21,749 17,210 16,969 90,472 2,940

Oregon 388,960 153,716 108,959 77,981 3,662 8,974 6,774 10,200 13,040 5,654Tennessee 322,652 87,798 76,166 43,257 14,700 40,134 12,783 23,385 22,212 2,217Indiana 322,272 110,218 99,122 50,822 5,331 21,370 8,909 12,671 12,298 1,531Wisconsin 274,329 90,691 86,588 60,331 3,368 6,688 9,973 7,469 6,978 2,243Utah 251,630 103,496 49,115 32,376 2,428 16,613 24,126 6,079 8,245 9,152Hawaii 240,863 3,575 189,855 16,589 *** 1,909 1,972 1,358 1,046 23,823South Carolina 225,651 74,151 48,129 45,457 6,998 17,622 13,735 5,613 11,048 2,898Missouri 224,430 36,182 77,490 51,115 3,684 16,596 6,917 9,183 21,128 2,135Oklahoma 219,892 103,325 57,499 21,504 2,397 16,763 4,947 4,674 7,841 ***New Mexico 213,959 157,581 20,773 18,795 2,902 5,809 3,368 2,827 1,310 ***

Kansas 204,433 87,845 51,269 15,521 2,576 14,844 9,145 9,999 12,360 ***Louisiana 184,304 34,432 57,509 17,597 9,436 43,846 8,609 5,528 6,457 ***Kentucky 159,867 35,576 44,777 26,833 10,297 11,355 5,642 9,108 14,442 1,837Iowa 154,060 44,755 52,458 22,121 1,123 7,523 4,249 9,205 10,056 2,570Alabama 152,789 49,199 40,618 22,133 5,804 14,943 6,782 8,202 3,895 1,213Arkansas 143,392 71,270 26,311 14,316 1,348 15,248 4,567 2,562 1,587 6,183Rhode Island 137,432 4,277 24,005 32,292 27,573 19,248 11,975 3,128 14,768 ***Nebraska 120,131 46,335 26,903 9,320 6,917 15,733 1,519 8,289 4,856 ***Idaho 102,903 58,020 18,810 15,801 *** *** 3,451 3,046 2,167 ***District of Columbia 92,820 2,322 13,430 21,150 5,650 22,386 9,200 4,065 13,886 ***

Delaware 79,720 15,066 28,117 11,502 6,918 3,498 4,218 2,134 8,194 ***New Hampshire 78,118 1,987 26,543 27,507 6,474 2,280 6,284 3,483 3,197 ***Mississippi 63,051 21,728 17,627 8,541 3,063 5,169 2,531 2,233 1,926 ***Alaska 55,724 2,344 32,485 13,023 *** 1,917 3,184 *** *** 1,272Maine 48,835 *** 11,744 21,093 *** *** *** 5,547 7,584 ***North Dakota 27,044 3,206 6,825 8,915 *** *** *** 1,047 6,124 ***West Virginia 26,821 3,230 9,632 4,869 *** 1,571 1,850 2,363 2,791 ***Vermont 24,402 *** 9,931 9,760 *** *** *** *** 2,602 ***Montana 23,655 3,267 6,492 10,762 *** *** 1,402 *** *** ***Wyoming 23,437 9,555 3,404 4,727 *** 1,548 *** *** 1,083 ***South Dakota 23,182 2,857 8,123 4,362 *** 2,197 *** *** 3,925 ***Total 42,235,749 11,710,013 11,144,850 5,762,207 3,985,206 3,300,921 2,827,502 1,674,829 1,586,357 243,864




Table 46


Foreign Born, by State and Region of Birth: 2014

States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign-born residents in 2014

REGION OF BIRTH

Percent of foreign born Mexico

South and East Asia


Central America



California 24.8 36.7 31.0 15.5 1.6 26.1 8.8 28.1 7.2 28.6Texas 10.6 21.6 7.4 4.3 1.8 12.2 4.9 5.6 10.5 5.3New York 10.6 2.2 9.8 14.6 27.2 8.2 20.7 10.2 9.4 5.6Florida 9.4 2.5 3.3 8.6 41.6 10.8 24.4 4.6 2.4 4.2New Jersey 4.6 1.1 5.2 5.6 7.7 4.5 10.7 5.3 4.2 2.2Illinois 4.2 5.7 4.2 6.9 0.6 1.6 1.7 4.2 2.6 1.7Massachusetts 2.5 0.1 2.5 4.5 4.1 2.5 3.9 3.2 5.5 1.6Virginia 2.4 0.5 3.2 2.0 0.9 5.5 3.1 5.0 5.3 1.3Georgia 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.3 5.3 2.3Washington 2.2 1.9 3.3 3.4 0.1 1.0 0.8 1.4 2.8 6.6

Arizona 2.2 4.5 1.3 2.3 0.3 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.3 2.4Maryland 2.1 0.3 2.4 1.8 1.6 5.4 2.3 1.8 9.0 0.8Pennsylvania 1.9 0.5 2.5 3.2 2.6 1.2 2.1 2.7 3.1 1.3North Carolina 1.8 2.2 1.5 1.6 0.8 2.8 1.4 1.8 2.9 1.0Michigan 1.5 0.7 1.9 3.0 0.3 0.4 0.6 7.1 1.4 1.1Nevada 1.3 2.0 1.3 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.3Colorado 1.3 2.0 1.0 1.6 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 2.1 1.4Connecticut 1.2 0.2 1.0 2.4 1.8 0.9 2.7 0.9 1.1 0.7Ohio 1.1 0.4 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.5 3.1 0.7Minnesota 1.0 0.6 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.0 5.7 1.2

Oregon 0.9 1.3 1.0 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.8 2.3Tennessee 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.5 1.4 1.4 0.9Indiana 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.6Wisconsin 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9Utah 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.5 3.8Hawaii 0.6 <0.05 1.7 0.3 <0.05 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 9.8South Carolina 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.2Missouri 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.3 0.9Oklahoma 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.4New Mexico 0.5 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Kansas 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.4Louisiana 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4Kentucky 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.8Iowa 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 <0.05 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1Alabama 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5Arkansas 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 <0.05 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.5Rhode Island 0.3 <0.05 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.1Nebraska 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.1Idaho 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2District of Columbia 0.2 <0.05 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.3

Delaware 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 <0.05New Hampshire 0.2 <0.05 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1Mississippi 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Alaska 0.1 <0.05 0.3 0.2 <0.05 0.1 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 0.5Maine 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.4 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.3 0.5 <0.05North Dakota 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.2 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.4 <0.05West Virginia 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1Vermont 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.2 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.2 <0.05Montana 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.2 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1Wyoming 0.1 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 0.1 0.4South Dakota 0.1 <0.05 0.1 0.1 <0.05 0.1 <0.05 <0.05 0.2 <0.05Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0



Table 47

Share of Foreign Born, by State and Region of Birth: 2014



PERCENT OF REGION OF BIRTHPERCENT DISTRIBUTION

States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign born in 2014

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