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The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i.e, where they were born, whether in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available. The following chart, based on statistics from the U.S. Census from 1850 on,[1] shows the numbers of non-native residents according to place of birth. Because an immigrant is counted in each census during his or her lifetime, the numbers reflect the cumulative population of living non-native residents.
Foreign born by decade
Region and country or area | 2000 | 1990 | 1980 | 1970 | 1960 | 1930 | 1920 | 1910 | 1900 | 1890 | 1880 | 1870 | 1860 | 1850 |
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Total | 31,107,889 | 19,767,316 | 14,079,906 | 9,619,302 | 9,738,091 | 14,204,149 | 13,920,692 | 13,515,886 | 10,341,276 | 9,249,547 | 6,679,943 | 5,567,229 | 4,295,510 | 2,244,602 |
Reported by region and/or country | 31,107,573 | 18,959,158 | 13,192,563 | 9,303,570 | 9,678,201 | 14,197,553 | 13,911,767 | 13,506,272 | 10,330,534 | 9,243,535 | 6,675,875 | 5,563,637 | 4,134,809 | 2,202,625 |
Europe | 4,915,557 | 4,350,403 | 5,149,572 | 5,740,891 | 7,256,311 | 11,784,010 | 11,916,048 | 11,810,115 | 8,881,548 | 8,030,347 | 5,751,823 | 4,941,049 | 3,807,062 | 2,031,867 |
Northern and Western Europe | 2,070,446 | 2,058,853 | 2,384,257 | 2,629,200 | 3,334,971 | 5,850,256 | 6,241,916 | 7,306,325 | 7,204,649 | 7,288,917 | 5,499,889 | 4,845,679 | 3,773,347 | 2,022,195 |
Northern Europe | 974,619 | 968,271 | 1,083,499 | 1,271,591 | 1,694,430 | 3,415,551 | 3,501,149 | 3,953,947 | 3,917,815 | 4,056,160 | 3,212,431 | 2,867,926 | 2,271,661 | 1,358,887 |
British Isles | 834,225 | 809,972 | 866,966 | 937,474 | 1,171,777 | 2,147,733 | 2,172,723 | 2,573,534 | 2,783,082 | 3,122,911 | 2,772,169 | 2,626,241 | 2,199,079 | 1,340,812 |
United Kingdom (total) | 677,715 | 640,145 | 669,149 | 686,099 | 833,055 | 1,402,923 | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Great Britain (total) | 677,751 | 623,614 | 649,318 | 645,262 | 764,893 | 1,224,091 | 1,135,489 | 1,221,283 | 1,167,623 | 1,251,402 | 917,598 | 770,414 | 587,775 | 379,093 |
England | 423,609 | 405,588 | 442,499 | 458,114 | 528,205 | 809,563 | 813,853 | 877,719 | 840,513 | 908,141 | 662,676 | 550,924 | 431,692 | 278,675 |
Scotland | 88,445 | 104,168 | 142,001 | 170,134 | 213,219 | 354,323 | 254,570 | 261,076 | 233,524 | 242,231 | 170,136 | 140,835 | 108,518 | 70,550 |
Wales | 10,948 | 10,638 | 13,528 | 17,014 | 23,469 | 60,205 | 67,066 | 82,488 | 93,586 | 100,079 | 83,302 | 74,533 | 45,763 | 29,868 |
Great Britain n.e.c. | 141,572 | 100,000 | 51,290 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 951 | 1,484 | 4,122 | 1,802 | (NA) |
Northern Ireland | 13,177 | 16,531 | 19,831 | 40,837 | 68,162 | 178,832 | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Ireland | 156,474 | 169,827 | 197,817 | 251,375 | 338,722 | 744,810 | 1,037,234 | 1,352,251 | 1,615,459 | 1,871,509 | 1,854,571 | 1,855,827 | 1,611,304 | 961,719 |
Scandinavia | 140,394 | 158,299 | 216,533 | 334,117 | 522,653 | 1,267,818 | 1,328,426 | 1,380,413 | 1,134,733 | 933,249 | 440,262 | 241,685 | 72,582 | 18,075 |
Denmark | 31,422 | 34,999 | 42,732 | 61,410 | 85,060 | 179,474 | 189,154 | 181,649 | 153,690 | 132,543 | 64,196 | 30,107 | 9,962 | 1,838 |
Finland | 21,408 | 22,313 | 29,172 | 45,499 | 67,624 | 142,478 | 149,824 | 129,680 | 62,641 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Iceland | 5,553 | 5,071 | 4,156 | 2,895 | 2,780 | 2,764 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Norway | 32,207 | 42,240 | 63,316 | 97,243 | 152,698 | 347,852 | 363,863 | 403,877 | 336,388 | 322,665 | 181,729 | 114,246 | 43,995 | 12,678 |
Sweden | 49,724 | 53,676 | 77,157 | 127,070 | 214,491 | 595,250 | 625,585 | 665,207 | 582,014 | 478,041 | 194,337 | 97,332 | 18,625 | 3,559 |
Western Europe | 1,095,847 | 1,090,582 | 1,300,758 | 1,357,609 | 1,640,541 | 2,434,705 | 2,740,767 | 3,352,378 | 3,286,834 | 3,232,757 | 2,287,458 | 1,977,753 | 1,501,686 | 663,308 |
Low Countries | 130,615 | 132,617 | 142,748 | 155,513 | 173,069 | 206,375 | 207,038 | 172,534 | 127,719 | 107,349 | 86,461 | 65,157 | 37,353 | 11,161 |
Belgium | 33,895 | 34,366 | 36,487 | 41,412 | 50,294 | 64,194 | 62,687 | 49,400 | 29,757 | 22,639 | 15,535 | 12,553 | 9,072 | 1,313 |
Luxembourg | 2,150 | 2,053 | 3,125 | 3,531 | 4,360 | 9,048 | 12,585 | 3,071 | 3,031 | 2,882 | 12,836 | 5,802 | (NA) | (NA) |
Netherlands | 94,570 | 96,198 | 103,136 | 110,570 | 118,415 | 133,133 | 131,766 | 120,063 | 94,931 | 81,828 | 58,090 | 46,802 | 28,281 | 9,848 |
Austria | 63,648 | 87,673 | 145,607 | 214,014 | 304,507 | 370,914 | 575,627 | 626,341 | 275,907 | 123,271 | 38,663 | 30,508 | 25,061 | 946 |
France | 151,154 | 119,233 | 120,215 | 105,385 | 111,582 | 135,592 | 153,072 | 117,418 | 104,197 | 113,174 | 106,971 | 116,402 | 109,870 | 54,069 |
Germany | 706,704 | 711,929 | 849,384 | 832,965 | 989,815 | 1,608,814 | 1,686,108 | 2,311,237 | 2,663,418 | 2,784,894 | 1,966,742 | 1,690,533 | 1,276,075 | 583,774 |
Switzerland | 43,106 | 39,130 | 42,804 | 49,732 | 61,568 | 113,010 | 118,659 | 124,848 | 115,593 | 104,069 | 88,621 | 75,153 | 53,327 | 13,358 |
Other Western Europe | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 263 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Southern and Eastern Europe | 2,840,721 | 2,285,513 | 2,748,547 | 3,090,991 | 3,907,020 | 5,918,982 | 5,670,927 | 4,500,932 | 1,674,648 | 728,851 | 248,620 | 93,824 | 32,312 | 9,672 |
Southern Europe | 934,665 | 1,054,141 | 1,336,805 | 1,363,195 | 1,541,441 | 2,133,092 | 1,939,600 | 1,544,149 | 539,968 | 216,387 | 66,249 | 30,416 | 21,726 | 8,152 |
Greece | 165,750 | 177,398 | 210,998 | 177,275 | 159,167 | 174,526 | 175,976 | 101,282 | 8,515 | 1,887 | 776 | 390 | 328 | 86 |
Italy | 473,338 | 580,592 | 831,922 | 1,008,533 | 1,256,999 | 1,790,429 | 1,610,113 | 1,343,125 | 484,027 | 182,580 | 44,230 | 17,157 | 11,677 | 3,679 |
Portugal (total) | 203,119 | 210,122 | 209,968 | 119,899 | 80,276 | 108,775 | 103,976 | 77,634 | 40,376 | 25,735 | 15,650 | 8,973 | 5,477 | 1,274 |
Azores | 26,559 | 29,656 | 32,531 | 28,865 | 22,586 | 35,611 | 33,995 | 18,274 | 9,768 | 9,739 | 7,512 | 4,431 | 1,361 | (NA) |
Portugal (main) | 175,571 | 180,466 | 177,437 | 91,034 | 57,690 | 73,164 | 69,981 | 59,360 | 30,608 | 15,996 | 8,138 | 4,542 | 4,116 | 1,274 |
Spain | 82,858 | 76,415 | 73,735 | 57,488 | 44,999 | 59,362 | 49,535 | 22,108 | 7,050 | 6,185 | 5,121 | 3,764 | 4,244 | 3,113 |
Other Southern Europe | (NA) | 9,614 | 10,182 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 472 | 132 | (NA) | (NA) |
Eastern Europe | 1,906,056 | 1,231,372 | 1,411,742 | 1,727,796 | 2,365,579 | 3,785,890 | 3,731,327 | 2,956,783 | 1,134,680 | 512,464 | 182,371 | 63,408 | 10,586 | 1,520 |
Albania | 38,663 | 5,627 | 7,381 | 9,180 | 9,618 | 8,814 | 5,608 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Bulgaria | 35,090 | 8,579 | 8,463 | 8,609 | 8,223 | 9,399 | 10,477 | 11,498 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Czechoslovakia (former) | 83,081 | 87,020 | 112,707 | 160,899 | 227,618 | 491,638 | 362,438 | 219,214 | 156,891 | 118,106 | 85,361 | 40,289 | (NA) | (NA) |
Estonia | 9,785 | 9,210 | 12,169 | 12,163 | 13,991 | 3,550 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Hungary | 92,071 | 110,337 | 144,368 | 183,236 | 245,252 | 274,450 | 397,283 | 495,609 | 145,714 | 62,435 | 11,526 | 3,737 | (NA) | (NA) |
Latvia | 27,232 | 26,179 | 34,349 | 41,707 | 50,681 | 20,673 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Lithuania | 28,490 | 29,745 | 48,194 | 76,001 | 121,475 | 193,606 | 135,068 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Poland | 466,742 | 388,328 | 418,128 | 548,107 | 747,750 | 1,268,583 | 1,139,979 | 937,884 | 383,407 | 147,440 | 48,557 | 14,436 | 7,298 | (NA) |
Romania | 135,966 | 91,106 | 66,994 | 70,687 | 84,575 | 146,393 | 102,823 | 65,923 | 15,032 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Soviet Union (former, total) | 838,809 | 333,725 | 406,022 | 463,462 | 690,598 | 1,153,628 | 1,400,495 | 1,184,412 | 423,726 | 182,644 | 35,722 | 4,644 | 3,160 | 1,414 |
Turkey in Europe | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 2,257 | 5,284 | 32,230 | 9,910 | 1,839 | 1,205 | 302 | 128 | 106 |
Yugoslavia (former, total) | 278,314 | 141,516 | 152,967 | 153,745 | 165,798 | 211,416 | 169,439 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Other Eastern Europe | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1,483 | 2,433 | 10,013 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Europe n.e.c. | 4,370 | 6,037 | 16,768 | 20,700 | 14,320 | 14,772 | 3,205 | 2,858 | 2,251 | 12,579 | 3,314 | 1,546 | 1,403 | (NA) |
Asia | 8,226,254 | 4,979,037 | 2,539,777 | 824,887 | 490,996 | 275,665 | 237,950 | 191,484 | 120,248 | 113,383 | 107,630 | 64,565 | 36,796 | 1,135 |
Armenia | 65,280 | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | 32,166 | 36,628 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
China | 988,857 | 529,837 | 286,120 | 172,132 | 99,735 | 46,129 | 43,560 | 56,756 | 81,534 | 106,688 | 104,468 | 63,042 | 35,565 | 758 |
India | 1,022,552 | 450,406 | 206,087 | 51,000 | 12,296 | 5,850 | 4,901 | 4,664 | 2,031 | 2,143 | 1,707 | 586 | (NA) | (NA) |
Japan | 347,539 | 290,128 | 221,794 | 120,235 | 109,175 | 70,993 | 81,502 | 67,744 | 24,788 | 2,292 | 401 | 73 | (NA) | (NA) |
Israel | (NA) | 21,070 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 6,137 | 3,203 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Syria | 54,561 | 36,782 | 22,081 | 14,962 | 16,717 | 57,227 | 51,901 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Turkey in Asia | 78,378 | 55,087 | 51,915 | 48,085 | 52,228 | 46,654 | 11,019 | 59,729 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Other Asia | (NA) | 3,595,727 | 1,751,780 | 418,473 | 200,845 | 10,509 | 5,236 | 2,591 | 11,895 | 2,260 | 1,054 | 864 | 1,231 | 377 |
Africa | 881,300 | 363,819 | 199,723 | 80,143 | 35,355 | 18,326 | 16,126 | 3,992 | 2,538 | 2,207 | 2,204 | 2,657 | 526 | 551 |
Africa excl. Atlantic Islands | (NA) | 349,451 | 189,266 | 61,463 | 27,053 | 8,859 | 5,781 | 3,992 | 2,538 | 2,207 | 2,204 | 2,657 | 526 | 551 |
Atlantic Islands | (NA) | 14,368 | 10,457 | 18,680 | 8,302 | 9,467 | 10,345 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Oceania | 168,046 | 104,145 | 77,577 | 41,258 | 34,730 | 17,343 | 14,626 | 11,450 | 8,820 | 9,353 | 6,859 | 4,028 | 2,140 | 588 |
Australia | 60,965 | 42,267 | 36,120 | 24,271 | 22,209 | 12,816 | 10,914 | 9,035 | 6,807 | 5,984 | 4,906 | 3,118 | 1,419 | (NA) |
Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | 1,304 | 1,147 | 584 | 435 | 588 |
Other Oceania | 61,878 | 41,457 | 16,987 | 12,521 | 4,527 | 3,712 | 2,415 | 2,013 | 2,065 | 806 | 326 | 286 | (NA) | |
Latin America | 16,086,974 | 8,407,837 | 4,372,487 | 1,803,970 | 908,309 | 791,840 | 588,843 | 279,514 | 137,458 | 107,307 | 90,073 | 57,871 | 38,315 | 20,773 |
Caribbean | 2,953,066 | 1,938,348 | 1,258,363 | 675,108 | 193,922 | 106,241 | 78,962 | 47,635 | 25,435 | 23,256 | 16,401 | 11,570 | 7,353 | 5,772 |
Cuba | 872,716 | 736,971 | 607,814 | 439,048 | 79,150 | 18,493 | 14,872 | 15,133 | 11,081 | (NA) | 6,917 | 5,319 | (NA) | (NA) |
Other Caribbean | (NA) | 1,201,377 | 650,549 | 236,060 | 114,772 | 87,748 | 64,090 | 32,502 | 14,354 | (NA) | 9,484 | 6,251 | (NA) | (NA) |
Central America | 11,203,673 | 5,431,992 | 2,553,113 | 873,624 | 624,851 | 651,976 | 491,330 | 223,651 | 107,290 | 79,045 | 69,106 | 42,736 | 27,699 | 13,458 |
Mexico | 9,177,487 | 4,298,014 | 2,199,221 | 759,711 | 575,902 | 641,462 | 486,418 | 221,915 | 103,393 | 77,853 | 68,399 | 42,435 | 27,466 | 13,317 |
Other Central America | 2,026,150 | 1,133,978 | 353,892 | 113,913 | 48,949 | 10,514 | 4,912 | 1,736 | 3,897 | 1,192 | 707 | 301 | 233 | 141 |
South America | 1,930,271 | 1,037,497 | 561,011 | 255,238 | 89,536 | 33,623 | 18,551 | 8,228 | 4,733 | 5,006 | 4,566 | 3,565 | 3,263 | 1,543 |
Northern America | 829,442 | 753,917 | 853,427 | 812,421 | 952,500 | 1,310,369 | 1,138,174 | 1,209,717 | 1,179,922 | 980,938 | 717,286 | 493,467 | 249,970 | 147,711 |
Canada | 820,771 | 744,830 | 842,859 | 812,421 | 952,500 | 1,310,369 | 1,138,174 | 1,209,717 | 1,179,922 | 980,938 | 717,157 | 493,464 | 249,970 | 147,711 |
Canada-French | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 370,852 | 307,786 | 385,083 | 395,126 | 302,496 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Canada-Other | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 915,537 | 817,139 | 819,554 | 784,796 | 678,442 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Newfoundland | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 23,980 | 13,249 | 5,080 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) |
Other Northern America | 8,671 | 9,087 | 10,568 | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 129 | 3 | (NA) | (NA) |
Region or country not reported | 316 | 808,158 | 887,343 | 315,732 | 59,890 | 6,596 | 8,925 | 9,614 | 10,742 | 6,012 | 4,068 | 3,592 | 3,888 | 41,977 |
Born at sea | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 5,008 | 5,336 | 6,927 | 8,196 | 5,533 | 4,068 | 2,638 | 2,522 | (NA) |
Not reported | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | (NA) | 1,588 | 3,589 | 2,687 | 2,546 | 479 | (NA) | 954 | 1,366 | 41,977 |
(NA) Not available.
n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.
1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China.
Persons getting permanent resident status
By year
This table gives the number of people who got permanent resident status in the United States by year from 2000 to 2022.[2]
Year | Total # |
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2022 | 1,018,349 |
2021 | 740,002 |
2020 | 707,362 |
2019 | 1,031,765 |
2018 | 1,096,611 |
2017 | 1,127,167 |
2016 | 1,183,505 |
2015 | 1,051,031 |
2014 | 1,016,518 |
2013 | 990,553 |
2012 | 1,031,631 |
2011 | 1,062,040 |
2010 | 1,042,625 |
2009 | 1,130,818 |
2008 | 1,107,126 |
2007 | 1,052,415 |
2006 | 1,266,129 |
2005 | 1,122,257 |
2004 | 957,883 |
2003 | 703,542 |
2002 | 1,059,356 |
2001 | 1,058,902 |
2000 | 841,002 |
By country of birth
This table counts the number of people who got legal residence status by country of the world in 2022 based on which country they last resided in. Does not include the United States. This table is not based on age or sex. Source: [3]
Country | 2022 |
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Afghanistan | 14,193 |
Albania | 5,945 |
Algeria | 3,125 |
Angola | 453 |
Anguilla | 19 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 280 |
Argentina | 4,128 |
Armenia | 3,037 |
Aruba | 46 |
Australia | 2,859 |
Austria | 344 |
Azerbaijan | 1,129 |
Bahamas | 767 |
Bahrain | 163 |
Bangladesh | 10,858 |
Barbados | 306 |
Belarus | 2,172 |
Belgium | 552 |
Belize | 591 |
Benin | 721 |
Bermuda | 65 |
Bhutan | 209 |
Bolivia | 1,621 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 506 |
Botswana | 58 |
Brazil | 24,169 |
Brunei | 23 |
Bulgaria | 1,151 |
Burkina Faso | 814 |
Burma | 2,879 |
Burundi | 788 |
Cabo Verde | 1,119 |
Cambodia | 3,400 |
Cameroon | 5,879 |
Canada | 11,317 |
Cayman Islands | 40 |
Central African Republic | 135 |
Chad | 174 |
Chile | 1,747 |
People's Republic of China (China) | 67,950 |
Colombia | 21,723 |
Comoros | NA |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,688 |
Republic of the Congo | 527 |
Costa Rica | 2,167 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 1,559 |
Croatia | 259 |
Cuba | 36,642 |
Curacao | 35 |
Cyprus | 90 |
Czechia | 474 |
Czechoslovakia (formerly) | 63 |
Denmark | 374 |
Djibouti | 154 |
Dominica | 455 |
Dominican Republic | 40,152 |
Ecuador | 11,910 |
Egypt | 8,348 |
El Salvador | 30,876 |
Equatorial Guinea | 52 |
Eritrea | 1,760 |
Estonia | 118 |
Eswatini | 22 |
Ethiopia | 5,720 |
Fiji | 1,124 |
Finland | 288 |
France | 4,351 |
French Polynesia | 51 |
Gabon | 125 |
Gambia | 1,010 |
Georgia | 2,303 |
Germany | 4,088 |
Ghana | 5,451 |
Greece | 918 |
Grenada | 449 |
Guatemala | 16,990 |
Guinea | 1,365 |
Guinea-Bissau | 40 |
Guyana | 3,455 |
Haiti | 10,432 |
Honduras | 17,099 |
Hong Kong | 2,301 |
Hungary | 840 |
Iceland | 68 |
India | 127,012 |
Indonesia | 1,752 |
Iran | 9,407 |
Iraq | 2,797 |
Ireland | 1,366 |
Israel | 3,439 |
Italy | 3,477 |
Jamaica | 16,482 |
Japan | 4,184 |
Jordan | 4,779 |
Kazakhstan | 1,787 |
Kenya | 5,014 |
North Korea | 22 |
South Korea | 16,172 |
Kosovo | 853 |
Kuwait | 1,116 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1,637 |
Laos | 621 |
Latvia | 253 |
Lebanon | 3,434 |
Lesotho | 13 |
Liberia | 2,412 |
Libya | 709 |
Lithuania | 506 |
Luxembourg | 30 |
Macau | 62 |
Madagascar | 97 |
Malawi | 179 |
Malaysia | 1,573 |
Maldives | NA |
Mali | 481 |
Malta | 30 |
Marshall Islands | 15 |
Mauritania | 326 |
Mauritius | 85 |
Mexico | 138,772 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 21 |
Moldova | 1,499 |
Monaco | 7 |
Mongolia | 1,005 |
Montenegro | 324 |
Montserrat | 10 |
Morocco | 4,756 |
Mozambique | 66 |
Namibia | 50 |
Nepal | 12,010 |
Netherlands | 972 |
Dutch Antilles (formerly) | 14 |
New Zealand | 650 |
Nicaragua | 3,754 |
Niger | 199 |
Nigeria | 12,385 |
North Macedonia | 979 |
Norway | 279 |
Oman | 210 |
Pakistan | 11,777 |
Palau | 7 |
Panama | 952 |
Papua New Guinea | 26 |
Paraguay | 375 |
Peru | 8,035 |
Philippines | 35,998 |
Poland | 3,192 |
Portugal | 746 |
Qatar | 430 |
Romania | 1,827 |
Russia | 8,906 |
Rwanda | 1,540 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 143 |
Saint Lucia | 628 |
Saint Martin (French) | 15 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 317 |
Samoa | 139 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 15 |
Saudi Arabia | 2,764 |
Senegal | 1,253 |
Serbia | 636 |
Serbia and Montenegro (formerly) | 544 |
Seychelles | 14 |
Sierra Leone | 2,323 |
Singapore | 971 |
Sint Maarten | 44 |
Slovakia | 324 |
Slovenia | 90 |
Somalia | 1,042 |
South Africa | 3,535 |
South Sudan | 100 |
Soviet Union (formerly) | 1,236 |
Spain | 2,865 |
Sri Lanka | 2,572 |
Sudan | 1,371 |
Suriname | 106 |
Sweden | 751 |
Switzerland | 614 |
Syria | 3,248 |
Taiwan | 5,091 |
Tajikistan | 951 |
Tanzania | 1,643 |
Thailand | 4,632 |
Togo | 1,887 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2,435 |
Tunisia | 569 |
Turkey | 7,001 |
Turkmenistan | 942 |
Turks and Caicos | 45 |
Uganda | 1,620 |
Ukraine | 11,621 |
United Arab Emirates | 1,960 |
United Kingdom | 9,143 |
Uruguay | 731 |
Uzbekistan | 4,979 |
Venezuela | 21,025 |
Vietnam | 24,425 |
British Virgin Islands | 45 |
Yemen | 5,648 |
Zambia | 365 |
Zimbabwe | 1,433 |
Unknown | 1,392 |
Other countries | 53 |
Illegal /unauthorized immigrants
In 2022, the United States Department of Homeland Security estimated the number of illegal immigrants or unauthorized immigrants to be 11,990,000 people.[4]
By country by year
The table below lists the estimated number of illegal immigrants for the top 10 countries with the largest estimated number by country of birth and year in the thousands. There is no national census done on the legality of being in the United States of those born abroad. No data is available for 2001-2004 and 2020 while for 2010, 2015 and 2018 this table has the revised number. Source:[4]
Country | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 |
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Mexico | 4,680 | 5,970 | 6,570 | 6,980 | 7,030 | 6,650 | 6,830 | 6,800 | 6,720 | 6,450 | 6,450 | 6,200 | 5,970 | 5,860 | 5,540 | 5,350 | 4,970 | 4,810 |
Guatemala | 290 | 370 | 430 | 500 | 430 | 480 | 520 | 520 | 560 | 590 | 620 | 600 | 610 | 610 | 620 | 670 | 780 | 750 |
El Salvador | 430 | 470 | 510 | 540 | 570 | 530 | 670 | 660 | 690 | 690 | 670 | 720 | 750 | 750 | 730 | 750 | 750 | 710 |
Honduras | 160 | 180 | 280 | 280 | 300 | 320 | 380 | 380 | 360 | 390 | 390 | 420 | 430 | 500 | 450 | 450 | 550 | 560 |
Philippines | 200 | 210 | 280 | 290 | 300 | 270 | 290 | 270 | 310 | 340 | 330 | 350 | 410 | 300 | 370 | 360 | 340 | 350 |
Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 190 | 220 | 260 | 320 |
Colombia | 100 | 110 | 140 | 130 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 130 | 130 | 160 | 130 | 130 | 140 | 130 | 210 | 190 | 190 | 240 |
Brazil | 100 | 170 | 210 | 190 | 180 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 130 | 110 | 110 | 100 | 110 | 150 | 190 | 180 | 190 | 230 |
India | 120 | 280 | 210 | 220 | 160 | 200 | 270 | 240 | 260 | 320 | 390 | 450 | 560 | 490 | 480 | 390 | 340 | 220 |
China | 190 | 230 | 170 | 290 | 220 | 120 | 300 | 280 | 210 | 190 | 230 | 320 | 420 | 410 | 390 | 330 | 270 | 210 |
Other countries | 2,180 | 2,500 | 2,510 | 2,290 | 2,240 | 1,880 | 2,020 | 2,030 | 2,010 | 1,920 | 2,090 | 2,080 | 2,260 | 2,090 | 2,400 | 2,220 | 1,870 | 2,600 |
By state by year
This table lists the number of estimated illegal immigrants by state by year with the top ten highest estimated population of them regardless of which country they come from. No data is available for 2021. Source: [5]
State | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|
California | 2,640,000 | 2,620,000 | 2,410,000 | 2,600,000 |
Texas | 1,950,000 | 1,950,000 | 1,900,000 | 2,060,000 |
Florida | 680,000 | 650,000 | 610,000 | 590,000 |
New Jersey | 460,000 | 390,000 | 400,000 | 490,000 |
Illinois | 460,000 | 440,000 | 370,000 | 420,000 |
New York (state) | 600,000 | 510,000 | 370,000 | 410,000 |
North Carolina | 360,000 | 340,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 |
Georgia | 390,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 340,000 |
Washington (state) | 310,000 | 330,000 | 340,000 | 340,000 |
Arizona | 340,000 | 330,000 | 340,000 | 290,000 |
Other/unknown | 3,380,000 | 3,200,000 | 3,040,000 | 3,090,000 |
Total | 11,570,000 | 11,110,000 | 10,510,000 | 10,990,000 |
References
- ^ The statistics through 1990 are taken from Table 4, "Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population, With Geographic Detail Shown in Decennial Census Publications of 1930 or Earlier: 1850 to 1930 and 1960 to 1990", in: Gibson, Campbell J.; Lennon, Emily (February 1999). "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States: 1850-1990". Population Division, US Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ 2022 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security: Office of Homeland Security Statistics. 2023. p. 5. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ 2022 Yearbook of Immigration (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security. pp. 12–15. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
- ^ a b Baker, Bryan; Warren, Robert (April 2024). Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018–January 2022 (PDF). United States Department of Homeland Security: Office of Homeland Security Statistics.
- ^ Baker, Bryan; Warren, Robert (2024). Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018–January 2022 (PDF). Office of Homeland Security Statistics. p. 7.