Percentage of foreign-born population, by state U.S. 2021

As of 2021, 26.6 percent of California's population were born in a country other than the United States. New Jersey, New York, Florida, and Hawaii rounded out the top five states with the largest population of foreign born residents in that year. For the country as a whole, 13.6 percent of residents were foreign born.

Percentage of foreign-born population in the United States in 2021, by state

State	Percentage of population
United States	13.6%
California	26.6%
New Jersey	23%
New York	22.3%
Florida	21.2%
Hawaii	18.8%
Nevada	18.4%
Massachusetts	17.6%
Texas	17.2%
Maryland	15.9%
Connecticut	15.2%
Washington	14.8%
Rhode Island	14.5%
Illinois	14.2%
District of Columbia	13.3%
Arizona	12.6%
Virginia	12.4%
Delaware	10.1%
Georgia	10%
Colorado	9.8%
Oregon	9.7%
New Mexico	9.1%
Minnesota	8.5%
Utah	8.3%
North Carolina	8.2%
Alaska	8.1%
Nebraska	7.4%
Pennsylvania	7.2%
Kansas	6.9%
Michigan	6.8%
Idaho	6.1%
New Hampshire	5.9%
Oklahoma	5.8%
Indiana	5.6%
Iowa	5.4%
Tennessee	5.3%
South Carolina	5.2%
Wisconsin	5.1%
Ohio	5%
Arkansas	4.7%
North Dakota	4.4%
Louisiana	4.3%
Vermont	4.2%
Missouri	4.1%
Maine	4.1%
Kentucky	4%
Alabama	3.5%
South Dakota	3.5%
Wyoming	3.4%
Montana	2.2%
Mississippi	2.1%
West Virginia	1.6%

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September 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

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Foreign born persons are persons not born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad of American parent or parents.

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