Foreign-born population in the U.S. 2018

This statistic depicts the foreign-born population in the United States from 1850 to 2018. In 2018, there were 44.76 million foreign-born individuals living in the United States, an increase from 31.1 million in 2000.

Foreign-born population in the United States from 1850 to 2018 (in millions)

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1850 to 2018

Supplementary notes

Data for certain years taken from previous reports, available here.
Some values have been rounded.

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