Foreign-Born Population in the U.S.: 1850–2014
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
Find information about the regions of birth for the foreign-born U.S. population
Region of birth reported | |||||||
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Year | Total1 | Europe | Asia | Africa | Oceania | Latin America | North America |
2014 | 42,391,794 | 4,764,822 | 12,750,422 | 1,931,203 | 241,200 | 21,890,416 | 812,642 |
2011 | 40,377,757 | 4,889,987 | 11,562,022 | 1,664,414 | 221,211 | 21,245,344 | 794,779 |
2004 | 34,244,000 | 4,661,000 | 8,685,000 | n.a | n.a | 18,314,000 | n.a. |
1990 | 19,767,316 | 4,350,403 | 4,979,037 | 363,819 | 104,145 | 8,407,837 | 753,917 |
1980 | 14,079,906 | 5,149,572 | 2,539,777 | 199,723 | 77,577 | 4,372,487 | 853,427 |
1970 | 9,619,302 | 5,740,891 | 824,887 | 80,143 | 41,258 | 1,803,970 | 812,421 |
1960 | 9,738,091 | 7,256,311 | 490,996 | 35,355 | 34,730 | 908,309 | 952,500 |
1930 | 14,204,149 | 11,784,010 | 275,665 | 18,326 | 17,343 | 791,840 | 1,310,369 |
1920 | 13,920,692 | 11,916,048 | 237,950 | 16,126 | 14,626 | 588,843 | 1,138,174 |
1910 | 13,515,886 | 11,810,115 | 191,484 | 3,992 | 11,450 | 279,514 | 1,209,717 |
1900 | 10,341,276 | 8,881,548 | 120,248 | 2,538 | 8,820 | 137,458 | 1,179,922 |
1890 | 9,249,547 | 8,030,347 | 113,383 | 2,207 | 9,353 | 107,307 | 980,938 |
1880 | 6,679,943 | 5,751,823 | 107,630 | 2,204 | 6,859 | 90,073 | 717,286 |
1870 | 5,567,229 | 4,941,049 | 64,565 | 2,657 | 4,028 | 57,871 | 493,467 |
1860 | 4,138,697 | 3,807,062 | 36,796 | 526 | 2,140 | 38,315 | 249,970 |
1850 | 2,244,602 | 2,031,867 | 1,135 | 551 | 588 | 20,773 | 147,711 |
1. The sum of the regions for a particular year will not equal the total. Totals include significant numbers of immigrants for whom no region of birth was reported.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, February 22nd, 2005; American Community Survey: Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2011; American FactFinder, 2016.
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