Ranking of US States By the Percentage of the Population that were Immigrants or Foreign-Born in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on September 27, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among all US states and DC, California had the highest percentage of its population being immigrants or foreign-born (26.50%), followed by New Jersey (22.91%), and New York (22.49%).
The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all states and DC.
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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Ranking of US States By the Percentage of the Population that were Immigrants or Foreign-Born in 2021
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| Rank | State | Percent of State Pop. |
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| 1 | California | 26.50 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 22.91 |
| 3 | New York | 22.49 |
| 4 | Florida | 20.99 |
| 5 | Nevada | 19.18 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 18.21 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 17.30 |
| 8 | Texas | 16.99 |
| 9 | Maryland | 15.39 |
| 10 | Connecticut | 14.82 |
| 11 | Washington | 14.66 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 14.25 |
| 13 | Illinois | 14.07 |
| 14 | District of Columbia | 13.50 |
| 15 | Arizona | 13.03 |
| 16 | Virginia | 12.55 |
| 17 | Georgia | 10.29 |
| 18 | Oregon | 9.80 |
| 19 | Delaware | 9.64 |
| 20 | Colorado | 9.53 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 9.16 |
| 22 | Utah | 8.46 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 8.45 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 8.16 |
| 25 | Alaska | 7.87 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 7.44 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 7.13 |
| 28 | Kansas | 6.99 |
| 29 | Michigan | 6.93 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 6.06 |
| 31 | New Hampshire | 6.04 |
| 32 | Idaho | 5.76 |
| 33 | Iowa | 5.47 |
| 34 | Indiana | 5.42 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 5.33 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 5.20 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 5.03 |
| 38 | Arkansas | 4.93 |
| 39 | Ohio | 4.75 |
| 40 | North Dakota | 4.39 |
| 41 | Vermont | 4.37 |
| 42 | Louisiana | 4.21 |
| 43 | Missouri | 4.18 |
| 44 | Kentucky | 4.05 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 3.82 |
| 46 | Maine | 3.63 |
| 47 | Alabama | 3.47 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 3.41 |
| 49 | Mississippi | 2.31 |
| 50 | Montana | 2.19 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 1.60 |