US Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the US Foreign-Born population was 44,844,267, which was 13.60% of the US population.
The highest percentage of US foreign-born population were born in Mexico (24.20%), followed by China (6.28%), and India (5.98%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the US Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total US foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the US foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
Related Topics: US ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
US Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 10850260 | 24.20 |
| China | 2815423 | 6.28 |
| India | 2681209 | 5.98 |
| Philippines | 1986609 | 4.43 |
| El Salvador | 1395958 | 3.11 |
| Vietnam | 1347339 | 3.00 |
| Cuba | 1313196 | 2.93 |
| Dominican Republic | 1201155 | 2.68 |
| Korea | 1035281 | 2.31 |
| Guatemala | 1015942 | 2.27 |
| Colombia | 833554 | 1.86 |
| Canada | 818916 | 1.83 |
| Jamaica | 786044 | 1.75 |
| Honduras | 684003 | 1.53 |
| Haiti | 680871 | 1.52 |
| Germany | 543920 | 1.21 |
| Brazil | 514496 | 1.15 |
| Peru | 462230 | 1.03 |
| Ecuador | 462202 | 1.03 |
| Venezuela | 457958 | 1.02 |
| Poland | 419099 | 0.94 |
| Russia | 407564 | 0.91 |
| Nigeria | 396630 | 0.88 |
| Iran | 391865 | 0.87 |
| Pakistan | 386353 | 0.86 |
| Taiwan | 377844 | 0.84 |
| Ukraine | 373476 | 0.83 |
| Japan | 345530 | 0.77 |
| Italy | 321494 | 0.72 |
| England | 314914 | 0.70 |
| Guyana | 280822 | 0.63 |
| Ethiopia | 266439 | 0.59 |
| Bangladesh | 259597 | 0.58 |
| Thailand | 255891 | 0.57 |
| Nicaragua | 248138 | 0.55 |
| Hong Kong | 240192 | 0.54 |
| Iraq | 235111 | 0.52 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 231139 | 0.52 |
| Egypt | 212876 | 0.48 |
| Argentina | 196841 | 0.44 |
| Ghana | 188168 | 0.42 |
| France | 184856 | 0.41 |
| Laos | 178195 | 0.40 |
| Portugal | 171499 | 0.38 |
| Romania | 166674 | 0.37 |
| Burma | 155955 | 0.35 |
| Nepal | 153937 | 0.34 |
| Kenya | 150926 | 0.34 |
| Cambodia | 148389 | 0.33 |
| Israel | 140559 | 0.31 |
| Turkey | 132932 | 0.30 |
| Lebanon | 132520 | 0.30 |
| Greece | 121928 | 0.27 |
| Ireland | 121499 | 0.27 |
| Spain | 120292 | 0.27 |
| Afghanistan | 118496 | 0.26 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 107368 | 0.24 |
| Syria | 105842 | 0.24 |
| Panama | 105684 | 0.24 |
| Chile | 104388 | 0.23 |
| Albania | 101356 | 0.23 |
| Somalia | 99941 | 0.22 |
| Australia | 98216 | 0.22 |
| Indonesia | 97876 | 0.22 |
| Liberia | 95254 | 0.21 |
| Costa Rica | 95243 | 0.21 |
| Armenia | 95130 | 0.21 |
| Morocco | 88132 | 0.20 |
| Jordan | 87215 | 0.19 |
| Netherlands | 84052 | 0.19 |
| Malaysia | 81169 | 0.18 |
| Cameroon | 76277 | 0.17 |
| Bulgaria | 74181 | 0.17 |
| Belarus | 70143 | 0.16 |
| Uzbekistan | 69395 | 0.16 |
| Saudi Arabia | 68915 | 0.15 |
| Czechoslovakia | 66081 | 0.15 |
| Hungary | 65582 | 0.15 |
| Yemen | 60865 | 0.14 |
| Scotland | 58248 | 0.13 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 55728 | 0.12 |
| Sri Lanka | 54882 | 0.12 |
| Sudan | 54762 | 0.12 |
| Barbados | 53861 | 0.12 |
| Moldova | 52107 | 0.12 |
| Uruguay | 51525 | 0.12 |
| Eritrea | 50569 | 0.11 |
| Sweden | 47489 | 0.11 |
| Fiji | 46174 | 0.10 |
| Belize | 45520 | 0.10 |
| Sierra Leone | 45198 | 0.10 |
| Cabo Verde | 42925 | 0.10 |
| Serbia | 40543 | 0.09 |
| Austria | 40445 | 0.09 |
| Croatia | 38451 | 0.09 |
| Switzerland | 37295 | 0.08 |
| Grenada | 36182 | 0.08 |
| Singapore | 35722 | 0.08 |
| Belgium | 35017 | 0.08 |
| Bahamas | 34975 | 0.08 |
| Lithuania | 34118 | 0.08 |
| Dominica | 34090 | 0.08 |
| Kazakhstan | 33918 | 0.08 |
| Kuwait | 33670 | 0.08 |
| Uganda | 32934 | 0.07 |
| Congo | 32128 | 0.07 |
| Senegal | 31620 | 0.07 |
| Micronesia | 30920 | 0.07 |
| Denmark | 28796 | 0.06 |
| Azores Islands | 27921 | 0.06 |
| North Macedonia | 27747 | 0.06 |
| Zimbabwe | 26111 | 0.06 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 23936 | 0.05 |
| Latvia | 23070 | 0.05 |
| Norway | 22052 | 0.05 |