Houston city, TX Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 5, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of Houston city, TX was 662,251, which was 28.88% of the population of Houston city, TX.
The highest percentage of the Houston city foreign-born population were born in Mexico (36.58%), followed by El Salvador (10.05%), and Honduras (7.28%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Houston city Foreign-born population as a percentage of the total Houston city foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Houston city foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Houston city, TX 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 | 242262 | 36.58 |
| El Salvador | 66576 | 10.05 |
| Honduras | 48239 | 7.28 |
| Vietnam | 28169 | 4.25 |
| Guatemala | 27718 | 4.18 |
| China | 24723 | 3.73 |
| India | 23971 | 3.62 |
| Nigeria | 17695 | 2.67 |
| Venezuela | 14352 | 2.17 |
| Cuba | 13206 | 1.99 |
| Colombia | 9960 | 1.50 |
| Philippines | 8703 | 1.31 |
| Pakistan | 7525 | 1.14 |
| Iran | 6349 | 0.96 |
| Korea | 5086 | 0.77 |
| Canada | 4900 | 0.74 |
| Iraq | 4741 | 0.72 |
| Taiwan | 4121 | 0.62 |
| Nicaragua | 3634 | 0.55 |
| Ethiopia | 3101 | 0.47 |
| Cameroon | 3002 | 0.45 |
| Brazil | 2970 | 0.45 |
| Jamaica | 2845 | 0.43 |
| France | 2528 | 0.38 |
| Japan | 2501 | 0.38 |
| Peru | 2311 | 0.35 |
| Germany | 2283 | 0.35 |
| Dominican Republic | 2277 | 0.34 |
| Russia | 2258 | 0.34 |
| Eritrea | 2257 | 0.34 |
| Egypt | 2153 | 0.33 |
| Lebanon | 2151 | 0.33 |
| Ecuador | 2072 | 0.31 |
| England | 1967 | 0.30 |
| Argentina | 1947 | 0.29 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1917 | 0.29 |
| Italy | 1676 | 0.25 |
| Ghana | 1596 | 0.24 |
| Jordan | 1583 | 0.24 |
| Bangladesh | 1527 | 0.23 |
| Thailand | 1506 | 0.23 |
| Australia | 1504 | 0.23 |
| Hong Kong | 1444 | 0.22 |
| Turkey | 1429 | 0.22 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1385 | 0.21 |
| Nepal | 1323 | 0.20 |
| Afghanistan | 1295 | 0.20 |
| Syria | 1155 | 0.17 |
| Spain | 1101 | 0.17 |
| Kenya | 1077 | 0.16 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1020 | 0.15 |
| Poland | 982 | 0.15 |
| Indonesia | 964 | 0.15 |
| Morocco | 916 | 0.14 |
| Netherlands | 906 | 0.14 |
| Kuwait | 902 | 0.14 |
| Burma | 878 | 0.13 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 875 | 0.13 |
| Sierra Leone | 839 | 0.13 |
| Israel | 815 | 0.12 |
| Haiti | 775 | 0.12 |
| Panama | 764 | 0.12 |
| Romania | 743 | 0.11 |
| Scotland | 692 | 0.10 |
| Denmark | 670 | 0.10 |
| Cambodia | 659 | 0.10 |
| Malaysia | 659 | 0.10 |
| Congo | 655 | 0.10 |
| Costa Rica | 648 | 0.10 |
| Belize | 645 | 0.10 |
| Chile | 604 | 0.09 |
| Kazakhstan | 584 | 0.09 |
| Greece | 582 | 0.09 |
| Sri Lanka | 541 | 0.08 |
| Liberia | 524 | 0.08 |
| Uruguay | 478 | 0.07 |
| Ukraine | 468 | 0.07 |
| Serbia | 460 | 0.07 |
| Norway | 443 | 0.07 |
| Sudan | 432 | 0.07 |
| Ireland | 420 | 0.06 |
| Hungary | 411 | 0.06 |
| Bahamas | 378 | 0.06 |
| Guyana | 363 | 0.06 |
| Somalia | 351 | 0.05 |
| Singapore | 338 | 0.05 |
| Uganda | 331 | 0.05 |
| Zimbabwe | 323 | 0.05 |
| Laos | 266 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 265 | 0.04 |
| Sweden | 231 | 0.04 |
| Switzerland | 228 | 0.03 |
| Belarus | 223 | 0.03 |
| Bulgaria | 206 | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 198 | 0.03 |
| Senegal | 179 | 0.03 |
| Albania | 169 | 0.03 |
| Czechoslovakia | 164 | 0.03 |
| Armenia | 163 | 0.03 |
| Austria | 149 | 0.02 |
| Dominica | 147 | 0.02 |
| Croatia | 142 | 0.02 |
| Uzbekistan | 113 | 0.02 |
| Latvia | 108 | 0.02 |
| Barbados | 97 | 0.02 |
| Micronesia | 74 | 0.01 |
| North Macedonia | 60 | 0.01 |
| Lithuania | 42 | 0.01 |
| Moldova | 22 | 0.00 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 17 | 0.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 16 | 0.00 |
| Yemen | 15 | 0.00 |
| Grenada | 9 | 0.00 |