Alabama 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 Foreign-Born population of Alabama was 173,429, which was 3.47% of the population of Alabama.
The highest percentage of the Alabama foreign-born population where born in Mexico (27.19%), followed by Guatemala (8.32%), and Korea (5.84%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Alabama Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Alabama foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Alabama foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
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Related Topics: Alabama ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Alabama 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 | 47147 | 27.19 |
| Guatemala | 14427 | 8.32 |
| Korea | 10123 | 5.84 |
| China | 10081 | 5.81 |
| India | 9437 | 5.44 |
| Vietnam | 7021 | 4.05 |
| Germany | 6624 | 3.82 |
| Philippines | 4769 | 2.75 |
| Honduras | 3707 | 2.14 |
| Canada | 3495 | 2.02 |
| El Salvador | 2730 | 1.57 |
| Japan | 2292 | 1.32 |
| Cuba | 2254 | 1.30 |
| England | 1856 | 1.07 |
| Pakistan | 1777 | 1.02 |
| Colombia | 1772 | 1.02 |
| Venezuela | 1755 | 1.01 |
| Brazil | 1753 | 1.01 |
| Nigeria | 1730 | 1.00 |
| Kenya | 1571 | 0.91 |
| Jamaica | 1421 | 0.82 |
| Thailand | 1363 | 0.79 |
| Taiwan | 1329 | 0.77 |
| Russia | 1178 | 0.68 |
| France | 1121 | 0.65 |
| Panama | 1078 | 0.62 |
| Iran | 975 | 0.56 |
| Nepal | 934 | 0.54 |
| Peru | 934 | 0.54 |
| Haiti | 864 | 0.50 |
| Ukraine | 751 | 0.43 |
| Bangladesh | 675 | 0.39 |
| Portugal | 616 | 0.36 |
| Cambodia | 553 | 0.32 |
| Dominican Republic | 548 | 0.32 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 541 | 0.31 |
| Laos | 540 | 0.31 |
| Malaysia | 524 | 0.30 |
| Australia | 509 | 0.29 |
| Romania | 501 | 0.29 |
| Turkey | 492 | 0.28 |
| Italy | 486 | 0.28 |
| Egypt | 476 | 0.27 |
| Ecuador | 472 | 0.27 |
| Chile | 468 | 0.27 |
| Hong Kong | 438 | 0.25 |
| Ethiopia | 437 | 0.25 |
| Nicaragua | 422 | 0.24 |
| Scotland | 400 | 0.23 |
| Spain | 397 | 0.23 |
| Ghana | 380 | 0.22 |
| Indonesia | 367 | 0.21 |
| Lebanon | 364 | 0.21 |
| Kuwait | 358 | 0.21 |
| Moldova | 331 | 0.19 |
| Austria | 306 | 0.18 |
| Netherlands | 289 | 0.17 |
| Singapore | 288 | 0.17 |
| Zimbabwe | 260 | 0.15 |
| Kazakhstan | 250 | 0.14 |
| Greece | 249 | 0.14 |
| Cameroon | 243 | 0.14 |
| Yemen | 238 | 0.14 |
| Liberia | 234 | 0.14 |
| Croatia | 233 | 0.13 |
| Ireland | 228 | 0.13 |
| Poland | 228 | 0.13 |
| Morocco | 228 | 0.13 |
| Costa Rica | 228 | 0.13 |
| Israel | 226 | 0.13 |
| Czechoslovakia | 219 | 0.13 |
| Jordan | 215 | 0.12 |
| Senegal | 196 | 0.11 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 191 | 0.11 |
| Guyana | 191 | 0.11 |
| Sudan | 177 | 0.10 |
| Syria | 175 | 0.10 |
| Saudi Arabia | 169 | 0.10 |
| Sweden | 167 | 0.10 |
| Sierra Leone | 166 | 0.10 |
| Bulgaria | 163 | 0.09 |
| Argentina | 161 | 0.09 |
| Hungary | 158 | 0.09 |
| Iraq | 149 | 0.09 |
| Belgium | 138 | 0.08 |
| Bahamas | 136 | 0.08 |
| Uganda | 133 | 0.08 |
| Congo | 126 | 0.07 |
| Eritrea | 116 | 0.07 |
| Fiji | 105 | 0.06 |
| Norway | 102 | 0.06 |
| Micronesia | 100 | 0.06 |
| Lithuania | 99 | 0.06 |
| Uzbekistan | 97 | 0.06 |
| Afghanistan | 95 | 0.06 |
| Belarus | 93 | 0.05 |
| Uruguay | 91 | 0.05 |
| Barbados | 87 | 0.05 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 84 | 0.05 |
| Grenada | 82 | 0.05 |
| Latvia | 78 | 0.05 |
| Sri Lanka | 76 | 0.04 |
| Denmark | 48 | 0.03 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 0.02 |
| Belize | 31 | 0.02 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 29 | 0.02 |
| Albania | 26 | 0.02 |
| Armenia | 17 | 0.01 |
| Burma | 15 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 10 | 0.01 |