Arkansas 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 Arkansas was 148,159, which was 4.93% of the population of Arkansas.
The highest percentage of the Arkansas foreign-born population where born in Mexico (40.54%), followed by El Salvador (11.15%), and India (6.07%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Arkansas Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Arkansas foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Arkansas foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: Arkansas ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Arkansas 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 | 60059 | 40.54 |
| El Salvador | 16521 | 11.15 |
| India | 8993 | 6.07 |
| Guatemala | 4422 | 2.99 |
| Vietnam | 4344 | 2.93 |
| China | 4124 | 2.78 |
| Philippines | 3811 | 2.57 |
| Laos | 3393 | 2.29 |
| Germany | 2770 | 1.87 |
| Canada | 2290 | 1.55 |
| Korea | 1911 | 1.29 |
| Honduras | 1486 | 1.00 |
| England | 1297 | 0.88 |
| Brazil | 1273 | 0.86 |
| Pakistan | 1056 | 0.71 |
| Thailand | 1043 | 0.70 |
| Colombia | 779 | 0.53 |
| Japan | 679 | 0.46 |
| Nigeria | 587 | 0.40 |
| Bangladesh | 562 | 0.38 |
| Cuba | 537 | 0.36 |
| Indonesia | 528 | 0.36 |
| Iran | 526 | 0.36 |
| Saudi Arabia | 509 | 0.34 |
| Jordan | 507 | 0.34 |
| Scotland | 504 | 0.34 |
| Peru | 482 | 0.33 |
| Poland | 473 | 0.32 |
| France | 471 | 0.32 |
| Venezuela | 470 | 0.32 |
| Taiwan | 462 | 0.31 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 424 | 0.29 |
| Costa Rica | 408 | 0.28 |
| Nicaragua | 389 | 0.26 |
| Russia | 376 | 0.25 |
| Panama | 374 | 0.25 |
| Dominican Republic | 359 | 0.24 |
| Chile | 353 | 0.24 |
| Australia | 345 | 0.23 |
| Cameroon | 344 | 0.23 |
| Ghana | 298 | 0.20 |
| Argentina | 296 | 0.20 |
| Romania | 293 | 0.20 |
| Cambodia | 293 | 0.20 |
| Ecuador | 293 | 0.20 |
| Yemen | 283 | 0.19 |
| Egypt | 279 | 0.19 |
| Iraq | 277 | 0.19 |
| Dominica | 271 | 0.18 |
| Haiti | 264 | 0.18 |
| Ireland | 253 | 0.17 |
| Spain | 248 | 0.17 |
| Italy | 247 | 0.17 |
| Burma | 236 | 0.16 |
| Netherlands | 214 | 0.14 |
| Czechoslovakia | 211 | 0.14 |
| Ukraine | 190 | 0.13 |
| Turkey | 163 | 0.11 |
| Nepal | 161 | 0.11 |
| Syria | 147 | 0.10 |
| Bahamas | 147 | 0.10 |
| Belize | 130 | 0.09 |
| Jamaica | 129 | 0.09 |
| Sri Lanka | 127 | 0.09 |
| Lebanon | 124 | 0.08 |
| Kenya | 120 | 0.08 |
| Singapore | 118 | 0.08 |
| Israel | 105 | 0.07 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 100 | 0.07 |
| Hong Kong | 94 | 0.06 |
| Denmark | 89 | 0.06 |
| Belarus | 89 | 0.06 |
| Guyana | 85 | 0.06 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 0.06 |
| Morocco | 82 | 0.06 |
| Norway | 81 | 0.06 |
| Sweden | 81 | 0.06 |
| Austria | 81 | 0.06 |
| Liberia | 79 | 0.05 |
| Moldova | 78 | 0.05 |
| Congo | 72 | 0.05 |
| Ethiopia | 71 | 0.05 |
| Bulgaria | 68 | 0.05 |
| Senegal | 66 | 0.05 |
| Greece | 65 | 0.04 |
| Micronesia | 62 | 0.04 |
| Hungary | 60 | 0.04 |
| Sierra Leone | 56 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 48 | 0.03 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 0.03 |
| Serbia | 44 | 0.03 |
| Kuwait | 43 | 0.03 |
| Switzerland | 42 | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 33 | 0.02 |
| Afghanistan | 24 | 0.02 |
| Uganda | 23 | 0.02 |
| Barbados | 21 | 0.01 |
| Grenada | 18 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 16 | 0.01 |
| Uzbekistan | 14 | 0.01 |
| North Macedonia | 12 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 11 | 0.01 |
| Croatia | 10 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 9 | 0.01 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 0.01 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 0.01 |