Louisiana 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 Louisiana was 196,020, which was 4.21% of the population of Louisiana.
The highest percentage of the Louisiana foreign-born population where born in Honduras (18.33%), followed by Mexico (12.62%), and Vietnam (9.46%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Louisiana Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Louisiana foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Louisiana 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: Louisiana ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Louisiana 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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| Honduras | 35935 | 18.33 |
| Mexico | 24731 | 12.62 |
| Vietnam | 18550 | 9.46 |
| China | 7592 | 3.87 |
| India | 7113 | 3.63 |
| Cuba | 6242 | 3.18 |
| Philippines | 6115 | 3.12 |
| Guatemala | 5735 | 2.93 |
| El Salvador | 4630 | 2.36 |
| Dominican Republic | 4034 | 2.06 |
| Nicaragua | 3749 | 1.91 |
| Germany | 3379 | 1.72 |
| Brazil | 2965 | 1.51 |
| Canada | 2919 | 1.49 |
| Pakistan | 2563 | 1.31 |
| Nigeria | 2136 | 1.09 |
| Colombia | 2053 | 1.05 |
| Haiti | 1899 | 0.97 |
| Korea | 1887 | 0.96 |
| Japan | 1654 | 0.84 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1620 | 0.83 |
| Venezuela | 1575 | 0.80 |
| England | 1551 | 0.79 |
| Egypt | 1522 | 0.78 |
| Jamaica | 1369 | 0.70 |
| Laos | 1344 | 0.69 |
| Bangladesh | 1336 | 0.68 |
| Russia | 1285 | 0.66 |
| Jordan | 1259 | 0.64 |
| Thailand | 1253 | 0.64 |
| Iran | 1217 | 0.62 |
| Nepal | 1210 | 0.62 |
| Ecuador | 1123 | 0.57 |
| Panama | 1063 | 0.54 |
| Peru | 1047 | 0.53 |
| France | 963 | 0.49 |
| Yemen | 945 | 0.48 |
| Belize | 905 | 0.46 |
| Romania | 903 | 0.46 |
| Israel | 902 | 0.46 |
| Italy | 882 | 0.45 |
| Costa Rica | 774 | 0.40 |
| Taiwan | 728 | 0.37 |
| Ethiopia | 704 | 0.36 |
| Lebanon | 650 | 0.33 |
| Ukraine | 641 | 0.33 |
| Spain | 620 | 0.32 |
| Indonesia | 577 | 0.29 |
| Cambodia | 574 | 0.29 |
| Turkey | 548 | 0.28 |
| Burma | 526 | 0.27 |
| Guyana | 519 | 0.27 |
| Cameroon | 508 | 0.26 |
| Syria | 500 | 0.26 |
| Kuwait | 492 | 0.25 |
| Netherlands | 483 | 0.25 |
| Saudi Arabia | 476 | 0.24 |
| Kenya | 451 | 0.23 |
| Ireland | 447 | 0.23 |
| Argentina | 415 | 0.21 |
| Bulgaria | 401 | 0.21 |
| Iraq | 396 | 0.20 |
| Greece | 343 | 0.18 |
| Belgium | 342 | 0.17 |
| Uganda | 341 | 0.17 |
| Dominica | 339 | 0.17 |
| Morocco | 325 | 0.17 |
| Australia | 304 | 0.16 |
| Hong Kong | 261 | 0.13 |
| Chile | 248 | 0.13 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 245 | 0.13 |
| Moldova | 242 | 0.12 |
| Singapore | 236 | 0.12 |
| Ghana | 226 | 0.12 |
| Sweden | 211 | 0.11 |
| Hungary | 208 | 0.11 |
| Malaysia | 205 | 0.11 |
| Barbados | 193 | 0.10 |
| Poland | 181 | 0.09 |
| Norway | 178 | 0.09 |
| Croatia | 151 | 0.08 |
| Austria | 149 | 0.08 |
| Czechoslovakia | 148 | 0.08 |
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 0.07 |
| Sri Lanka | 135 | 0.07 |
| Bahamas | 132 | 0.07 |
| Kazakhstan | 131 | 0.07 |
| Uruguay | 129 | 0.07 |
| Afghanistan | 109 | 0.06 |
| North Macedonia | 88 | 0.05 |
| Scotland | 86 | 0.04 |
| Switzerland | 78 | 0.04 |
| Denmark | 76 | 0.04 |
| Latvia | 57 | 0.03 |
| Senegal | 53 | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 52 | 0.03 |
| Azores Islands | 43 | 0.02 |
| Belarus | 43 | 0.02 |
| Lithuania | 36 | 0.02 |
| Congo | 28 | 0.01 |
| Somalia | 25 | 0.01 |
| Micronesia | 22 | 0.01 |
| Grenada | 22 | 0.01 |
| Albania | 19 | 0.01 |
| Sudan | 10 | 0.01 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 7 | 0.00 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 5 | 0.00 |
| Sierra Leone | 5 | 0.00 |