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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Louisiana Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Honduras
Mexico
Vietnam
China
India
Cuba
Philippines
Guatemala
El Salvador
Dominican Republic
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 (%)
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