Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts was 1,209,717, which was 17.30% of the population of Massachusetts.
The highest percentage of the Massachusetts foreign-born population where born in China (9.99%), followed by Dominican Republic (8.30%), and Brazil (7.08%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Massachusetts Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Massachusetts foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Massachusetts 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: Massachusetts ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Massachusetts 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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| China | 120876 | 9.99 |
| Dominican Republic | 100383 | 8.30 |
| Brazil | 85592 | 7.08 |
| India | 81624 | 6.75 |
| Haiti | 59839 | 4.95 |
| Portugal | 51203 | 4.23 |
| El Salvador | 45054 | 3.72 |
| Vietnam | 38369 | 3.17 |
| Cabo Verde | 31659 | 2.62 |
| Guatemala | 30492 | 2.52 |
| Canada | 28434 | 2.35 |
| Colombia | 24823 | 2.05 |
| Jamaica | 20366 | 1.68 |
| Korea | 18112 | 1.50 |
| Russia | 17585 | 1.45 |
| Italy | 17379 | 1.44 |
| Ireland | 14052 | 1.16 |
| Cambodia | 13584 | 1.12 |
| Mexico | 12895 | 1.07 |
| Honduras | 12865 | 1.06 |
| Germany | 12688 | 1.05 |
| Azores Islands | 12507 | 1.03 |
| Albania | 12249 | 1.01 |
| Poland | 11903 | 0.98 |
| Ghana | 11756 | 0.97 |
| Philippines | 11501 | 0.95 |
| Ukraine | 10922 | 0.90 |
| Ecuador | 10645 | 0.88 |
| England | 10332 | 0.85 |
| Greece | 10315 | 0.85 |
| Nigeria | 9240 | 0.76 |
| Taiwan | 8749 | 0.72 |
| Hong Kong | 8599 | 0.71 |
| Kenya | 7904 | 0.65 |
| Morocco | 7882 | 0.65 |
| France | 7613 | 0.63 |
| Japan | 7542 | 0.62 |
| Lebanon | 7409 | 0.61 |
| Pakistan | 7206 | 0.60 |
| Peru | 7154 | 0.59 |
| Iran | 7069 | 0.58 |
| Nepal | 6357 | 0.53 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6281 | 0.52 |
| Venezuela | 5727 | 0.47 |
| Ethiopia | 5588 | 0.46 |
| Egypt | 5519 | 0.46 |
| Israel | 5355 | 0.44 |
| Thailand | 5260 | 0.44 |
| Uganda | 5251 | 0.43 |
| Spain | 5016 | 0.42 |
| Turkey | 4972 | 0.41 |
| Bangladesh | 4665 | 0.39 |
| Iraq | 4599 | 0.38 |
| Cuba | 3872 | 0.32 |
| Argentina | 3706 | 0.31 |
| Barbados | 3629 | 0.30 |
| Liberia | 3115 | 0.26 |
| Dominica | 3049 | 0.25 |
| Romania | 2992 | 0.25 |
| Syria | 2970 | 0.25 |
| Belarus | 2927 | 0.24 |
| Bulgaria | 2836 | 0.23 |
| Australia | 2773 | 0.23 |
| Chile | 2475 | 0.21 |
| Moldova | 2350 | 0.19 |
| Armenia | 2290 | 0.19 |
| Netherlands | 2156 | 0.18 |
| Uruguay | 2141 | 0.18 |
| Costa Rica | 2078 | 0.17 |
| Laos | 2039 | 0.17 |
| Hungary | 2020 | 0.17 |
| Cameroon | 1982 | 0.16 |
| Indonesia | 1970 | 0.16 |
| Malaysia | 1959 | 0.16 |
| Sri Lanka | 1905 | 0.16 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1898 | 0.16 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1875 | 0.16 |
| Scotland | 1793 | 0.15 |
| Sweden | 1718 | 0.14 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1698 | 0.14 |
| Guyana | 1694 | 0.14 |
| Somalia | 1670 | 0.14 |
| Burma | 1654 | 0.14 |
| Switzerland | 1560 | 0.13 |
| Sierra Leone | 1487 | 0.12 |
| Denmark | 1400 | 0.12 |
| Panama | 1284 | 0.11 |
| Belgium | 1260 | 0.10 |
| Serbia | 1240 | 0.10 |
| Jordan | 1166 | 0.10 |
| Kuwait | 1165 | 0.10 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1143 | 0.09 |
| Singapore | 1098 | 0.09 |
| Lithuania | 1092 | 0.09 |
| Nicaragua | 1062 | 0.09 |
| Latvia | 998 | 0.08 |
| Kazakhstan | 993 | 0.08 |
| Austria | 896 | 0.07 |
| Zimbabwe | 854 | 0.07 |
| Croatia | 733 | 0.06 |
| Eritrea | 681 | 0.06 |
| Uzbekistan | 670 | 0.06 |
| Senegal | 643 | 0.05 |
| Bahamas | 601 | 0.05 |
| Afghanistan | 590 | 0.05 |
| Congo | 549 | 0.05 |
| Sudan | 535 | 0.04 |
| Grenada | 486 | 0.04 |
| Norway | 467 | 0.04 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 339 | 0.03 |
| Yemen | 337 | 0.03 |
| Belize | 161 | 0.01 |
| North Macedonia | 114 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 85 | 0.01 |
| Micronesia | 60 | 0.01 |