Michigan 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 Michigan was 697,343, which was 6.93% of the population of Michigan.
The highest percentage of the Michigan foreign-born population where born in India (11.11%), followed by Mexico (11.10%), and Iraq (8.24%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Michigan Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Michigan foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Michigan 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: Michigan ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Michigan 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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| India | 77458 | 11.11 |
| Mexico | 77407 | 11.10 |
| Iraq | 57436 | 8.24 |
| China | 41260 | 5.92 |
| Canada | 35451 | 5.08 |
| Lebanon | 25060 | 3.59 |
| Korea | 20822 | 2.99 |
| Yemen | 20269 | 2.91 |
| Philippines | 19402 | 2.78 |
| Bangladesh | 17190 | 2.47 |
| Germany | 17015 | 2.44 |
| Vietnam | 12544 | 1.80 |
| Albania | 12356 | 1.77 |
| Poland | 11481 | 1.65 |
| Japan | 10426 | 1.50 |
| Pakistan | 10231 | 1.47 |
| Romania | 9301 | 1.33 |
| Italy | 7672 | 1.10 |
| Brazil | 7306 | 1.05 |
| Guatemala | 6729 | 0.97 |
| England | 6565 | 0.94 |
| Nigeria | 6351 | 0.91 |
| Ukraine | 6338 | 0.91 |
| Russia | 6314 | 0.91 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6227 | 0.89 |
| Cuba | 6140 | 0.88 |
| Syria | 5837 | 0.84 |
| Jordan | 5610 | 0.80 |
| Taiwan | 5054 | 0.73 |
| Jamaica | 4293 | 0.62 |
| North Macedonia | 4102 | 0.59 |
| Iran | 4002 | 0.57 |
| Egypt | 3969 | 0.57 |
| Dominican Republic | 3919 | 0.56 |
| Netherlands | 3868 | 0.56 |
| Colombia | 3707 | 0.53 |
| El Salvador | 3560 | 0.51 |
| Burma | 3495 | 0.50 |
| Laos | 3485 | 0.50 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3386 | 0.49 |
| Thailand | 3252 | 0.47 |
| France | 2922 | 0.42 |
| Honduras | 2804 | 0.40 |
| Greece | 2692 | 0.39 |
| Nepal | 2452 | 0.35 |
| Israel | 2135 | 0.31 |
| Ethiopia | 2121 | 0.30 |
| Kenya | 1842 | 0.26 |
| Sudan | 1723 | 0.25 |
| Venezuela | 1686 | 0.24 |
| Liberia | 1647 | 0.24 |
| Scotland | 1599 | 0.23 |
| Haiti | 1595 | 0.23 |
| Turkey | 1582 | 0.23 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1576 | 0.23 |
| Hong Kong | 1573 | 0.23 |
| Ghana | 1565 | 0.22 |
| Spain | 1558 | 0.22 |
| Australia | 1539 | 0.22 |
| Kuwait | 1427 | 0.21 |
| Cambodia | 1362 | 0.20 |
| Bulgaria | 1327 | 0.19 |
| Somalia | 1316 | 0.19 |
| Argentina | 1305 | 0.19 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1295 | 0.19 |
| Morocco | 1286 | 0.18 |
| Peru | 1255 | 0.18 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1228 | 0.18 |
| Indonesia | 1216 | 0.17 |
| Serbia | 1211 | 0.17 |
| Ireland | 1187 | 0.17 |
| Malaysia | 1172 | 0.17 |
| Sri Lanka | 1103 | 0.16 |
| Austria | 1088 | 0.16 |
| Latvia | 982 | 0.14 |
| Costa Rica | 973 | 0.14 |
| Chile | 964 | 0.14 |
| Lithuania | 936 | 0.13 |
| Hungary | 913 | 0.13 |
| Ecuador | 901 | 0.13 |
| Sierra Leone | 890 | 0.13 |
| Afghanistan | 889 | 0.13 |
| Uzbekistan | 831 | 0.12 |
| Panama | 819 | 0.12 |
| Sweden | 788 | 0.11 |
| Uganda | 783 | 0.11 |
| Croatia | 767 | 0.11 |
| Cameroon | 765 | 0.11 |
| Belgium | 707 | 0.10 |
| Congo | 700 | 0.10 |
| Eritrea | 654 | 0.09 |
| Senegal | 616 | 0.09 |
| Singapore | 576 | 0.08 |
| Kazakhstan | 574 | 0.08 |
| Nicaragua | 525 | 0.08 |
| Denmark | 505 | 0.07 |
| Moldova | 496 | 0.07 |
| Guyana | 488 | 0.07 |
| Belarus | 465 | 0.07 |
| Switzerland | 459 | 0.07 |
| Armenia | 431 | 0.06 |
| Zimbabwe | 403 | 0.06 |
| Bahamas | 320 | 0.05 |
| Micronesia | 305 | 0.04 |
| Portugal | 302 | 0.04 |
| Norway | 261 | 0.04 |
| Uruguay | 233 | 0.03 |
| Belize | 130 | 0.02 |
| Barbados | 100 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 50 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 46 | 0.01 |
| Grenada | 46 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 32 | 0.01 |
| Dominica | 25 | 0.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 5 | 0.00 |