Minnesota 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 Minnesota was 479,231, which was 8.45% of the population of Minnesota.
The highest percentage of the Minnesota foreign-born population where born in Mexico (12.10%), followed by Somalia (7.92%), and India (6.52%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Minnesota Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Minnesota foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Minnesota 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: Minnesota ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Minnesota 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 | 57982 | 12.10 |
| Somalia | 37966 | 7.92 |
| India | 31259 | 6.52 |
| Laos | 25343 | 5.29 |
| Ethiopia | 24808 | 5.18 |
| China | 21197 | 4.42 |
| Thailand | 20509 | 4.28 |
| Vietnam | 17453 | 3.64 |
| Kenya | 14660 | 3.06 |
| Liberia | 13749 | 2.87 |
| Korea | 12367 | 2.58 |
| Canada | 11679 | 2.44 |
| Philippines | 9822 | 2.05 |
| Burma | 8585 | 1.79 |
| Nigeria | 8148 | 1.70 |
| Ecuador | 7775 | 1.62 |
| Guatemala | 7264 | 1.52 |
| Germany | 6851 | 1.43 |
| El Salvador | 6729 | 1.40 |
| Russia | 6299 | 1.31 |
| Ukraine | 4501 | 0.94 |
| Cambodia | 4205 | 0.88 |
| Honduras | 3843 | 0.80 |
| Guyana | 3705 | 0.77 |
| Colombia | 3688 | 0.77 |
| Cameroon | 3433 | 0.72 |
| Ghana | 3280 | 0.68 |
| Pakistan | 3142 | 0.66 |
| Brazil | 2957 | 0.62 |
| Eritrea | 2915 | 0.61 |
| Nepal | 2705 | 0.56 |
| England | 2671 | 0.56 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2571 | 0.54 |
| Japan | 2523 | 0.53 |
| Egypt | 2457 | 0.51 |
| Taiwan | 2126 | 0.44 |
| Iraq | 2096 | 0.44 |
| Poland | 2081 | 0.43 |
| Sudan | 2077 | 0.43 |
| Venezuela | 1940 | 0.41 |
| Iran | 1897 | 0.40 |
| Peru | 1895 | 0.40 |
| Cuba | 1719 | 0.36 |
| France | 1669 | 0.35 |
| Dominican Republic | 1609 | 0.34 |
| Uganda | 1553 | 0.32 |
| Belarus | 1490 | 0.31 |
| Morocco | 1445 | 0.30 |
| Moldova | 1289 | 0.27 |
| Sierra Leone | 1255 | 0.26 |
| Hong Kong | 1235 | 0.26 |
| Argentina | 1203 | 0.25 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1151 | 0.24 |
| Italy | 1099 | 0.23 |
| Haiti | 1095 | 0.23 |
| Bangladesh | 1075 | 0.22 |
| Malaysia | 1007 | 0.21 |
| Nicaragua | 978 | 0.20 |
| Turkey | 971 | 0.20 |
| Lebanon | 961 | 0.20 |
| Romania | 939 | 0.20 |
| Jamaica | 919 | 0.19 |
| Australia | 916 | 0.19 |
| Netherlands | 894 | 0.19 |
| Spain | 889 | 0.19 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 869 | 0.18 |
| Ireland | 787 | 0.16 |
| Jordan | 740 | 0.15 |
| Sri Lanka | 735 | 0.15 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 684 | 0.14 |
| Kazakhstan | 668 | 0.14 |
| Costa Rica | 655 | 0.14 |
| Syria | 640 | 0.13 |
| Yemen | 606 | 0.13 |
| Latvia | 598 | 0.13 |
| Kuwait | 545 | 0.11 |
| Bulgaria | 541 | 0.11 |
| Sweden | 532 | 0.11 |
| Panama | 532 | 0.11 |
| Norway | 503 | 0.11 |
| Israel | 501 | 0.11 |
| Uruguay | 485 | 0.10 |
| Hungary | 483 | 0.10 |
| Czechoslovakia | 464 | 0.10 |
| Scotland | 455 | 0.10 |
| Greece | 454 | 0.10 |
| Chile | 436 | 0.09 |
| Denmark | 410 | 0.09 |
| Switzerland | 409 | 0.09 |
| Indonesia | 383 | 0.08 |
| Austria | 361 | 0.08 |
| Congo | 361 | 0.08 |
| Afghanistan | 330 | 0.07 |
| Micronesia | 307 | 0.06 |
| Senegal | 302 | 0.06 |
| Belize | 293 | 0.06 |
| Croatia | 291 | 0.06 |
| Bahamas | 286 | 0.06 |
| Zimbabwe | 280 | 0.06 |
| Serbia | 262 | 0.06 |
| Belgium | 254 | 0.05 |
| Albania | 248 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania | 231 | 0.05 |
| Uzbekistan | 189 | 0.04 |
| Singapore | 154 | 0.03 |
| Barbados | 131 | 0.03 |
| Portugal | 105 | 0.02 |
| North Macedonia | 52 | 0.01 |
| Armenia | 40 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 40 | 0.01 |
| Dominica | 39 | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 18 | 0.00 |
| Grenada | 11 | 0.00 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 0.00 |