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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Minnesota Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Mexico
Somalia
India
Laos
Ethiopia
China
Thailand
Vietnam
Kenya
Liberia
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 (%)
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