Mississippi 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 Mississippi was 68,580, which was 2.31% of the population of Mississippi.

The highest percentage of the Mississippi foreign-born population where born in Mexico (28.21%), followed by India (6.29%), and Vietnam (6.10%).

The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Mississippi Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Mississippi foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Mississippi 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.
Mississippi Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Mexico
India
Vietnam
Philippines
China
Guatemala
Honduras
Germany
Canada
Dominican Republic
Mississippi 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 19344 28.21
India 4311 6.29
Vietnam 4182 6.10
Philippines 3757 5.48
China 3574 5.21
Guatemala 3106 4.53
Honduras 2951 4.30
Germany 2008 2.93
Canada 1403 2.05
Dominican Republic 1091 1.59
Cuba 1030 1.50
England 1022 1.49
Korea 975 1.42
Colombia 967 1.41
Jamaica 891 1.30
Yemen 842 1.23
Thailand 732 1.07
Nigeria 656 0.96
El Salvador 589 0.86
Japan 567 0.83
Russia 501 0.73
Nepal 484 0.71
Peru 479 0.70
Brazil 471 0.69
Iran 431 0.63
Pakistan 424 0.62
Jordan 417 0.61
Taiwan 395 0.58
Venezuela 329 0.48
Scotland 319 0.47
Nicaragua 309 0.45
France 285 0.42
Ethiopia 284 0.41
Haiti 267 0.39
Netherlands 249 0.36
Panama 245 0.36
Australia 225 0.33
Greece 221 0.32
Saudi Arabia 214 0.31
Spain 211 0.31
Ecuador 210 0.31
Poland 207 0.30
Ireland 203 0.30
Cameroon 186 0.27
Ghana 186 0.27
Italy 185 0.27
Costa Rica 178 0.26
Syria 173 0.25
Ukraine 170 0.25
Egypt 152 0.22
Bahamas 148 0.22
Morocco 147 0.21
Israel 146 0.21
Cambodia 138 0.20
Trinidad and Tobago 128 0.19
Indonesia 125 0.18
Austria 121 0.18
Belize 118 0.17
Liberia 117 0.17
Sudan 107 0.16
Czechoslovakia 104 0.15
Romania 93 0.14
Bulgaria 91 0.13
Malaysia 86 0.13
Turkey 83 0.12
Uganda 82 0.12
Senegal 77 0.11
Kenya 75 0.11
Denmark 74 0.11
Guyana 69 0.10
Argentina 65 0.10
Eritrea 62 0.09
Afghanistan 59 0.09
Chile 57 0.08
Hungary 56 0.08
Belgium 53 0.08
Singapore 53 0.08
Uruguay 46 0.07
Sierra Leone 44 0.06
Lebanon 42 0.06
Hong Kong 41 0.06
Kuwait 40 0.06
Lithuania 39 0.06
Laos 39 0.06
Norway 37 0.05
Belarus 37 0.05
Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 0.05
Somalia 27 0.04
Zimbabwe 25 0.04
Grenada 24 0.04
Switzerland 23 0.03
Sweden 22 0.03
Portugal 22 0.03
Iraq 22 0.03
Burma 21 0.03
Bangladesh 17 0.03
Congo 16 0.02
Latvia 15 0.02
Moldova 13 0.02
Albania 11 0.02
Barbados 11 0.02
Serbia 8 0.01
Kazakhstan 8 0.01
Sri Lanka 6 0.01
Croatia 4 0.01