Missouri 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 Missouri was 256,802, which was 4.18% of the population of Missouri.

The highest percentage of the Missouri foreign-born population where born in Mexico (15.57%), followed by India (8.70%), and China (8.18%).

The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Missouri Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Missouri foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Missouri 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.
Missouri Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Mexico
India
China
Vietnam
Philippines
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany
Korea
Guatemala
Honduras
Missouri 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 39975 15.57
India 22338 8.70
China 21017 8.18
Vietnam 10723 4.18
Philippines 10507 4.09
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9018 3.51
Germany 7509 2.92
Korea 6834 2.66
Guatemala 5975 2.33
Honduras 5032 1.96
Canada 4884 1.90
Kenya 4279 1.67
El Salvador 3712 1.45
Russia 3634 1.42
Nigeria 3342 1.30
Iraq 3223 1.25
Pakistan 2964 1.15
Ukraine 2925 1.14
Cuba 2861 1.11
Colombia 2787 1.09
Taiwan 2620 1.02
England 2537 0.99
Thailand 2468 0.96
Ethiopia 2303 0.90
Jamaica 2143 0.83
Brazil 2137 0.83
Micronesia 2057 0.80
Democratic Republic of Congo 1972 0.77
Somalia 1903 0.74
Italy 1864 0.73
Japan 1746 0.68
France 1547 0.60
Iran 1523 0.59
Burma 1479 0.58
Venezuela 1466 0.57
Ghana 1465 0.57
Poland 1448 0.56
Syria 1401 0.55
Jordan 1345 0.52
Nepal 1323 0.52
Peru 1292 0.50
Bulgaria 1205 0.47
Liberia 1158 0.45
Albania 1155 0.45
Egypt 1102 0.43
Haiti 1101 0.43
Saudi Arabia 1080 0.42
Romania 1063 0.41
Bangladesh 1047 0.41
Australia 1004 0.39
Turkey 995 0.39
Eritrea 943 0.37
Hong Kong 927 0.36
Belarus 827 0.32
Cambodia 783 0.31
Spain 750 0.29
Dominican Republic 736 0.29
Laos 730 0.28
Argentina 670 0.26
Trinidad and Tobago 657 0.26
Panama 647 0.25
Costa Rica 640 0.25
Afghanistan 638 0.25
Nicaragua 633 0.25
Sudan 631 0.25
Croatia 621 0.24
Israel 608 0.24
Morocco 589 0.23
Greece 579 0.23
Hungary 564 0.22
Scotland 543 0.21
Ecuador 523 0.20
Ireland 521 0.20
Malaysia 495 0.19
Netherlands 484 0.19
Chile 465 0.18
Kuwait 436 0.17
Zimbabwe 422 0.16
Czechoslovakia 407 0.16
Austria 398 0.16
Indonesia 391 0.15
Lebanon 379 0.15
Serbia 364 0.14
Moldova 361 0.14
Uganda 348 0.14
Sierra Leone 335 0.13
Cameroon 300 0.12
Switzerland 285 0.11
Sweden 282 0.11
Belgium 281 0.11
Congo 269 0.11
Belize 206 0.08
Sri Lanka 205 0.08
Senegal 205 0.08
Uzbekistan 187 0.07
Bahamas 187 0.07
Kazakhstan 161 0.06
Denmark 149 0.06
North Macedonia 142 0.06
Uruguay 141 0.06
Portugal 123 0.05
Guyana 122 0.05
Norway 109 0.04
Latvia 84 0.03
Lithuania 71 0.03
Yemen 69 0.03
Dominica 61 0.02
Singapore 54 0.02
Fiji 53 0.02
Armenia 48 0.02
Grenada 43 0.02
Azores Islands 28 0.01
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 28 0.01
Barbados 27 0.01