Nebraska 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 Nebraska was 145,215, which was 7.44% of the population of Nebraska.

The highest percentage of the Nebraska foreign-born population where born in Mexico (33.26%), followed by Guatemala (6.84%), and India (4.28%).

The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Nebraska Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Nebraska foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Nebraska 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.
Nebraska Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Mexico
Guatemala
India
El Salvador
Vietnam
China
Burma
Cuba
Iraq
Thailand
Nebraska 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 48302 33.26
Guatemala 9926 6.84
India 6208 4.28
El Salvador 5576 3.84
Vietnam 5454 3.76
China 5159 3.55
Burma 3600 2.48
Cuba 3556 2.45
Iraq 3155 2.17
Thailand 3092 2.13
Philippines 2847 1.96
Korea 2508 1.73
Sudan 2469 1.70
Germany 2185 1.51
Honduras 2172 1.50
Somalia 2120 1.46
Canada 2035 1.40
Nepal 1795 1.24
Colombia 1289 0.89
Japan 1279 0.88
Ethiopia 1073 0.74
Ukraine 1040 0.72
Kenya 904 0.62
Venezuela 846 0.58
Afghanistan 792 0.55
Brazil 771 0.53
Malaysia 755 0.52
Nigeria 721 0.50
Saudi Arabia 641 0.44
Bosnia and Herzegovina 621 0.43
Russia 617 0.43
Taiwan 598 0.41
England 571 0.39
Peru 564 0.39
Poland 526 0.36
Laos 496 0.34
Dominican Republic 460 0.32
Pakistan 422 0.29
Egypt 410 0.28
Bahamas 374 0.26
Spain 351 0.24
Iran 348 0.24
Jordan 323 0.22
Chile 317 0.22
Ghana 316 0.22
Nicaragua 297 0.21
Italy 292 0.20
France 260 0.18
Belarus 260 0.18
Costa Rica 255 0.18
Syria 248 0.17
Greece 241 0.17
Jamaica 241 0.17
Romania 229 0.16
Australia 228 0.16
Argentina 228 0.16
Haiti 222 0.15
Congo 210 0.14
Cameroon 206 0.14
Panama 183 0.13
Ireland 175 0.12
Turkey 166 0.11
Democratic Republic of Congo 162 0.11
Indonesia 154 0.11
Hong Kong 149 0.10
Israel 134 0.09
Grenada 134 0.09
Netherlands 131 0.09
Zimbabwe 130 0.09
Sri Lanka 124 0.09
Belize 124 0.09
Uganda 123 0.09
Bangladesh 119 0.08
Scotland 112 0.08
Hungary 108 0.07
Latvia 104 0.07
Morocco 101 0.07
Lithuania 91 0.06
Ecuador 84 0.06
Serbia 81 0.06
Uzbekistan 81 0.06
Sierra Leone 81 0.06
Kazakhstan 77 0.05
Czechoslovakia 73 0.05
Liberia 73 0.05
Lebanon 71 0.05
Cambodia 69 0.05
Denmark 65 0.05
Kuwait 58 0.04
Croatia 49 0.03
Trinidad and Tobago 48 0.03
Sweden 44 0.03
Moldova 44 0.03
Austria 42 0.03
Senegal 42 0.03
Bulgaria 41 0.03
North Macedonia 41 0.03
Belgium 40 0.03
Norway 37 0.03
Switzerland 36 0.03
Albania 35 0.02
Barbados 29 0.02
Micronesia 28 0.02
Uruguay 23 0.02
Singapore 19 0.01
Armenia 17 0.01
Portugal 14 0.01
Eritrea 10 0.01
Fiji 3 0.00