New Jersey 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 New Jersey was 2,115,061, which was 22.91% of the population of New Jersey.
The highest percentage of the New Jersey foreign-born population where born in India (13.02%), followed by Dominican Republic (9.61%), and China (4.93%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the New Jersey Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total New Jersey foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the New Jersey 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: New Jersey ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
New Jersey 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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| India | 275278 | 13.02 |
| Dominican Republic | 203205 | 9.61 |
| China | 104312 | 4.93 |
| Mexico | 103827 | 4.91 |
| Colombia | 90639 | 4.29 |
| Ecuador | 90250 | 4.27 |
| Philippines | 85305 | 4.03 |
| Korea | 70534 | 3.34 |
| Peru | 60376 | 2.86 |
| Haiti | 50325 | 2.38 |
| Poland | 48969 | 2.32 |
| Jamaica | 47886 | 2.26 |
| El Salvador | 46645 | 2.21 |
| Cuba | 44800 | 2.12 |
| Guatemala | 44123 | 2.09 |
| Brazil | 42724 | 2.02 |
| Honduras | 35779 | 1.69 |
| Italy | 35079 | 1.66 |
| Egypt | 34136 | 1.61 |
| Portugal | 29542 | 1.40 |
| Pakistan | 27146 | 1.28 |
| Nigeria | 25160 | 1.19 |
| Guyana | 24657 | 1.17 |
| Ukraine | 21755 | 1.03 |
| Russia | 20586 | 0.97 |
| Canada | 16996 | 0.80 |
| Germany | 16955 | 0.80 |
| Turkey | 16500 | 0.78 |
| Ghana | 16496 | 0.78 |
| Vietnam | 15703 | 0.74 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14900 | 0.70 |
| Taiwan | 14821 | 0.70 |
| Costa Rica | 14752 | 0.70 |
| Bangladesh | 13843 | 0.65 |
| Venezuela | 12466 | 0.59 |
| Argentina | 10750 | 0.51 |
| Hong Kong | 10666 | 0.50 |
| England | 10404 | 0.49 |
| Spain | 10120 | 0.48 |
| Israel | 9796 | 0.46 |
| Japan | 9726 | 0.46 |
| Liberia | 8354 | 0.40 |
| Greece | 8313 | 0.39 |
| Ireland | 8072 | 0.38 |
| Chile | 7620 | 0.36 |
| Uruguay | 7598 | 0.36 |
| France | 7328 | 0.35 |
| Kenya | 6669 | 0.32 |
| Romania | 6214 | 0.29 |
| Syria | 5509 | 0.26 |
| Albania | 5234 | 0.25 |
| Morocco | 5143 | 0.24 |
| North Macedonia | 4814 | 0.23 |
| Nicaragua | 4805 | 0.23 |
| Belarus | 4695 | 0.22 |
| Iran | 4677 | 0.22 |
| Jordan | 4675 | 0.22 |
| Lebanon | 4536 | 0.21 |
| Hungary | 4504 | 0.21 |
| Czechoslovakia | 4020 | 0.19 |
| Panama | 3823 | 0.18 |
| Dominica | 3201 | 0.15 |
| Sri Lanka | 3146 | 0.15 |
| Thailand | 3039 | 0.14 |
| Bulgaria | 3038 | 0.14 |
| Scotland | 2815 | 0.13 |
| Barbados | 2766 | 0.13 |
| Croatia | 2722 | 0.13 |
| Australia | 2661 | 0.13 |
| Ethiopia | 2462 | 0.12 |
| Netherlands | 2454 | 0.12 |
| Sierra Leone | 2301 | 0.11 |
| Nepal | 2271 | 0.11 |
| Cameroon | 2256 | 0.11 |
| Indonesia | 2126 | 0.10 |
| Uzbekistan | 2113 | 0.10 |
| Malaysia | 2076 | 0.10 |
| Austria | 2005 | 0.10 |
| Serbia | 1934 | 0.09 |
| Moldova | 1897 | 0.09 |
| Afghanistan | 1744 | 0.08 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1733 | 0.08 |
| Iraq | 1635 | 0.08 |
| Latvia | 1596 | 0.08 |
| Lithuania | 1565 | 0.07 |
| Senegal | 1519 | 0.07 |
| Switzerland | 1517 | 0.07 |
| Burma | 1402 | 0.07 |
| Grenada | 1340 | 0.06 |
| Singapore | 1328 | 0.06 |
| Kuwait | 1305 | 0.06 |
| Belgium | 1257 | 0.06 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1235 | 0.06 |
| Sudan | 1201 | 0.06 |
| Denmark | 1174 | 0.06 |
| Kazakhstan | 1142 | 0.05 |
| Uganda | 1113 | 0.05 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1070 | 0.05 |
| Zimbabwe | 1049 | 0.05 |
| Sweden | 1002 | 0.05 |
| Belize | 950 | 0.05 |
| Norway | 810 | 0.04 |
| Cambodia | 758 | 0.04 |
| Armenia | 694 | 0.03 |
| Bahamas | 641 | 0.03 |
| Yemen | 599 | 0.03 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 539 | 0.03 |
| Eritrea | 367 | 0.02 |
| Laos | 345 | 0.02 |
| Congo | 345 | 0.02 |
| Azores Islands | 318 | 0.02 |
| Cabo Verde | 127 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 96 | 0.01 |
| Somalia | 92 | 0.00 |