Tennessee 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 Tennessee was 365,221, which was 5.32% of the population of Tennessee.
The highest percentage of the Tennessee foreign-born population where born in Mexico (24.17%), followed by India (6.46%), and Guatemala (5.14%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Tennessee Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Tennessee foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Tennessee foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
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Related Topics: Tennessee ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Tennessee 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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| Mexico | 88254 | 24.17 |
| India | 23599 | 6.46 |
| Guatemala | 18780 | 5.14 |
| China | 15967 | 4.37 |
| Honduras | 14573 | 3.99 |
| Philippines | 11207 | 3.07 |
| Egypt | 11168 | 3.06 |
| El Salvador | 10322 | 2.83 |
| Vietnam | 9117 | 2.50 |
| Canada | 9094 | 2.49 |
| Iraq | 8432 | 2.31 |
| Germany | 8162 | 2.24 |
| Korea | 7506 | 2.06 |
| Nigeria | 4776 | 1.31 |
| Cuba | 4758 | 1.30 |
| Ethiopia | 4721 | 1.29 |
| Venezuela | 4657 | 1.27 |
| Laos | 4291 | 1.18 |
| England | 4078 | 1.12 |
| Colombia | 3640 | 1.00 |
| Japan | 3570 | 0.98 |
| Thailand | 3149 | 0.86 |
| Iran | 3137 | 0.86 |
| Russia | 2586 | 0.71 |
| Ukraine | 2484 | 0.68 |
| Somalia | 2441 | 0.67 |
| Pakistan | 2243 | 0.61 |
| Peru | 2222 | 0.61 |
| Brazil | 2209 | 0.61 |
| Burma | 2152 | 0.59 |
| Jamaica | 2088 | 0.57 |
| Nepal | 1972 | 0.54 |
| Taiwan | 1914 | 0.52 |
| Romania | 1756 | 0.48 |
| Sudan | 1734 | 0.48 |
| Dominican Republic | 1710 | 0.47 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1605 | 0.44 |
| Poland | 1520 | 0.42 |
| Haiti | 1475 | 0.40 |
| Ghana | 1466 | 0.40 |
| Italy | 1369 | 0.38 |
| Argentina | 1271 | 0.35 |
| France | 1248 | 0.34 |
| Lebanon | 1111 | 0.30 |
| Malaysia | 1105 | 0.30 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1090 | 0.30 |
| Turkey | 1048 | 0.29 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1047 | 0.29 |
| Yemen | 1040 | 0.28 |
| Uzbekistan | 1011 | 0.28 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 968 | 0.27 |
| Ecuador | 934 | 0.26 |
| Australia | 932 | 0.26 |
| Jordan | 924 | 0.25 |
| Panama | 922 | 0.25 |
| Cambodia | 860 | 0.24 |
| Kenya | 831 | 0.23 |
| Costa Rica | 775 | 0.21 |
| Greece | 767 | 0.21 |
| Ireland | 723 | 0.20 |
| Congo | 698 | 0.19 |
| Bangladesh | 690 | 0.19 |
| Chile | 688 | 0.19 |
| Moldova | 685 | 0.19 |
| Nicaragua | 679 | 0.19 |
| Israel | 643 | 0.18 |
| Netherlands | 633 | 0.17 |
| Czechoslovakia | 626 | 0.17 |
| Indonesia | 621 | 0.17 |
| Liberia | 619 | 0.17 |
| Senegal | 603 | 0.17 |
| Hungary | 595 | 0.16 |
| Spain | 573 | 0.16 |
| Cameroon | 573 | 0.16 |
| Belize | 544 | 0.15 |
| Guyana | 530 | 0.14 |
| Scotland | 510 | 0.14 |
| Sweden | 488 | 0.13 |
| Bahamas | 478 | 0.13 |
| Bulgaria | 461 | 0.13 |
| Austria | 459 | 0.13 |
| Hong Kong | 447 | 0.12 |
| Afghanistan | 432 | 0.12 |
| Zimbabwe | 391 | 0.11 |
| Syria | 382 | 0.11 |
| Sri Lanka | 356 | 0.10 |
| Albania | 353 | 0.10 |
| Kuwait | 336 | 0.09 |
| Morocco | 313 | 0.09 |
| Croatia | 284 | 0.08 |
| Latvia | 276 | 0.08 |
| Uganda | 275 | 0.08 |
| Portugal | 250 | 0.07 |
| Denmark | 240 | 0.07 |
| Belgium | 238 | 0.07 |
| Micronesia | 232 | 0.06 |
| Dominica | 225 | 0.06 |
| Switzerland | 214 | 0.06 |
| Eritrea | 195 | 0.05 |
| Kazakhstan | 172 | 0.05 |
| Uruguay | 148 | 0.04 |
| Belarus | 143 | 0.04 |
| Sierra Leone | 142 | 0.04 |
| Serbia | 128 | 0.04 |
| Azores Islands | 125 | 0.03 |
| Grenada | 99 | 0.03 |
| Lithuania | 91 | 0.03 |
| North Macedonia | 82 | 0.02 |
| Singapore | 82 | 0.02 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 31 | 0.01 |
| Armenia | 28 | 0.01 |
| Barbados | 24 | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 17 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 13 | 0.00 |
| Norway | 12 | 0.00 |