Virginia 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 Virginia was 1,076,904, which was 12.55% of the population of Virginia.
The highest percentage of the Virginia foreign-born population where born in El Salvador (10.19%), followed by India (8.77%), and Mexico (5.28%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Virginia Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Virginia foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Virginia 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: Virginia ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Virginia 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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| El Salvador | 109727 | 10.19 |
| India | 94434 | 8.77 |
| Mexico | 56820 | 5.28 |
| Korea | 54263 | 5.04 |
| China | 52954 | 4.92 |
| Philippines | 51958 | 4.83 |
| Vietnam | 43713 | 4.06 |
| Guatemala | 36458 | 3.39 |
| Ethiopia | 30977 | 2.88 |
| Honduras | 29863 | 2.77 |
| Peru | 27659 | 2.57 |
| Pakistan | 25921 | 2.41 |
| Germany | 18840 | 1.75 |
| Afghanistan | 18296 | 1.70 |
| Ghana | 17809 | 1.65 |
| Iran | 14390 | 1.34 |
| Colombia | 13979 | 1.30 |
| Canada | 13111 | 1.22 |
| Bangladesh | 11701 | 1.09 |
| Jamaica | 11126 | 1.03 |
| Egypt | 10051 | 0.93 |
| Russia | 9808 | 0.91 |
| Nepal | 9489 | 0.88 |
| England | 9395 | 0.87 |
| Iraq | 8834 | 0.82 |
| Japan | 8792 | 0.82 |
| Morocco | 7884 | 0.73 |
| Taiwan | 7643 | 0.71 |
| Turkey | 7400 | 0.69 |
| Brazil | 7387 | 0.69 |
| Thailand | 7336 | 0.68 |
| Venezuela | 7222 | 0.67 |
| Dominican Republic | 6560 | 0.61 |
| Nigeria | 6335 | 0.59 |
| Nicaragua | 6306 | 0.59 |
| Cuba | 5970 | 0.55 |
| Sierra Leone | 5781 | 0.54 |
| Lebanon | 5441 | 0.51 |
| France | 5324 | 0.49 |
| Ecuador | 5119 | 0.48 |
| Cambodia | 4834 | 0.45 |
| Italy | 4757 | 0.44 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4718 | 0.44 |
| Ukraine | 4603 | 0.43 |
| Argentina | 4426 | 0.41 |
| Haiti | 4413 | 0.41 |
| Poland | 4055 | 0.38 |
| Panama | 3890 | 0.36 |
| Kenya | 3661 | 0.34 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3598 | 0.33 |
| Chile | 3510 | 0.33 |
| Sudan | 3310 | 0.31 |
| Spain | 3257 | 0.30 |
| Hong Kong | 3250 | 0.30 |
| Eritrea | 3196 | 0.30 |
| Greece | 3118 | 0.29 |
| Somalia | 2903 | 0.27 |
| Romania | 2832 | 0.26 |
| Jordan | 2717 | 0.25 |
| Laos | 2646 | 0.25 |
| Cameroon | 2475 | 0.23 |
| Sri Lanka | 2421 | 0.23 |
| Bulgaria | 2403 | 0.22 |
| Guyana | 2387 | 0.22 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2293 | 0.21 |
| Australia | 2246 | 0.21 |
| Syria | 2230 | 0.21 |
| Netherlands | 2200 | 0.20 |
| Costa Rica | 2057 | 0.19 |
| Ireland | 2049 | 0.19 |
| Indonesia | 2022 | 0.19 |
| Burma | 1963 | 0.18 |
| Portugal | 1823 | 0.17 |
| Liberia | 1766 | 0.16 |
| Scotland | 1734 | 0.16 |
| Malaysia | 1684 | 0.16 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1640 | 0.15 |
| Austria | 1494 | 0.14 |
| Uruguay | 1384 | 0.13 |
| Israel | 1372 | 0.13 |
| Albania | 1345 | 0.13 |
| Sweden | 1308 | 0.12 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1294 | 0.12 |
| Belgium | 1153 | 0.11 |
| Hungary | 1123 | 0.10 |
| Belarus | 1093 | 0.10 |
| Moldova | 1057 | 0.10 |
| Barbados | 992 | 0.09 |
| Kuwait | 967 | 0.09 |
| Yemen | 944 | 0.09 |
| Kazakhstan | 943 | 0.09 |
| Serbia | 923 | 0.09 |
| Uganda | 860 | 0.08 |
| Senegal | 853 | 0.08 |
| Zimbabwe | 840 | 0.08 |
| Uzbekistan | 830 | 0.08 |
| Switzerland | 814 | 0.08 |
| Armenia | 800 | 0.07 |
| Lithuania | 761 | 0.07 |
| Denmark | 730 | 0.07 |
| Latvia | 717 | 0.07 |
| Singapore | 657 | 0.06 |
| Congo | 554 | 0.05 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 504 | 0.05 |
| Belize | 456 | 0.04 |
| Norway | 431 | 0.04 |
| Croatia | 399 | 0.04 |
| Grenada | 373 | 0.04 |
| North Macedonia | 337 | 0.03 |
| Dominica | 288 | 0.03 |
| Bahamas | 227 | 0.02 |
| Fiji | 176 | 0.02 |
| Micronesia | 98 | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 76 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 33 | 0.00 |