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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Virginia Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
El Salvador
India
Mexico
Korea
China
Philippines
Vietnam
Guatemala
Ethiopia
Honduras
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 (%)
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