Washington 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 Washington was 1,116,529, which was 14.66% of the population of Washington.
The highest percentage of the Washington foreign-born population where born in Mexico (21.52%), followed by China (9.36%), and India (8.43%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Washington Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Washington foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Washington 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: Washington ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Washington 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 | 240241 | 21.52 |
| China | 104485 | 9.36 |
| India | 94167 | 8.43 |
| Philippines | 72831 | 6.52 |
| Vietnam | 61030 | 5.47 |
| Korea | 47693 | 4.27 |
| Canada | 46899 | 4.20 |
| Ukraine | 36301 | 3.25 |
| Russia | 21295 | 1.91 |
| Ethiopia | 18680 | 1.67 |
| Germany | 17783 | 1.59 |
| Japan | 17447 | 1.56 |
| Taiwan | 16045 | 1.44 |
| El Salvador | 13592 | 1.22 |
| Guatemala | 13344 | 1.20 |
| Kenya | 11404 | 1.02 |
| Cambodia | 11309 | 1.01 |
| Iran | 10422 | 0.93 |
| Thailand | 9611 | 0.86 |
| England | 8912 | 0.80 |
| Hong Kong | 8726 | 0.78 |
| Somalia | 8358 | 0.75 |
| Brazil | 8194 | 0.73 |
| Romania | 7617 | 0.68 |
| Laos | 6020 | 0.54 |
| Afghanistan | 5621 | 0.50 |
| Pakistan | 5593 | 0.50 |
| Honduras | 5274 | 0.47 |
| Colombia | 5269 | 0.47 |
| Iraq | 5217 | 0.47 |
| France | 5184 | 0.46 |
| Peru | 4997 | 0.45 |
| Eritrea | 4932 | 0.44 |
| Moldova | 4910 | 0.44 |
| Poland | 4667 | 0.42 |
| Australia | 4364 | 0.39 |
| Belarus | 3859 | 0.35 |
| Indonesia | 3738 | 0.34 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3504 | 0.31 |
| Netherlands | 3400 | 0.31 |
| Turkey | 3212 | 0.29 |
| Cuba | 3211 | 0.29 |
| Malaysia | 3132 | 0.28 |
| Micronesia | 2966 | 0.27 |
| Bulgaria | 2932 | 0.26 |
| Venezuela | 2792 | 0.25 |
| Nepal | 2764 | 0.25 |
| Israel | 2667 | 0.24 |
| Fiji | 2591 | 0.23 |
| Egypt | 2543 | 0.23 |
| Burma | 2507 | 0.23 |
| Ireland | 2504 | 0.22 |
| Uzbekistan | 2502 | 0.22 |
| Chile | 2392 | 0.21 |
| Kazakhstan | 2389 | 0.21 |
| Jamaica | 2353 | 0.21 |
| Argentina | 2353 | 0.21 |
| Italy | 2326 | 0.21 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2303 | 0.21 |
| Sweden | 2227 | 0.20 |
| Haiti | 2202 | 0.20 |
| Lebanon | 2168 | 0.19 |
| Nigeria | 2164 | 0.19 |
| Spain | 2062 | 0.19 |
| Scotland | 2030 | 0.18 |
| Morocco | 1873 | 0.17 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1761 | 0.16 |
| Denmark | 1759 | 0.16 |
| Ecuador | 1715 | 0.15 |
| Norway | 1694 | 0.15 |
| Singapore | 1669 | 0.15 |
| Dominican Republic | 1621 | 0.14 |
| Jordan | 1581 | 0.14 |
| Hungary | 1569 | 0.14 |
| Uganda | 1554 | 0.14 |
| Syria | 1511 | 0.14 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1450 | 0.13 |
| Armenia | 1390 | 0.12 |
| Nicaragua | 1345 | 0.12 |
| Ghana | 1326 | 0.12 |
| Bangladesh | 1312 | 0.12 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 1277 | 0.11 |
| Sudan | 1260 | 0.11 |
| Costa Rica | 1248 | 0.11 |
| Switzerland | 1229 | 0.11 |
| Panama | 1194 | 0.11 |
| Latvia | 991 | 0.09 |
| Sri Lanka | 968 | 0.09 |
| Greece | 915 | 0.08 |
| Belgium | 879 | 0.08 |
| Liberia | 870 | 0.08 |
| Lithuania | 786 | 0.07 |
| Portugal | 749 | 0.07 |
| Austria | 657 | 0.06 |
| Uruguay | 641 | 0.06 |
| Kuwait | 629 | 0.06 |
| Guyana | 541 | 0.05 |
| Serbia | 540 | 0.05 |
| Albania | 469 | 0.04 |
| Senegal | 457 | 0.04 |
| Belize | 447 | 0.04 |
| Croatia | 437 | 0.04 |
| Congo | 427 | 0.04 |
| Cameroon | 362 | 0.03 |
| Yemen | 351 | 0.03 |
| Zimbabwe | 330 | 0.03 |
| Sierra Leone | 242 | 0.02 |
| Bahamas | 188 | 0.02 |
| North Macedonia | 168 | 0.02 |
| Barbados | 145 | 0.01 |
| Grenada | 58 | 0.01 |
| Dominica | 55 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 53 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 29 | 0.00 |