Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin was 295,065, which was 5.03% of the population of Wisconsin.

The highest percentage of the Wisconsin foreign-born population where born in Mexico (29.57%), followed by India (8.79%), and China (5.85%).

The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Wisconsin Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Wisconsin foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Wisconsin 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.
Wisconsin Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Mexico
India
China
Laos
Thailand
Philippines
Germany
Canada
Korea
Poland
Wisconsin 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 (%)
Mexico 87239 29.57
India 25925 8.79
China 17252 5.85
Laos 13173 4.46
Thailand 9840 3.34
Philippines 8883 3.01
Germany 8505 2.88
Canada 6709 2.27
Korea 5689 1.93
Poland 4492 1.52
Vietnam 4398 1.49
Russia 3992 1.35
Burma 3747 1.27
Colombia 3307 1.12
Pakistan 2710 0.92
Guatemala 2583 0.88
England 2442 0.83
Nigeria 2400 0.81
Nicaragua 2209 0.75
Brazil 2175 0.74
Honduras 2149 0.73
Venezuela 2049 0.69
Ukraine 1969 0.67
Italy 1963 0.67
Dominican Republic 1958 0.66
Japan 1869 0.63
Jamaica 1613 0.55
Iraq 1567 0.53
Malaysia 1493 0.51
Peru 1451 0.49
Argentina 1449 0.49
Taiwan 1422 0.48
Cuba 1416 0.48
Romania 1357 0.46
Saudi Arabia 1313 0.45
Somalia 1304 0.44
Jordan 1261 0.43
Iran 1211 0.41
Nepal 1204 0.41
El Salvador 1197 0.41
Ethiopia 1196 0.41
Netherlands 1125 0.38
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1071 0.36
Albania 1043 0.35
Spain 984 0.33
Turkey 979 0.33
Australia 969 0.33
Czechoslovakia 924 0.31
Egypt 919 0.31
Austria 884 0.30
Ghana 878 0.30
Croatia 838 0.28
Hungary 835 0.28
Greece 817 0.28
Serbia 788 0.27
France 767 0.26
Bulgaria 721 0.24
Chile 706 0.24
Bangladesh 700 0.24
North Macedonia 693 0.24
Kenya 679 0.23
Scotland 677 0.23
Ecuador 677 0.23
Costa Rica 638 0.22
Hong Kong 620 0.21
Haiti 598 0.20
Liberia 575 0.20
Sweden 572 0.19
Morocco 572 0.19
Ireland 568 0.19
Cambodia 565 0.19
Democratic Republic of Congo 542 0.18
Indonesia 534 0.18
Panama 512 0.17
Latvia 507 0.17
Micronesia 486 0.17
Uruguay 484 0.16
Belarus 477 0.16
Israel 470 0.16
Sierra Leone 400 0.14
Eritrea 366 0.12
Lithuania 361 0.12
Kuwait 361 0.12
Switzerland 359 0.12
Syria 359 0.12
Cameroon 349 0.12
Denmark 339 0.12
Belgium 337 0.11
Norway 313 0.11
Sri Lanka 301 0.10
Lebanon 279 0.10
Trinidad and Tobago 255 0.09
Senegal 249 0.08
Sudan 242 0.08
Kazakhstan 216 0.07
Singapore 194 0.07
Congo 190 0.06
Yemen 183 0.06
Armenia 173 0.06
Uzbekistan 170 0.06
Uganda 166 0.06
Guyana 158 0.05
Moldova 142 0.05
Belize 142 0.05
Afghanistan 135 0.05
Portugal 107 0.04
Barbados 95 0.03
Dominica 65 0.02
Bahamas 52 0.02
Zimbabwe 38 0.01
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 25 0.01
Grenada 4 0.00
Azores Islands 1 0.00