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.
Related Topics: Wisconsin ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
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 (%) |
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| 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 |