US Foreign-Born Population who were Born in China By State in 2021 (ACS-5yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the US Foreign-Born population who were born in China was 2,815,423, which was 6.28% of the total US Foreign-Born population.
Among US states, California had the highest number of its Foreign-Born population who were born in China (963,119 people), followed by New York (483,515 people), and Texas (148,969).
The chart below shows the number of the Foreign-Born population who were born in China for each state. The table below shows the number and percentage of the Foreign-Born population that were born in China for each state.
You can see similar information for other countries of birth of the US Foreign-Born population.
Related Topics: US Census 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
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| State | Population | % of State Foreign-Born Pop. (%) |
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| California | 963119 | 9.21 |
| New York | 483515 | 10.69 |
| Texas | 148969 | 3.04 |
| Massachusetts | 120876 | 9.99 |
| Washington | 104485 | 9.36 |
| New Jersey | 104312 | 4.93 |
| Illinois | 86647 | 4.81 |
| Pennsylvania | 76284 | 8.25 |
| Florida | 67319 | 1.50 |
| Maryland | 57724 | 6.10 |
| Virginia | 52954 | 4.92 |
| Georgia | 44307 | 4.05 |
| Ohio | 42505 | 7.60 |
| Michigan | 41260 | 5.92 |
| North Carolina | 32921 | 3.89 |
| Arizona | 28865 | 3.13 |
| Oregon | 27520 | 6.67 |
| Connecticut | 26827 | 5.02 |
| Hawaii | 26203 | 9.90 |
| Nevada | 26188 | 4.46 |
| Indiana | 23343 | 6.38 |
| Colorado | 21841 | 4.00 |
| Minnesota | 21197 | 4.42 |
| Missouri | 21017 | 8.18 |
| Wisconsin | 17252 | 5.85 |
| Tennessee | 15967 | 4.37 |
| South Carolina | 11038 | 4.18 |
| Kansas | 10477 | 5.11 |
| Alabama | 10081 | 5.81 |
| Iowa | 9630 | 5.54 |
| Utah | 9580 | 3.50 |
| Kentucky | 9263 | 5.09 |
| Oklahoma | 8644 | 3.61 |
| Louisiana | 7592 | 3.87 |
| Delaware | 7226 | 7.64 |
| Rhode Island | 6085 | 3.91 |
| Nebraska | 5159 | 3.55 |
| New Hampshire | 4991 | 6.02 |
| District of Columbia | 4338 | 4.71 |
| Arkansas | 4124 | 2.78 |
| New Mexico | 4121 | 2.13 |
| Mississippi | 3574 | 5.21 |
| Idaho | 3125 | 3.00 |
| Maine | 2899 | 5.88 |
| Vermont | 2104 | 7.51 |
| West Virginia | 1760 | 6.10 |
| Alaska | 1738 | 3.00 |
| Montana | 1429 | 6.07 |
| South Dakota | 1146 | 3.40 |
| North Dakota | 1048 | 3.09 |
| Wyoming | 834 | 4.24 |