US Foreign-Born Population who were Born in Mexico 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 Mexico was 10,850,260, which was 24.20% of the total US Foreign-Born population.
Among US states, California had the highest number of its Foreign-Born population who were born in Mexico (3,925,037 people), followed by Texas (2,434,661 people), and Illinois (628,339).
The chart below shows the number of the Foreign-Born population who were born in Mexico for each state. The table below shows the number and percentage of the Foreign-Born population that were born in Mexico 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 | 3925037 | 37.54 |
| Texas | 2434661 | 49.65 |
| Illinois | 628339 | 34.84 |
| Arizona | 495043 | 53.69 |
| Florida | 261784 | 5.85 |
| Washington | 240241 | 21.52 |
| Georgia | 227166 | 20.77 |
| North Carolina | 217920 | 25.76 |
| Nevada | 217402 | 37.05 |
| New York | 213439 | 4.72 |
| Colorado | 211497 | 38.77 |
| Oregon | 139767 | 33.89 |
| New Mexico | 128873 | 66.69 |
| New Jersey | 103827 | 4.91 |
| Oklahoma | 102611 | 42.90 |
| Indiana | 100958 | 27.60 |
| Utah | 100215 | 36.65 |
| Tennessee | 88254 | 24.17 |
| Wisconsin | 87239 | 29.57 |
| Kansas | 82123 | 40.05 |
| Michigan | 77407 | 11.10 |
| South Carolina | 61249 | 23.21 |
| Arkansas | 60059 | 40.54 |
| Minnesota | 57982 | 12.10 |
| Virginia | 56820 | 5.28 |
| Pennsylvania | 54780 | 5.93 |
| Idaho | 53285 | 51.06 |
| Nebraska | 48302 | 33.26 |
| Alabama | 47147 | 27.19 |
| Ohio | 44157 | 7.89 |
| Iowa | 41503 | 23.87 |
| Missouri | 39975 | 15.57 |
| Maryland | 34145 | 3.61 |
| Kentucky | 29604 | 16.28 |
| Connecticut | 27344 | 5.12 |
| Louisiana | 24731 | 12.62 |
| Mississippi | 19344 | 28.21 |
| Delaware | 14891 | 15.74 |
| Massachusetts | 12895 | 1.07 |
| Wyoming | 7979 | 40.59 |
| Hawaii | 5050 | 1.91 |
| District of Columbia | 3869 | 4.20 |
| Alaska | 3861 | 6.67 |
| South Dakota | 3628 | 10.76 |
| Rhode Island | 3444 | 2.21 |
| North Dakota | 2774 | 8.17 |
| Montana | 2261 | 9.60 |
| New Hampshire | 2003 | 2.42 |
| West Virginia | 1932 | 6.69 |
| Maine | 823 | 1.67 |
| Vermont | 620 | 2.21 |