Breaking Down America’s Immigrant Population

Key takeaways

• The U.S. had a total foreign born population of 47.8M people as of 2023
• Over half of this population originates from countries in the Americas, with Mexico being the largest source by a huge margin (10.9M people)
• Other top sources of immigrants include India (2.9M), China (2.2M), and the Philippines (2.1M)