Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA

Foreign Born  
2000 
Country of BirthPopulation% of Foreign Born% of Total Population
Mexico455,85450.88%9.76%
El Salvador66,0267.37%1.41%
Vietnam51,8035.78%1.11%
India31,6963.54%0.68%
Honduras19,5982.19%0.42%
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan17,9502.00%0.38%
Philippines17,5321.96%0.38%
Pakistan14,3091.60%0.31%
United Kingdom14,1721.58%0.30%
Guatemala14,1261.58%0.30%
Colombia13,7901.54%0.30%
Nigeria11,2971.26%0.24%
Canada10,7681.20%0.23%
Taiwan9,1591.02%0.20%
Korea8,3170.93%0.18%
Germany7,5830.85%0.16%
Cuba6,5210.73%0.14%
Iran6,2870.70%0.13%
Nicaragua4,6950.52%0.10%
Jamaica4,4420.50%0.10%
Venezuela3,7360.42%0.08%
Hong Kong3,6760.41%0.08%
Trinidad and Tobago3,6540.41%0.08%
Peru3,5450.40%0.08%
Argentina3,3940.38%0.07%
Japan3,1080.35%0.07%
France2,8140.31%0.06%
Lebanon2,6760.30%0.06%
Russia2,5620.29%0.05%
Brazil2,5410.28%0.05%
Cambodia2,4660.28%0.05%
Ecuador2,4050.27%0.05%
Egypt2,0170.23%0.04%
South Africa2,0130.22%0.04%
Thailand1,9760.22%0.04%
Poland1,9180.21%0.04%
Panama1,7670.20%0.04%
Netherlands1,7350.19%0.04%
Bangladesh1,7040.19%0.04%
Dominican Republic1,6870.19%0.04%
Indonesia1,6430.18%0.04%
Chile1,5280.17%0.03%
Costa Rica1,5080.17%0.03%
Greece1,5030.17%0.03%
Italy1,4650.16%0.03%
Israel1,4430.16%0.03%
Malaysia1,4410.16%0.03%
Australia1,4130.16%0.03%
Romania1,4040.16%0.03%
Laos1,3700.15%0.03%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,3090.15%0.03%
Bolivia1,2480.14%0.03%
Ghana1,2330.14%0.03%
Jordan1,2130.14%0.03%
Spain1,1540.13%0.02%
Ethiopia1,1180.12%0.02%
Turkey1,0510.12%0.02%
Ireland1,0180.11%0.02%
Guyana9790.11%0.02%
Syria9360.10%0.02%
Yugoslavia8530.10%0.02%
Iraq8160.09%0.02%
Ukraine7930.09%0.02%
Czechoslovakia7700.09%0.02%
Hungary6670.07%0.01%
Haiti5880.07%0.01%
Austria5470.06%0.01%
Sweden4740.05%0.01%
Barbados4340.05%0.01%
Portugal3380.04%0.01%
Sierra Leone2310.03%0.00%
Belarus1450.02%0.00%
Afghanistan1180.01%0.00%
Armenia80.00%0.00%
Other Countries25,8662.89%0.55%
Total Foreign Born895,944100%19.19%
Total Population4,669,571  
Source: U.S. Census, 2000