United States Foreign Born
2000 | |||
Country of Birth | Population | % Foreign Born | % Total Population |
Mexico | 9,177,487 | 29.50% | 3.26% |
Philippines | 1,369,070 | 4.40% | 0.49% |
India | 1,022,552 | 3.29% | 0.36% |
China; excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan | 988,857 | 3.18% | 0.35% |
Vietnam | 988,174 | 3.18% | 0.35% |
Cuba | 872,716 | 2.81% | 0.31% |
Korea | 864,125 | 2.78% | 0.31% |
Canada | 820,771 | 2.64% | 0.29% |
El Salvador | 817,336 | 2.63% | 0.29% |
Germany | 706,704 | 2.27% | 0.25% |
Dominican Republic | 687,677 | 2.21% | 0.24% |
United Kingdom | 677,751 | 2.18% | 0.24% |
Jamaica | 553,827 | 1.78% | 0.20% |
Colombia | 509,872 | 1.64% | 0.18% |
Guatemala | 480,665 | 1.55% | 0.17% |
Italy | 473,338 | 1.52% | 0.17% |
Poland | 466,742 | 1.50% | 0.17% |
Haiti | 419,317 | 1.35% | 0.15% |
Japan | 347,539 | 1.12% | 0.12% |
Russia | 340,177 | 1.09% | 0.12% |
Taiwan | 326,215 | 1.05% | 0.12% |
Ecuador | 298,626 | 0.96% | 0.11% |
Iran | 283,226 | 0.91% | 0.10% |
Honduras | 282,852 | 0.91% | 0.10% |
Peru | 278,186 | 0.89% | 0.10% |
Ukraine | 275,153 | 0.88% | 0.10% |
Pakistan | 223,477 | 0.72% | 0.08% |
Nicaragua | 220,335 | 0.71% | 0.08% |
Brazil | 212,428 | 0.68% | 0.08% |
Guyana | 211,189 | 0.68% | 0.08% |
Laos | 204,284 | 0.66% | 0.07% |
Hong Kong | 203,580 | 0.65% | 0.07% |
Portugal | 203,119 | 0.65% | 0.07% |
Trinidad and Tobago | 197,398 | 0.63% | 0.07% |
Thailand | 169,801 | 0.55% | 0.06% |
Greece | 165,750 | 0.53% | 0.06% |
Ireland | 156,474 | 0.50% | 0.06% |
France | 151,154 | 0.49% | 0.05% |
Cambodia | 136,978 | 0.44% | 0.05% |
Romania | 135,966 | 0.44% | 0.05% |
Nigeria | 134,940 | 0.43% | 0.05% |
Argentina | 125,218 | 0.40% | 0.04% |
Yugoslavia | 113,987 | 0.37% | 0.04% |
Egypt | 113,396 | 0.36% | 0.04% |
Israel | 109,719 | 0.35% | 0.04% |
Venezuela | 107,031 | 0.34% | 0.04% |
Lebanon | 105,910 | 0.34% | 0.04% |
Panama | 105,177 | 0.34% | 0.04% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98,766 | 0.32% | 0.04% |
Bangladesh | 95,294 | 0.31% | 0.03% |
Netherlands | 94,570 | 0.30% | 0.03% |
Hungary | 92,017 | 0.30% | 0.03% |
Iraq | 89,892 | 0.29% | 0.03% |
Czechoslovakia | 83,081 | 0.27% | 0.03% |
Spain | 82,858 | 0.27% | 0.03% |
Chile | 80,804 | 0.26% | 0.03% |
Turkey | 78,378 | 0.25% | 0.03% |
Indonesia | 72,552 | 0.23% | 0.03% |
Costa Rica | 71,870 | 0.23% | 0.03% |
Ethiopia | 69,531 | 0.22% | 0.02% |
Ghana | 65,572 | 0.21% | 0.02% |
Armenia | 65,280 | 0.21% | 0.02% |
Austria | 63,648 | 0.20% | 0.02% |
South Africa | 63,558 | 0.20% | 0.02% |
Australia | 60,965 | 0.20% | 0.02% |
Syria | 54,561 | 0.18% | 0.02% |
Bolivia | 53,278 | 0.17% | 0.02% |
Barbados | 52,172 | 0.17% | 0.02% |
Sweden | 49,724 | 0.16% | 0.02% |
Malaysia | 49,459 | 0.16% | 0.02% |
Jordan | 46,794 | 0.15% | 0.02% |
Afghanistan | 45,195 | 0.15% | 0.02% |
Belarus | 38,503 | 0.12% | 0.01% |
Sierra Leone | 20,831 | 0.07% | 0.01% |
Other Countries | 1,532,470 | 4.93% | 0.54% |
Total Foreign Born | 31,107,889 | 100% | 11.05% |
Total Population | 281,421,906 | ||
Source: U.S. Census, 2000 |