American Community Survey Reports
U.S. Department o Commerce
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
The Foreign-Born Population in theUnited States: 2010
INTRODUCTION
This report presents a portrait o theoreign-born population in the UnitedStates. The U.S. Census Bureau uses theterm
oreign born
to reer to anyone whois not a U.S. citizen at birth. This includesnaturalized citizens, lawul permanentresidents, temporary migrants (such asoreign students), humanitarian migrants(such as reugees), and undocumentedmigrants. The term
native born
reers toanyone born in the United States, PuertoRico, or a U.S. Island Area, or those bornabroad o at least one U.S. citizen parent.
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Inormation on the demographic, social,economic, and housing characteristicspresented in this report is based on datarom the 2010 American CommunitySurvey (ACS).
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In this report, data on the oreign bornare presented by broad region o birth,including Arica, Asia, Europe, LatinAmerica and the Caribbean, NorthernAmerica, and Oceania. More detail isshown or Latin America and theCaribbean—including Mexico, OtherCentral America, South America, and theCaribbean. For this report, the categoryOther Central America excludes Mexicobut includes the remaining countries o Central America.
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In the graphs display-ing inormation by nativity and place
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The terms
native
and
native born
are used inter-changeably in this report. U.S. Island Areas includeGuam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, andthe Commonwealth o the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Additional inormation about the ACS is avail-able on the Census Bureau’s Web site at
www.census.gov/acs/www/
.
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Other Central America includes the countries o Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,Nicaragua, and Panama.
o birth, data on the total, native, andoreign-born populations as well as theregions o birth are shown in light green,while the areas within Latin America areshown in light blue.
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Data are shown or population (e.g., age,marital status, occupation) and house-hold (e.g., size, type, income) character-istics. A household is a person or a groupo people who occupy a housing unit astheir current residence. College residencehalls, military barracks, correctional acili-ties, and other group quarters are notincluded. A householder is usually theperson, or one o the people, in whosename the home is owned, being bought,or rented. A amily household consists o a householder and one or more peopleliving together in the same householdwho are related to the householder bybirth, marriage, or adoption. It may alsoinclude people unrelated to the house-holder. The nativity status and place o birth o a household are determined bythe nativity status and place o birth o the householder. A household with aoreign-born householder may alsocontain native residents, and a house-hold with a native householder may alsocontain oreign-born residents.The 2010 ACS estimated the number o oreign born in the United States to be
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The term
Latin America and the Caribbean
includes countries in Central and South America andthe Caribbean. Throughout the remainder o thisreport, the term
Latin America
is used to reer toall o these areas. A complete list o the countriesincluded in the regions and subregions is available onthe Census Bureau’s Web site at
www.census.gov /acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation /CodeLists/Foreign_Country_Code_List_062310.pd
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Issued May 2012
ACS-19
ByElizabeth M. Grieco,Yesenia D. Acosta,G. Patricia de la Cruz,Christine Gambino,Thomas Gryn,Luke J. Larsen,Edward N. Trevelyan,andNathan P. Walters
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U.S. Census Bureau
nearly 40 million, or 13 percent o the total population (Table 1).
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The oreign-born population romLatin America was the largestregion-o-birth group, accountingor over hal (53 percent) o alloreign born (Table 2). By compari-son, 28 percent o the oreign bornwere born in Asia, 12 percent inEurope, 4 percent in Arica, 2 per-cent in Northern America, and lessthan 1 percent in Oceania.
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Amongthe 21.2 million oreign born romLatin America, 11.7 million, or overhal (55 percent), were born inMexico. O the total oreign-bornpopulation, 29 percent were bornin Mexico.
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This report discusses data about resi-dents o the United States, including the 50states and the District o Columbia; it doesnot include data about residents o PuertoRico. Population totals shown in this reportare as o July 1, 2010.
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The majority o the oreign born romNorthern America were rom Canada(99 percent). About two-thirds o the oreignborn rom Oceania were rom Australia andNew Zealand (48 percent) and Fiji(18 percent).
Table 1.
Population by Nativity Status and Citizenship: 2010
(Numbers in thousands. Data based on sample. For inormation on condentialityprotection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and denitions, see
www.census.gov /acs/www/
)
Nativity and citizenshipPopulation
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Margin oerror
2
(±)PercentMargin oerror
2
(±)
Total 309,350(X)1000(X)
Native 269,394115871–Foreign born 39,956115129–Naturalized citizen 17,4768256–Noncitizen 22,48012073–
(X) Not applicable– Represents or rounds to zero
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Population as o July 1, 2010
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Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability A margin o error is a measureo an estimate’s variability The larger the margin o error in relation to the size o the estimates, the lessreliable the estimate When added to and subtracted rom the estimate, the margin o error orms the90 percent confdence intervalSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2010
Table 2.
Foreign-Born Population by Region o Birth: 2010
(Numbers in thousands. Data based on sample. For inormation on condentialityprotection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and denitions, see
www.census.gov /acs/www/
)
Region o birthPopulationMargin oerror
1
(±)PercentMargin oerror
1
(±)
Total
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39,9561151000(X)
Arica 1,607334001Asia 11,2844728201Europe 4,8174412101Latin America and the Caribbean 21,2249053101Mexico 11,7118329302Other Central America 3,053467601South America 2,730426801Caribbean 3,731429301Northern America 8071620–Oceania 2171005–
(X) Not applicable– Represents or rounds to zero
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Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability A margin o error is a measureo an estimate’s variability The larger the margin o error in relation to the size o the estimates, the lessreliable the estimate When added to and subtracted rom the estimate, the margin o error orms the90 percent confdence interval
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Excludes 181 persons who reported they were born at seaNote: Percentages do not sum to 1000 due to roundingSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2010
U.S. Census Bureau
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SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS
Geographic Distribution
While the oreign born residedin every state in 2010, over hal lived in just our states: Caliornia,New York, Texas, and Florida. Overone-ourth o the total oreign-bornpopulation lived in Caliornia.Caliornia, New York, and New Jersey had the highest oreign-bornproportions in their total popula-tions. Over 1 in 4 residents o Caliornia and over 1 in 5 residentso New York and New Jersey wereoreign born.
Age, Marital Status, Fertility,and Household Size and Type
Hal o the oreign born werebetween the ages o 18 and 44,compared with about one-third o the native born. The oreign bornwere also more likely than nativesto be married and less likely tobe divorced. Foreign-born house-holds were, on average, larger thannative households and were morelikely to be amily households, toinclude children under 18, and tobe multigenerational. Foreign-bornwomen were more likely to havegiven birth in the last 12 monthsthan native women.
Year o Entry, NaturalizationRate, and English-SpeakingAbility
Over hal o the oreign born cameto live in the United States since1990, with about one-third enter-ing the country in 2000 or later.Overall, about 2 in 5 oreign bornwere naturalized citizens. For thoseoreign born who entered beore1980, about 4 o 5 were natural-ized citizens. About hal o all or-eign born either spoke only Englishat home or spoke a language otherthan English at home and spokeEnglish “very well.”
Educational Attainment,Labor Force Participation, andOccupation
Compared with the native-bornpopulation, the oreign born wereless likely to be high school gradu-ates. However, over 2 in 3 oreignborn were high school graduatesand more than 1 in 4 aged 25years and older attained at least abachelor’s degree. The oreign bornwere more likely than the nativeborn to be in the labor orce. Overone-ourth o the oreign bornworked in management, business,science, and art occupations withan additional one-ourth working inservice occupations.
Household Income, HealthInsurance Coverage, andPercent in Poverty
About two-thirds o the oreignborn had some orm o healthinsurance coverage and, o those,three-ourths were covered by aprivate insurer. The median incomeo oreign-born households wasless than that o native households,and the oreign born were morelikely than the native born to livein poverty.
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