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Foreign-born residents (number): U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Foreign-born residents (number). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Place of birth of residents by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-04
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National value: 50,409,320 (United States).

Washington: 1,329,131Idaho: 122,134Montana: 32,036North Dakota: 48,267Minnesota: 528,635Michigan: 779,385Ohio: 699,143Pennsylvania: 1,099,599New York: 4,673,727Vermont: 35,107New Hampshire: 103,494Maine: 67,070Arizona: 1,008,584California: 10,687,553New Mexico: 208,669Texas: 5,850,851Louisiana: 230,207Mississippi: 87,498Alabama: 236,556Florida: 5,336,897Georgia: 1,326,029South Carolina: 368,976North Carolina: 1,105,839Virginia: 1,238,730District of Columbia: 102,693Maryland: 1,110,323Delaware: 113,287New Jersey: 2,380,189Connecticut: 580,312Rhode Island: 165,994Massachusetts: 1,368,806Oregon: 429,361Utah: 345,167Wyoming: 21,157Nevada: 637,742Colorado: 624,448South Dakota: 35,497Nebraska: 177,500Kansas: 246,911Oklahoma: 265,070Iowa: 214,002Missouri: 295,406Wisconsin: 323,252Illinois: 1,984,938Kentucky: 262,887Arkansas: 177,328Tennessee: 494,649West Virginia: 40,133Indiana: 494,582Alaska: 56,023Hawaii: 257,546

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 102,693
  • RI 165,994
  • DE 113,287
  • CT 580,312
  • NJ 2,380,189
  • MD 1,110,323
  • MA 1,368,806
  • VT 35,107
  • NH 103,494
  • Lowest: 21,157 to 103,494
  • Group 2: 103,494 to 246,911
  • Group 3: 246,911 to 494,649
  • Group 4: 494,649 to 1,110,323
  • Highest: 1,110,323 to 10,687,553
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California10,687,553
2Texas5,850,851
3Florida5,336,897
4New York4,673,727
5New Jersey2,380,189
6Illinois1,984,938
7Massachusetts1,368,806
8Washington1,329,131
9Georgia1,326,029
10Virginia1,238,730
11Maryland1,110,323
12North Carolina1,105,839
13Pennsylvania1,099,599
14Arizona1,008,584
15Michigan779,385
16Ohio699,143
17Nevada637,742
18Colorado624,448
19Connecticut580,312
20Minnesota528,635
21Tennessee494,649
22Indiana494,582
23Oregon429,361
24South Carolina368,976
25Utah345,167
26Wisconsin323,252
27Missouri295,406
28Oklahoma265,070
29Kentucky262,887
30Hawaii257,546
31Kansas246,911
32Alabama236,556
33Louisiana230,207
34Iowa214,002
35New Mexico208,669
36Nebraska177,500
37Arkansas177,328
38Rhode Island165,994
39Idaho122,134
40Delaware113,287
41New Hampshire103,494
42District of Columbia102,693
43Mississippi87,498
44Maine67,070
45Alaska56,023
46North Dakota48,267
47West Virginia40,133
48South Dakota35,497
49Vermont35,107
50Montana32,036
51Wyoming21,157

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by foreign-born residents (number) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-foreign-born-residents-count/

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