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Naturalized citizens: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Naturalized citizens. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Citizenship of the foreign-born by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 53.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 49.3 %
RI 58 %
DE 49.8 %
CT 57.2 %
NJ 58.2 %
MD 56.5 %
MA 53.6 %
VT 70.3 %
NH 61 %

Lowest: 37.7 to 43.7 %
Group 2: 43.7 to 48.9 %
Group 3: 48.9 to 52.9 %
Group 4: 52.9 to 57.6 %
Highest: 57.6 to 70.3 %

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.


1	Vermont	70.3
2	Hawaii	64.5
3	Alaska	62.8
4	New Hampshire	61
5	New York	60.6
6	Minnesota	59.6
7	Virginia	59
8	New Jersey	58.2
9	Rhode Island	58
10	Florida	57.8
11	Pennsylvania	57.6
12	California	57.2
12	Connecticut	57.2
14	Michigan	56.8
15	Montana	56.6
16	Maryland	56.5
16	West Virginia	56.5
18	Nevada	56.1
19	Illinois	54
20	Massachusetts	53.6
21	Missouri	52.9
22	Maine	52.7
23	Ohio	51.9
24	Arizona	51.7
25	Washington	51.5
26	Oregon	51.2
27	Georgia	50.8
28	Idaho	50.1
29	Delaware	49.8
30	District of Columbia	49.3
31	Colorado	48.9
32	Wisconsin	47.5
33	North Dakota	47.1
34	New Mexico	45.6
35	Oklahoma	45.4
35	Texas	45.4
37	Wyoming	44.7
38	South Carolina	44.2
39	South Dakota	44.1
40	Nebraska	43.9
41	North Carolina	43.7
42	Indiana	43.3
43	Mississippi	43.2
44	Iowa	42.8
45	Tennessee	42.7
46	Alabama	41.7
46	Kentucky	41.7
48	Kansas	41.2
49	Utah	40.9
50	Louisiana	40.3
51	Arkansas	37.7

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

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U.S. states ranked by naturalized citizens (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-naturalized-citizens/

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