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Recent arrivals who are not U.S. citizens: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of 2020-or-later arrivals who are not citizens (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Foreign-born residents by year of entry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.

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Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 95 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 97 %
RI 97.2 %
DE 96.4 %
CT 93.3 %
NJ 94.7 %
MD 93.3 %
MA 94.7 %
VT 94.4 %
NH 99.5 %

Lowest: 90.5 to 94.1 %
Group 2: 94.1 to 95.2 %
Group 3: 95.2 to 96 %
Group 4: 96 to 96.9 %
Highest: 96.9 to 99.5 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	New Hampshire	99.5
2	Wyoming	99.1
3	West Virginia	98.7
4	Kansas	98.1
5	Kentucky	97.7
6	Idaho	97.2
6	Rhode Island	97.2
6	Utah	97.2
9	New Mexico	97.1
10	District of Columbia	97
11	Oregon	96.9
11	South Carolina	96.9
13	Washington	96.8
14	Indiana	96.6
15	Arkansas	96.5
15	South Dakota	96.5
15	Wisconsin	96.5
18	Delaware	96.4
19	Tennessee	96.2
20	Nevada	96.1
21	Louisiana	96
22	Alaska	95.9
23	Montana	95.7
23	North Carolina	95.7
25	Alabama	95.6
26	Illinois	95.5
26	Iowa	95.5
28	Ohio	95.4
28	Texas	95.4
30	Arizona	95.3
31	Florida	95.2
32	Michigan	95.1
33	Maine	94.9
34	Georgia	94.8
34	Pennsylvania	94.8
36	Massachusetts	94.7
36	New Jersey	94.7
38	Oklahoma	94.6
39	Vermont	94.4
40	Mississippi	94.2
41	Virginia	94.1
42	Minnesota	94
43	California	93.9
44	Nebraska	93.8
45	New York	93.7
46	Connecticut	93.3
46	Maryland	93.3
48	Hawaii	92.9
49	Colorado	92.7
49	Missouri	92.7
51	North Dakota	90.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B05005: Period of entry by nativity and citizenship status in the United States. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of 2020-or-later arrivals who are not citizens (%) (2020). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B05005: Period of entry by nativity and citizenship status in the United States; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-2020-or-later-arrivals-who-are-not-citizens/

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