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Share of immigrants who entered before 2000: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Share of immigrants who entered before 2000 (%). 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: 2000.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 40.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 31.1 %
RI 44.2 %
DE 32.4 %
CT 40.8 %
NJ 39.2 %
MD 33.9 %
MA 34.2 %
VT 38.7 %
NH 42.5 %

Lowest: 18.4 to 31 %
Group 2: 31 to 34 %
Group 3: 34 to 36.5 %
Group 4: 36.5 to 42.6 %
Highest: 42.6 to 52.6 %

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	California	52.6
2	Hawaii	48.3
3	Nevada	47.6
3	New Mexico	47.6
5	Idaho	46.1
6	Arizona	45.6
7	Illinois	45.4
8	New York	44.3
9	Rhode Island	44.2
10	Wyoming	43.2
11	Oregon	42.6
12	New Hampshire	42.5
13	Montana	41.4
14	Connecticut	40.8
15	New Jersey	39.2
16	Vermont	38.7
17	Alaska	37.9
18	Florida	37.3
19	Texas	37.1
20	West Virginia	37
21	Wisconsin	36.5
22	Virginia	35.9
23	Colorado	35.3
23	Georgia	35.3
25	Oklahoma	35
26	Maine	34.9
27	Washington	34.5
28	Massachusetts	34.2
29	Arkansas	34.1
29	Missouri	34.1
31	Michigan	34
32	Maryland	33.9
33	Pennsylvania	33.7
34	Minnesota	32.8
35	Utah	32.7
36	Delaware	32.4
37	Kansas	32.3
38	South Carolina	31.7
39	Mississippi	31.2
40	District of Columbia	31.1
41	Nebraska	31
42	North Carolina	30.8
43	Alabama	28.5
44	Louisiana	28.4
45	Ohio	28.3
46	Tennessee	26.4
47	Indiana	26.2
48	Iowa	23.9
49	Kentucky	23.3
50	South Dakota	22.2
51	North Dakota	18.4

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 immigrants who entered before 2000 (%) (2000). 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-immigrants-who-entered-before-2000/

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