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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Where Do Immigrants Live?
The number of foreign-born people in the United States rose by more than 5 million over 10 years to 45.3 million or 13.7% of the nation's population, according to the 2018-2022 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates.
We compare estimates for the 2018-2022 period to the 5-year ACS period a decade earlier (2008-2012) when there were 39.8 million foreign-born people, or 12.9% of the population.
A new Census Bureau visualization explores where immigrants lived in the United States and how it changed between the two five-year periods at the national, state and county level.
It also features select indicators of socio-cultural and economic integration at the national level. Data users can look at the foreign-born population overall or select a specific place of birth, including regions (e.g., Africa), sub regions (e.g., Eastern Africa) and countries (e.g., Ethiopia).
Continue reading to explore highlights of the foreign-born population in 2018-2022 compared to 2008-2012.
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In this Data Gem, we'll show you how to use our interactive data visualization to explore where the foreign-born population lives and how this has changed over the past decade for the nation, states, and counties.
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