---
title: "African immigrant population in U.S. steadily climbs"
description: "African immigrants make up a small share of the U.S. immigrant population, but their numbers are growing – roughly doubling every decade since 1970."
date: "2015-11-02"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/11/02/african-immigrant-population-in-u-s-steadily-climbs/"
categories:
  - "Black Americans"
  - "Immigrant Populations"
  - "Immigration Trends"
---

# African immigrant population in U.S. steadily climbs