2014, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait

There were a record 42.2 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2014, making up 13.2% of the nation’s population. This represents a fourfold increase since 1960, when only 9.7 million immigrants lived in the U.S., accounting for just 5.4% of the total U.S. population. Click on any of the bold headings below in the summary table to see detailed tables for each.

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Characteristics of the U.S. Foreign-born Population: 2014
% of the foreign-born population, unless otherwise noted
Population/Region of Birth/Nativity/Language Use/Race/Years in the U.S.
Population (#)	42,235,749
Born in Mexico	27.7
Citizen	47.3
Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older)	50.4
White alone, not Hispanic	18.1
Age/Gender/Marital Status/Fertility
Median age (in years)	43
Female	51.3
Married (ages 18 and older)	59.7
Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year	7.5
Educational Attainment and Enrollment (highest degree completed, ages 25 and older)
High school graduate or less	52.4
Two-year degree/Some college	19.0
Bachelor’s degree or more	28.6
Work/Earnings/Income (ages 16 and older)
In labor force (among civilian population)	66.3
Median annual personal earnings (in 2014 dollars, among those with earnings)	$26,000
Median annual household income (in 2014 dollars)	$49,071
Poverty/Health Care
Living in poverty	17.7
Uninsured	26.6
Homeownership and Household Characteristics
In family households	86.4
Region and Top Five States of Residence in 2014
West	34.8
California	24.8
South	32.7
Texas	10.6
Florida	9.4
Northeast	21.4
New York	10.6
New Jersey	4.6
Midwest	11.1
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2014 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)