Population Trends

Debates over who is Hispanic have fueled conversations about identity among Americans who trace their heritage to Latin America or Spain.

Today, more than 40 million people living in the U.S. were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants.

Key statistics about immigrants in the United States from 1980 to 2018.

From 2010 to 2019, the U.S. population increased by 18.9 million, and Hispanics accounted for more than half of this growth.

The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year and up from 50.7 million in 2010.

Overall readiness to respond to the census has inched up since earlier this year, even as some key hard-to-count groups remain less enthusiastic than others.

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation and is the top birthplace among African immigrants living in the U.S.

In a growing number of U.S. counties, a majority of residents are Hispanic or black, reflecting the nation's changing demographics.

The U.S. Hispanic population is diverse. These nearly 60 million individuals trace their heritage to Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and to Spain, each with distinct demographic and economic profiles. But as migration patterns from Latin America change, the origins of U.S. Hispanics are beginning to shift.

Overall, 293 U.S. counties were majority nonwhite in 2018. Most of these are concentrated in California, the South and on the East Coast.