Region of Birth of Immigrants Residing in the United States: Total Number and As a Percentage of All Immigrants, 1960 to 2010
Note: This is an interactive chart that shows how the number of immigrants residing in the United States and the percentage each region of birth represented in the total immigrant population have changed between 1960 and 2010. Click the “Play” button to see the changes over time. To view individual values, scroll over the colored bubbles.
The estimates are only for 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010. The intermediate years are rough proxies.
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Note: 1) The term "immigrants" (or "foreign born") refers to people residing in the United States who were not US citizens at birth. The foreign-born population includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), certain legal nonimmigrants (e.g., persons on student or work visas), those admitted under refugee or asylee status, and persons illegally residing in the United States.
2) In contrast to 1960 to 1990, nonresponse on country or region of birth in both 2000 and 2010 was allocated. For 2000, the "Not reported" category only includes 316 people who were born at sea. For 2010, persons born at the sea were excluded from the total estimate.
3) Data on some African and Asian regions are not available for 1960 and 1970. The chart does not display values for unidentified regions or born at sea. For full details see table here.
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Source: US Census Bureau, Decennial Censuses 1960 to 2000 and 2010 American Community Survey.
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