2015, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait

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There were a record 43.2 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2015, making up 13.4% 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 the expand buttons below the summary tables to see detailed tables for each.

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Population (#) 43,158,110 Born in Mexico 26.8% Citizen 48.0% Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older) 51.0% White alone, not Hispanic 18.1%

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Median age (in years) 43 Female 51.4% Married (ages 18 and older) 59.8% Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year 7.4%

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High school graduate or less 51.6% Two-year degree/Some college 18.7% Bachelor’s degree or more 29.7%

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In labor force (among civilian population) 66.0% Median annual personal earnings (in 2015 dollars, among those with earnings) $28,000 Median annual household income (in 2015 dollars) $51,000

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Living in poverty 16.5% Uninsured 22.2%

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In family households 86.3%

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West 34.6% California 24.7% South 32.9% Texas 10.7% Florida 9.5% Northeast 21.3% New York 10.5% New Jersey 4.6% Midwest 11.1%

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Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2015 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS) “Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2015”