{"id":61226,"date":"2017-05-03T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2017\/05\/03\/2015-statistical-information-on-immigrants-in-united-states\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:11:30","slug":"2015-statistical-information-on-immigrants-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2017\/05\/03\/2015-statistical-information-on-immigrants-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"2015, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Visit the most recent data on U.S. immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

There were a record 43.2 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2015, making up 13.4% of the nation\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n

Click here<\/a> for a PDF of all the tables below and read the accompanying blog post<\/a>. Download the Excel workbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

For a profile of the Hispanic population in the United States, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\nMedian age (in years)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nFemale<\/td>\n51.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nMarried (ages 18 and older)<\/td>\n59.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWomen ages 15-44 giving birth in past year<\/td>\n7.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\nHigh school graduate or less<\/td>\n51.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nTwo-year degree\/Some college<\/td>\n18.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nBachelor’s degree or more<\/td>\n29.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn labor force (among civilian population)<\/td>\n66.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nMedian annual personal earnings (in 2015 dollars, among those with earnings)<\/td>\n$28,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nMedian annual household income (in 2015 dollars)<\/td>\n$51,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\nLiving in poverty<\/td>\n16.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nUninsured<\/td>\n22.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn family households<\/td>\n86.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\nWest<\/td>\n34.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nCalifornia<\/td>\n24.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nSouth<\/td>\n32.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nTexas<\/td>\n10.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nFlorida<\/td>\n9.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nNortheast<\/td>\n21.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nNew York<\/td>\n10.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nNew Jersey<\/td>\n4.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nMidwest<\/td>\n11.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n

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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”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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