{"id":187629,"date":"2024-09-19T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T20:04:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-09-23T17:49:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T21:49:27","slug":"1-in-10-eligible-voters-in-the-u-s-are-naturalized-citizens","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2024\/09\/19\/1-in-10-eligible-voters-in-the-u-s-are-naturalized-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 10 eligible voters in the U.S. are naturalized citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An applicant holds a voter registration form and other documents during a naturalization ceremony in Salt Lake City on April 10, 2019. (George Frey\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More immigrants than ever before call the United States home<\/a>. Many of them have become U.S. citizens through naturalization, making them eligible to vote in November\u2019s presidential election<\/a>. In fact, naturalized citizens\u2019 numbers are growing as the federal government processes citizenship applications<\/a> at its fastest rate in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a closer look at the nearly 24 million immigrant adults who are naturalized citizens, according to a Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>