Where do Americans come from?
Explore population, immigration and origins across the U.S. with Census Bureau data. Built for phones, tablets and computers. Coverage varies by group and source.
Largest countries of birth
Foreign-born residents, top 15 · click a bar to map it
Immigrants by world region
Foreign-born residents by region of birth
Where immigrants in each county were born
Continent of birth of the largest group of immigrants, by county · paler where it is a smaller share
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Data: American Community Survey through 2025, 2000–2020 Censuses, Population Estimates and the Current Population Survey (U.S. Census Bureau). Every number links to its official source.
Population evolution
Watch state estimates change across available periods.
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Source and comparability
Hover or tap a state to see its estimate and available margin of error.
Compare two populations
Choose groups and places, or fill B automatically with whole states. Available age ranges use the same range on both sides.
A Group and place
B Group and place
Adds whole states from the 50 states and DC in the order selected.
Age and source coverage
Age estimates use 2020–2024 microdata (2024 one-year for MENA), for states and the U.S. Some detailed groups need the labelled microdata option. The 2025 supplemental source covers selected race and Hispanic-origin groups in areas with 20,000+ residents.
What do White and European mean?
In the ACS and 2020 Census used here, White includes people identifying with origins in Europe, the Middle East or North Africa. White alone means one race, whether Hispanic or not. “All races other than White alone” includes people reporting two or more races and excludes Hispanic people reporting White alone.
The 2024 federal standards introduced a separate Middle Eastern or North African category. The Census Bureau plans to apply the new standards to ACS collection starting in 2027; the currently loaded ACS data use the earlier classification.
For a narrower view, choose the 2020 Census detailed group European alone or European alone or in any combination. “European alone” includes one or more European responses without a response outside that regional group; the combination group also includes people reporting other groups. Neither identifies everyone with European ancestry, and the combination group can overlap other groups. Hispanic origin is separate. These are 2020 Census figures, so compare them with other 2020 detailed Census groups.
The 2020 partial adjustment subtracts reported MENA alone from White alone and assigns that count to everyone else. It does not remove every MENA response or measure European ancestry. The two sources use different privacy protections and may disagree; missing detailed counts are unavailable. Choose the example below to try it.
The newer 2025 ACS partial adjustment subtracts single detailed Middle Eastern or North African responses from White alone. People reporting more than one detailed White response are not assigned to a MENA group in this table, so other MENA origins may remain. It is a survey estimate, not the new official race classification. State and U.S. results have approximate 90% margins where available; some state cells are unavailable.
Census definitions · Detailed White responses · New ACS standards
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Hot takes, cold data
Uncomfortable numbers about immigration, race, identity and elections in America. Figures are calculated from the cited official sources, and every take comes with the catch: the strongest reason to read it differently.
Insights
Notable facts found automatically in the data. Each one passes a statistical check.
Birth rates by race and Hispanic origin
United States · 2025 · births per 1,000 women
Rates use birth certificates and estimated female population. The overall rate uses births at all maternal ages divided by women aged 15–44; age-specific rates use women of that age. The 45–49 rate includes births at age 50 and over. Race groups are non-Hispanic and single-race; Hispanic includes any race. Groups do not include every possible race or origin. No difference test is supplied. The rates are not total fertility rates.
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, 2025 natality user guide, table 6 · final birth data and estimated populations.
Registered live births by mother's group
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Race groups are non-Hispanic; Hispanic includes any race. Some births have unknown origin and appear only in the total. These are birth-certificate counts, not survey estimates.
Source: CDC/NCHS, 2025 natality user guide, tables 3 and 4 · final registered live births.
2025 births by Hispanic origin of mother
Final birth records by state and reported origin.
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Reported Hispanic origin is not the mother's country of birth. Other or unknown includes Spaniard and other origins without separate counts. Unavailable or unreliable values are hatched. Puerto Rico is separate.
Source: CDC/NCHS, 2025 natality user guide, table 3 · final registered live births · 2024 map boundaries.
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Rates use women in the selected group, place and age range as the denominator. Hatching marks missing or uncertain estimates; different colours do not establish a statistically significant difference. The colour scale uses the 50 states and DC; Puerto Rico is shown separately. Age composition can affect overall rates; compare age groups for context. ACS 2020–2024 is a five-year survey estimate, not a single-year rate. Births with multiple babies count one woman.
State estimates and 90% margins of error
Groups with the most women reporting a birth
State estimates for the past 12 months.
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Society & voting
Explore poverty, employment, reported participation and election results alongside population data.
Poverty & work
Official Census estimates by area. Select a group for poverty data.
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Select an area to see its estimate and 90% margin.
Percentages use the stated group and universe. Derived 90% margins are approximate. Race-alone groups may include Hispanic people. One-year data cover areas meeting Census publication thresholds; missing areas are not zero.
Who reported voting?
November 2024 · share of U.S. citizen adults in each group who reported voting
Survey estimates; ± values are 90% margins of error. Race-alone groups include Hispanic people; groups overlap. This survey measures participation, not candidate choice.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CPS Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2024.
How groups reported voting
2024 presidential election · national survey of validated voters
Self-reported candidate choice; ± values are approximate 90% margins for each group. Other candidates are not shown. White, Black and Asian groups are non-Hispanic and single-race; Hispanic voters may be of any race. Other race includes non-Hispanic voters reporting other or multiple races. Asian estimates cover English speakers only.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2024 validated-voter survey. Margins converted approximately from Pew's rounded 95% margins.
Election results and population
Each dot is a state. Compare its population composition with its 2024 presidential result.
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A state's population includes nonvoters and noncitizens. State patterns do not tell us how members of a group voted. The ACS data are 2020–2024 estimates, not election-day counts.
Source: Federal Election Commission, 2024 official presidential results; American Community Survey, 2020–2024.