*Visit the most recent data on U.S. immigrants.
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/Region of Birth/Nativity/Language Use/Race/Years in the U.S.
| 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% |
Age/Gender/Marital Status/Fertility
| 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% |
Educational Attainment and Enrollment (highest degree completed, ages 25 and older)
| High school graduate or less | 51.6% |
| Two-year degree/Some college | 18.7% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 29.7% |
Work/Earnings/Income (ages 16 and older)
| 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 |
Poverty/Health Insurance
| Living in poverty | 16.5% |
| Uninsured | 22.2% |
Homeownership and Household Characteristics
| In family households | 86.3% |
Region and Top Five States of Residence in 2015
| 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% |
Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2015 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS) “Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2015”
