Immigrant Populations

The U.S. population in 2010 included 39.9 million foreign-born residents. This estimate, the latest available for the foreign-born population, is 1.5 million, or 4%, higher than the survey’s 38.5 million estimate in 2009.

Births have surpassed immigration as the main driver of the dynamic growth in the nation's Mexican-American population. From 2000 to 2010, the Mexican-American population grew by 7.2 million as a result of births and 4.2 million as a result of new immigrant arrivals.

Browse detailed demographic and economic profiles of Hispanics in the United States by their countries of origin.

An estimated 31.7 million Hispanics of Mexican origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

An estimated 4.4 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin resided in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

An estimated 1.7 million Hispanics of Cuban origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

An estimated 1.7 million Hispanics of Salvadoran origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

An estimated 1.4 million Hispanics of Dominican origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

An estimated 1.1 million Hispanics of Guatemalan origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

An estimated 917,000 Hispanics of Colombian origin resided in the United States in 2009, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.