Immigrant Populations

Nearly six-in-ten U.S. Hispanics are Millennials or younger, making them the youngest major racial or ethnic group in the United States. In 2014, the median age of Hispanics was just 28 years.

There were a record 42.2 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2014, making up 13.2% of the nation’s population.

This change comes after a period in which net migration of Mexicans to the U.S. had fallen to lows not seen since the 1940s.

In 2015, more than 1.8 million people crossed the European Union’s borders illegally, up from 280,000 detections of illegal border crossings in 2014.

Last year, 84,000 people left Puerto Rico for the U.S. mainland, a 38% increase from 2010. At the same time, the number of people moving to Puerto Rico from the mainland declined.

A new Pew Research Center study explores how much the face of immigration has changed--and changed the country--and how much more it will do so by 2065.

Explore the top countries of origin for immigrants in each state from 1850 to 2013.

The nation's foreign-born population has swelled from 10 million in 1965 to a record 45 million in 2015. By 2065, the U.S. will have a projected 78 million immigrants.

The U.S. Hispanic population has long been characterized by its immigrant roots. But as immigration from Latin America slows, the immigrant share among each of the nation’s largest Hispanic origin groups is in decline.