# US states by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who were not US citizens at birth, as a percentage of the total population. Includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/foreign-born-population/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 27 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 23.9 |
| 3 | New York | 22.8 |
| 4 | Florida | 21.9 |
| 5 | Nevada | 19.1 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 18.1 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 17.9 |
| 8 | Texas | 17.6 |
| 9 | Maryland | 16.6 |
| 10 | Connecticut | 15.7 |
| 11 | Washington | 15.4 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 15.3 |
| 13 | Illinois | 14.8 |
| 14 | District of Columbia | 14.3 |
| 15 | Virginia | 13.1 |
| 16 | Arizona | 13 |
| 17 | Georgia | 11.2 |
| 18 | Delaware | 10.7 |
| 19 | Colorado | 9.8 |
| 20 | Oregon | 9.8 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 9.4 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 9.1 |
| 23 | Utah | 8.9 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 8.7 |
| 25 | Nebraska | 8 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | 7.7 |
| 27 | Alaska | 7.7 |
| 28 | Kansas | 7.4 |
| 29 | Michigan | 7.2 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 6.4 |
| 31 | Indiana | 6.3 |
| 32 | New Hampshire | 6.1 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 6.1 |
| 34 | Idaho | 5.9 |
| 35 | Iowa | 5.9 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 5.8 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 5.4 |
| 38 | Ohio | 5.2 |
| 39 | Wisconsin | 5.2 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 4.9 |
| 41 | North Dakota | 4.7 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 4.7 |
| 43 | Missouri | 4.5 |
| 44 | Vermont | 4.3 |
| 45 | Maine | 4.1 |
| 46 | Alabama | 4 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 4 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 3.5 |
| 49 | Mississippi | 2.4 |
| 50 | Montana | 2.3 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 1.8 |