Immigrants in the United States
A profile of the foreign-born using 2014 and 2015 Census Bureau data
By Karen Zeigler, Steven A. Camarota October 2016
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Steven A. Camarota is the director of research and Karen Zeigler is a demographer at the Center for Immigration Studies.
Data from the Census Bureau shows that 42.4 million immigrants (both legal and illegal) now live in the United States. This Backgrounder provides a detailed picture of immigrants, also referred to as the foreign-born, living in the United States by country of birth and state. It also examines the progress immigrants make over time. All figures are for both legal and illegal immigrants who responded to Census Bureau surveys.
Among the report's findings:
