Fact Sheet on Haitian Immigrants in the United States
By Steven A. Camarota on April 10, 2024
Political turmoil in Haiti has significantly increased the possibility of a surge in migration from that country to the United States. As a result, there is significant interest in the Haitian immigrant community currently residing in the United States. This fact sheet provides the most up-to-date socio-demographic profile of immigrants from that Caribbean country. The figures reported here are based on Center for Immigration Studies analysis of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), monthly Current Population Survey (CPS), and Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey (ASEC CPS). Each survey provides somewhat different information about the U.S. population including the Haitian community.1
Below are some basic socio-demographic statistics:
The Census Bureau’s smaller, but more up-to-date, Current Population Survey (CPS) shows 852,000 Haitian immigrants in the country in February 2024, more than triple the number in 1990 and double the number in 2000.
The Census Bureau’s much larger American Community Survey (ACS) shows 727,000 Haitian immigrants (legal and illegal) in the United States in July 2022, up from 596,000 in 2010, 409,000 in 2000 and 224,000 in 1990.2
The top states of Haitian immigrant settlement based on the 2022 ACS are Florida (369,000, 51 percent); New York (113,000, 16 percent); Massachusetts (63,000, 9 percent); New Jersey (46,000; 6 percent); Georgia (28,000, 4 percent); and Connecticut (14,000, 2 percent). (2022 ACS)
https://cis.org/Camarota/Fact-Sheet-Haitian-Immigrants-United-States
