Most common country of origin of legal immigrants other than Mexico

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The U.S. has more immigrants than any other nation in the world. Nowadays, about 45 million people, comprising 14% of the national population, live in the U.S. The population of immigrants is also wildly diverse, with just almost every nation in the world represented among American immigrants.

In 2019, the top countries of origin for immigrants were Mexico (24%), India (6%), China (5%), the Philippines (4.5%), and El Salvador (3%).

But Asian immigrants are forecasted to become the largest immigrant group in the United States by 2055, exceeding Hispanics.

The map below created by Reddit user Fantastic_North_312 shows the most common country of birth for U.S. immigrants, excluding Mexico.

About half (45 percent) of the nation’s immigrants settle in just three states: California (24 percent), Texas (11 percent), and Florida (10 percent). California had the largest immigrant population of any U.S. state, at about 11 million. Texas, Florida, and New York had over 4 million immigrants each.

10.3 million undocumented immigrants made up 23% of the immigrant population and 3% of the total American population.