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Immigration in the U.S.

DACA and DAPA
Admission of refugees
Birthright citizenship

Immigration can impact a variety of public policy areas, including national security, criminal justice, budgets, education, healthcare, and elections. Immigration can also change the demographics of a country. The following demographic information helps provide a picture of immigration in the United States by showing how many immigrants live in the country, their racial and ethnic breakdown, and the relative age and sex of the native, naturalized, and non-citizen populations of the state.

In 2014, the total population of the United States was about 314.1 million. About 86.9 percent of people living in the United States were native-born citizens, 6 percent were naturalized citizens, and 7.1 percent were non-citizens.^[1]

Click through the tabs below to view state-by-state figures for the citizenship status of residents, demographics by race and ethnicity, and demographics by age and sex.

Note: This page provides data from the American Community Survey (ACS), conducted annually by the United States Census Bureau, on demographics, economic factors, and social factors for the native, naturalized, and non-citizen populations. The ACS refers to immigrants, both naturalized citizens and non-citizens, as the "foreign-born population." The ACS defines those labeled as "non-citizens" as "respondents who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens at the time of the survey." The term "non-citizens" does not distinguish between those who are residing in the country with or without legal permission.^[2]

Number of immigrants[edit]

Native-born citizen refers to anyone born in the United States, Puerto Rico, or a United States territory or born abroad to citizen parents. The foreign-born population refers to "anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth," including naturalized citizens. Naturalized citizen refers to anyone born as a citizen of another country who fulfilled the requirements to become a United States citizen. Non-citizen refers to anyone residing in the United States who is not a citizen. According to the United States Census Bureau, "[n]oncitizens include legal permanent residents, temporary migrants, unauthorized immigrants and other resident statuses."^[3]^[4]^[5]

According to the American Community Survey, in 2014 California had the largest foreign-born population at 27 percent, while West Virginia had the smallest at 1.5 percent. Both of these states also had the largest and smallest percentages, respectively, of naturalized and non-citizen residents.^[6]

Citizenship status of residents, 2014
State	Total population	Native	Foreign-born
State	Total population	Native	Total	Naturalized	Non-citizen
Alabama	4,817,678	4,651,201	166,477	55,514	110,963
Alabama	100.0%	96.5%	3.5%	1.2%	2.3%
Alaska	728,300	676,620	51,680	27,910	23,770
Alaska	100.0%	92.9%	7.1%	3.8%	3.3%
Arizona	6,561,516	5,677,869	883,647	339,481	544,166
Arizona	100.0%	86.5%	13.5%	5.2%	8.3%
Arkansas	2,947,036	2,811,266	135,770	40,384	95,386
Arkansas	100.0%	95.4%	4.6%	1.4%	3.2%
California	38,066,920	27,776,284	10,290,636	4,911,899	5,378,737
California	100.0%	73.0%	27.0%	12.9%	14.1%
Colorado	5,197,580	4,690,377	507,203	192,391	314,812
Colorado	100.0%	90.2%	9.8%	3.7%	6.1%
Connecticut	3,592,053	3,101,593	490,460	235,507	254,953
Connecticut	100.0%	86.3%	13.7%	6.6%	7.1%
Delaware	917,060	840,181	76,879	35,527	41,352
Delaware	100.0%	91.6%	8.4%	3.9%	4.5%
District of Columbia	633,736	545,110	88,626	34,483	54,143
District of Columbia	100.0%	86.0%	14.0%	5.4%	8.5%
Florida	19,361,792	15,571,963	3,789,829	1,960,009	1,829,820
Florida	100.0%	80.4%	19.6%	10.1%	9.5%
Georgia	9,907,756	8,945,010	962,746	371,908	590,838
Georgia	100.0%	90.3%	9.7%	3.8%	6.0%
Hawaii	1,392,704	1,143,424	249,280	140,906	108,374
Hawaii	100.0%	82.1%	17.9%	10.1%	7.8%
Idaho	1,599,464	1,503,829	95,635	34,229	61,406
Idaho	100.0%	94.0%	6.0%	2.1%	3.8%
Illinois	12,868,747	11,081,821	1,786,926	838,686	948,240
Illinois	100.0%	86.1%	13.9%	6.5%	7.4%
Indiana	6,542,411	6,229,726	312,685	112,699	199,986
Indiana	100.0%	95.2%	4.8%	1.7%	3.1%
Iowa	3,078,116	2,934,406	143,710	54,017	89,693
Iowa	100.0%	95.3%	4.7%	1.8%	2.9%
Kansas	2,882,946	2,687,052	195,894	68,325	127,569
Kansas	100.0%	93.2%	6.8%	2.4%	4.4%
Kentucky	4,383,272	4,235,463	147,809	52,653	95,156
Kentucky	100.0%	96.6%	3.4%	1.2%	2.2%
Louisiana	4,601,049	4,419,407	181,642	72,250	109,392
Louisiana	100.0%	96.1%	3.9%	1.6%	2.4%
Maine	1,328,535	1,281,406	47,129	25,631	21,498
Maine	100.0%	96.5%	3.5%	1.9%	1.6%
Maryland	5,887,776	5,050,375	837,401	397,433	439,968
Maryland	100.0%	85.8%	14.2%	6.8%	7.5%
Massachusetts	6,657,291	5,639,925	1,017,366	520,931	496,435
Massachusetts	100.0%	84.7%	15.3%	7.8%	7.5%
Michigan	9,889,024	9,278,502	610,522	308,236	302,286
Michigan	100.0%	93.8%	6.2%	3.1%	3.1%
Minnesota	5,383,661	4,980,116	403,545	193,791	209,754
Minnesota	100.0%	92.5%	7.5%	3.6%	3.9%
Mississippi	2,984,345	2,917,374	66,971	23,498	43,473
Mississippi	100.0%	97.8%	2.2%	0.8%	1.5%
Missouri	6,028,076	5,792,081	235,995	103,033	132,962
Missouri	100.0%	96.1%	3.9%	1.7%	2.2%
Montana	1,006,370	985,850	20,520	10,894	9,626
Montana	100.0%	98.0%	2.0%	1.1%	1.0%
Nebraska	1,855,617	1,735,200	120,417	42,721	77,696
Nebraska	100.0%	93.5%	6.5%	2.3%	4.2%
Nevada	2,761,584	2,234,549	527,035	233,551	293,484
Nevada	100.0%	80.9%	19.1%	8.5%	10.6%
New Hampshire	1,321,069	1,247,657	73,412	38,529	34,883
New Hampshire	100.0%	94.4%	5.6%	2.9%	2.6%
New Jersey	8,874,374	6,969,969	1,904,405	989,166	915,239
New Jersey	100.0%	78.5%	21.5%	11.1%	10.3%
New Mexico	2,080,085	1,874,204	205,881	70,926	134,955
New Mexico	100.0%	90.1%	9.9%	3.4%	6.5%
New York	19,594,330	15,218,385	4,375,945	2,317,787	2,058,158
New York	100.0%	77.7%	22.3%	11.8%	10.5%
North Carolina	9,750,405	9,009,170	741,235	240,268	500,967
North Carolina	100.0%	92.4%	7.6%	2.5%	5.1%
North Dakota	704,925	684,370	20,555	7,484	13,071
North Dakota	100.0%	97.1%	2.9%	1.1%	1.9%
Ohio	11,560,380	11,091,189	469,191	233,953	235,238
Ohio	100.0%	95.9%	4.1%	2.0%	2.0%
Oklahoma	3,818,851	3,604,070	214,781	70,846	143,935
Oklahoma	100.0%	94.4%	5.6%	1.9%	3.8%
Oregon	3,900,343	3,516,357	383,986	150,498	233,488
Oregon	100.0%	90.2%	9.8%	3.9%	6.0%
Pennsylvania	12,758,729	11,976,626	782,103	401,469	380,634
Pennsylvania	100.0%	93.9%	6.1%	3.1%	3.0%
Rhode Island	1,053,252	915,234	138,018	70,049	67,969
Rhode Island	100.0%	86.9%	13.1%	6.7%	6.5%
South Carolina	4,727,273	4,500,820	226,453	81,502	144,951
South Carolina	100.0%	95.2%	4.8%	1.7%	3.1%
South Dakota	834,708	810,308	24,400	9,096	15,304
South Dakota	100.0%	97.1%	2.9%	1.1%	1.8%
Tennessee	6,451,365	6,146,570	304,795	109,057	195,738
Tennessee	100.0%	95.3%	4.7%	1.7%	3.0%
Texas	26,092,033	21,795,085	4,296,948	1,454,672	2,842,276
Texas	100.0%	83.5%	16.5%	5.6%	10.9%
Utah	2,858,111	2,618,427	239,684	84,697	154,987
Utah	100.0%	91.6%	8.4%	3.0%	5.4%
Vermont	626,358	600,178	26,180	15,201	10,979
Vermont	100.0%	95.8%	4.2%	2.4%	1.8%
Virginia	8,185,131	7,236,647	948,484	454,434	494,050
Virginia	100.0%	88.4%	11.6%	5.6%	6.0%
Washington	6,899,123	5,978,429	920,694	427,201	493,493
Washington	100.0%	86.7%	13.3%	6.2%	7.2%
West Virginia	1,853,881	1,826,341	27,540	12,969	14,571
West Virginia	100.0%	98.5%	1.5%	0.7%	0.8%
Wisconsin	5,724,692	5,456,268	268,424	114,684	153,740
Wisconsin	100.0%	95.3%	4.7%	2.0%	2.7%
Wyoming	575,251	555,915	19,336	7,063	12,273
Wyoming	100.0%	96.6%	3.4%	1.2%	2.1%
Source: United States Census Bureau, "Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations"

Demographics by race and ethnicity[edit]

The United States Census Bureau treats Hispanic ethnicity and racial identity as distinct categories that can overlap. Its definition of Hispanic ethnicity comes from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which "defines 'Hispanic or Latino' as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race." Meanwhile, "[a]n individual's response to the race question is based upon self-identification," according to the United States Census Bureau.^[7]^[8]

In 2014, about 73.8 percent of the United States population was white, while nearly 17 percent had Hispanic ethnicity. The non-citizen population of the United States was 49.8 percent white and 58.1 percent Hispanic.^[1]

Race and ethnicity of residents by citizenship status, 2014
State	Category	White	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	Black or African American	American Indian & Alaska Native	Asian	Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	Other
Alabama	Total	69.1%	4.0%	26.4%	0.5%	1.2%	0.0%	1.2%
	Native	69.9%	2.3%	27.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%
	Naturalized	43.9%	25.7%	8.8%	0.3%	35.5%	0.2%	8.7%
	Non-citizen	47.4%	61.6%	6.1%	0.9%	20.2%	0.1%	23.3%
Alaska	Total	66.5%	6.2%	3.5%	14.1%	5.6%	1.1%	1.2%
	Native	69.1%	5.5%	3.3%	15.1%	2.2%	1.1%	0.8%
	Naturalized	32.3%	15.3%	4.6%	0.7%	52.0%	1.2%	5.6%
	Non-citizen	32.5%	16.3%	6.5%	0.4%	49.4%	3.4%	5.1%
Arizona	Total	78.9%	30.1%	4.2%	4.4%	2.9%	0.2%	6.4%
	Native	81.1%	24.9%	4.4%	5.0%	1.1%	0.2%	5.0%
	Naturalized	60.9%	48.6%	3.0%	0.5%	20.9%	0.2%	11.9%
	Non-citizen	67.0%	73.0%	2.9%	0.4%	10.4%	0.2%	17.4%
Arkansas	Total	78.3%	6.7%	15.5%	0.6%	1.3%	0.2%	2.1%
	Native	79.5%	4.1%	16.2%	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	1.1%
	Naturalized	50.5%	44.6%	2.0%	0.7%	29.1%	0.3%	14.8%
	Non-citizen	52.2%	69.1%	2.0%	0.7%	14.9%	3.7%	24.7%
California	Total	62.1%	38.2%	5.9%	0.8%	13.5%	0.4%	12.8%
	Native	68.9%	33.0%	7.6%	0.9%	6.7%	0.4%	10.2%
	Naturalized	38.9%	35.8%	1.7%	0.3%	43.2%	0.4%	12.9%
	Non-citizen	48.2%	67.0%	1.3%	0.5%	21.5%	0.3%	26.4%
Colorado	Total	84.0%	20.9%	4.0%	1.0%	2.8%	0.1%	4.6%
	Native	86.8%	17.5%	3.9%	1.0%	1.1%	0.1%	3.5%
	Naturalized	53.3%	31.4%	6.5%	0.3%	27.9%	0.1%	9.2%
	Non-citizen	60.3%	65.9%	4.9%	0.5%	13.1%	0.2%	19.2%
Connecticut	Total	77.6%	14.3%	10.2%	0.2%	4.1%	0.0%	5.1%
	Native	82.2%	12.2%	9.5%	0.2%	1.3%	0.0%	3.9%
	Naturalized	54.7%	17.5%	15.5%	0.2%	21.7%	0.0%	5.9%
	Non-citizen	43.7%	37.1%	13.7%	0.3%	20.8%	0.1%	19.2%
Delaware	Total	69.7%	8.6%	21.6%	0.3%	3.5%	0.1%	2.2%
	Native	72.4%	6.3%	22.0%	0.3%	1.0%	0.0%	1.5%
	Naturalized	38.4%	18.5%	20.5%	0.3%	33.4%	0.1%	5.2%
	Non-citizen	42.0%	46.6%	13.5%	0.7%	27.3%	0.6%	14.4%
District of Columbia	Total	40.2%	9.9%	49.6%	0.3%	3.6%	0.0%	3.8%
	Native	39.9%	5.6%	53.7%	0.3%	1.8%	0.0%	1.9%
	Naturalized	36.3%	26.2%	30.0%	0.7%	18.5%	0.1%	11.0%
	Non-citizen	45.9%	43.0%	20.1%	0.4%	12.7%	0.0%	18.3%
Florida	Total	76.2%	23.3%	16.1%	0.3%	2.5%	0.1%	2.5%
	Native	78.7%	15.2%	15.9%	0.3%	0.9%	0.1%	1.7%
	Naturalized	64.8%	52.6%	17.5%	0.2%	10.9%	0.1%	4.2%
	Non-citizen	67.0%	61.5%	16.0%	0.3%	7.4%	0.1%	7.3%
Georgia	Total	60.4%	9.1%	30.9%	0.3%	3.5%	0.0%	2.9%
	Native	62.6%	5.4%	32.4%	0.2%	1.1%	0.0%	1.6%
	Naturalized	34.3%	22.2%	23.0%	0.3%	32.9%	0.1%	6.8%
	Non-citizen	44.4%	55.8%	12.7%	0.5%	20.2%	0.1%	20.3%
Hawaii	Total	25.2%	9.6%	1.9%	0.2%	38.0%	10.0%	1.1%
	Native	28.6%	10.6%	2.2%	0.2%	29.8%	10.2%	1.0%
	Naturalized	8.5%	5.1%	0.9%	0.0%	84.0%	2.1%	1.3%
	Non-citizen	11.0%	4.6%	0.5%	0.1%	65.7%	17.9%	1.9%
Idaho	Total	91.8%	11.7%	0.6%	1.3%	1.4%	0.1%	2.3%
	Native	93.6%	8.6%	0.5%	1.3%	0.5%	0.1%	1.5%
	Naturalized	62.3%	44.2%	2.1%	0.5%	19.2%	0.3%	13.5%
	Non-citizen	65.0%	69.2%	2.8%	0.5%	11.7%	0.5%	17.2%
Illinois	Total	72.5%	16.3%	14.4%	0.2%	4.9%	0.0%	5.8%
	Native	75.8%	11.6%	16.1%	0.2%	1.7%	0.0%	3.8%
	Naturalized	53.8%	30.5%	3.7%	0.3%	29.2%	0.0%	11.1%
	Non-citizen	50.4%	58.0%	3.2%	0.3%	19.9%	0.0%	24.8%
Indiana	Total	84.4%	6.3%	9.1%	0.2%	1.8%	0.0%	2.3%
	Native	86.4%	4.4%	9.3%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	1.4%
	Naturalized	47.1%	27.9%	7.0%	0.4%	31.1%	0.1%	11.5%
	Non-citizen	40.5%	53.6%	6.2%	0.5%	25.7%	0.2%	24.5%
Iowa	Total	91.4%	5.3%	3.1%	0.3%	1.9%	0.1%	1.3%
	Native	93.7%	3.7%	2.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.7%
	Naturalized	46.7%	26.8%	7.7%	0.2%	33.9%	0.2%	8.8%
	Non-citizen	43.8%	45.3%	8.4%	0.3%	28.8%	0.5%	15.2%
Kansas	Total	85.3%	11.0%	5.8%	0.8%	2.5%	0.1%	2.3%
	Native	87.7%	7.9%	5.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.1%	1.4%
	Naturalized	47.1%	36.1%	5.2%	0.4%	35.5%	0.1%	9.3%
	Non-citizen	54.7%	62.6%	5.7%	0.4%	20.7%	0.1%	16.3%
Kentucky	Total	87.7%	3.2%	7.9%	0.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.9%
	Native	89.2%	2.0%	7.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%
	Naturalized	46.9%	22.9%	9.3%	0.7%	32.5%	0.2%	6.9%
	Non-citizen	44.5%	47.0%	9.6%	0.6%	23.9%	0.4%	18.8%
Louisiana	Total	62.8%	4.6%	32.1%	0.6%	1.6%	0.0%	1.1%
	Native	63.4%	2.7%	33.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.6%
	Naturalized	45.6%	35.6%	6.8%	0.2%	36.5%	0.2%	8.0%
	Non-citizen	50.4%	58.0%	6.5%	1.0%	21.9%	0.2%	16.8%
Maine	Total	95.1%	1.4%	1.1%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.2%
	Native	96.4%	1.2%	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
	Naturalized	63.1%	7.3%	10.2%	0.4%	22.3%	0.1%	1.9%
	Non-citizen	53.0%	7.3%	18.9%	0.9%	21.9%	0.1%	2.0%
Maryland	Total	58.1%	8.8%	29.5%	0.3%	5.9%	0.0%	3.4%
	Native	62.5%	5.0%	30.7%	0.3%	2.0%	0.0%	1.6%
	Naturalized	30.5%	18.2%	23.8%	0.2%	35.9%	0.1%	6.6%
	Non-citizen	31.7%	43.6%	21.3%	0.4%	23.4%	0.0%	20.8%
Massachusetts	Total	80.0%	10.2%	7.0%	0.2%	5.8%	0.0%	4.1%
	Native	86.5%	8.2%	5.5%	0.2%	2.2%	0.0%	3.1%
	Naturalized	47.3%	16.5%	15.5%	0.2%	26.0%	0.1%	8.0%
	Non-citizen	40.9%	26.5%	15.1%	0.3%	25.4%	0.0%	11.8%
Michigan	Total	79.2%	4.6%	14.0%	0.6%	2.6%	0.0%	1.1%
	Native	80.7%	3.8%	14.6%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.8%
	Naturalized	60.0%	9.3%	4.3%	0.4%	29.4%	0.0%	3.0%
	Non-citizen	51.6%	25.4%	5.3%	0.5%	31.6%	0.0%	8.5%
Minnesota	Total	85.2%	4.9%	5.4%	1.0%	4.3%	0.0%	1.5%
	Native	89.5%	3.3%	4.2%	1.1%	1.7%	0.0%	0.8%
	Naturalized	28.1%	12.3%	22.1%	0.4%	42.5%	0.1%	4.7%
	Non-citizen	35.1%	36.4%	18.9%	0.3%	29.6%	0.2%	14.1%
Mississippi	Total	59.3%	2.8%	37.3%	0.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.8%
	Native	59.6%	1.8%	38.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
	Naturalized	39.7%	25.0%	7.3%	0.5%	39.7%	0.1%	10.7%
	Non-citizen	47.1%	60.7%	3.9%	0.9%	22.9%	0.0%	22.6%
Missouri	Total	82.8%	3.8%	11.5%	0.4%	1.7%	0.1%	1.1%
	Native	84.4%	2.8%	11.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.7%
	Naturalized	46.5%	17.2%	8.5%	0.2%	34.1%	0.4%	6.5%
	Non-citizen	43.0%	36.5%	9.0%	0.3%	27.6%	1.3%	14.4%
Montana	Total	89.4%	3.2%	0.5%	6.5%	0.7%	0.1%	0.5%
	Native	89.9%	2.9%	0.4%	6.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%
	Naturalized	67.8%	14.9%	1.6%	1.5%	21.8%	0.3%	4.1%
	Non-citizen	63.9%	16.8%	4.6%	1.3%	23.7%	0.2%	4.4%
Nebraska	Total	88.3%	9.7%	4.7%	0.9%	1.9%	0.1%	2.0%
	Native	90.7%	6.6%	4.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	1.2%
	Naturalized	49.5%	41.4%	7.8%	0.4%	28.4%	0.2%	11.3%
	Non-citizen	55.3%	62.3%	8.6%	0.8%	18.5%	0.3%	14.7%
Nevada	Total	70.1%	27.2%	8.3%	1.1%	7.5%	0.6%	8.2%
	Native	75.0%	20.4%	9.6%	1.3%	3.2%	0.7%	5.5%
	Naturalized	43.4%	38.6%	3.5%	0.2%	37.3%	0.4%	12.6%
	Non-citizen	53.5%	70.4%	2.6%	0.3%	17.0%	0.2%	24.6%
New Hampshire	Total	93.8%	3.1%	1.2%	0.2%	2.3%	0.0%	0.6%
	Native	96.2%	2.4%	0.8%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%
	Naturalized	61.3%	12.3%	6.6%	0.4%	26.7%	0.0%	2.9%
	Non-citizen	46.0%	17.0%	10.3%	0.1%	34.8%	0.0%	5.2%
New Jersey	Total	68.7%	18.6%	13.5%	0.2%	8.8%	0.0%	6.3%
	Native	75.5%	13.5%	14.4%	0.2%	3.3%	0.0%	4.1%
	Naturalized	45.5%	27.4%	11.5%	0.2%	31.5%	0.0%	8.6%
	Non-citizen	41.8%	48.0%	9.2%	0.3%	25.9%	0.0%	20.0%
New Mexico	Total	73.2%	47.0%	2.0%	9.2%	1.4%	0.1%	11.1%
	Native	73.8%	43.7%	2.2%	10.1%	0.5%	0.1%	10.1%
	Naturalized	64.8%	63.1%	1.4%	0.5%	15.4%	0.1%	15.4%
	Non-citizen	68.5%	85.0%	0.9%	0.4%	6.0%	0.0%	22.5%
New York	Total	65.0%	18.2%	15.6%	0.4%	7.8%	0.0%	8.4%
	Native	73.5%	14.3%	14.5%	0.4%	2.9%	0.0%	5.9%
	Naturalized	37.9%	23.3%	21.8%	0.3%	25.3%	0.0%	11.7%
	Non-citizen	32.2%	41.2%	16.9%	0.5%	24.1%	0.1%	23.1%
North Carolina	Total	69.6%	8.7%	21.5%	1.2%	2.4%	0.1%	3.0%
	Native	71.5%	5.1%	22.6%	1.2%	0.8%	0.1%	1.5%
	Naturalized	43.6%	26.0%	11.6%	0.3%	32.9%	0.2%	8.9%
	Non-citizen	47.6%	65.6%	6.3%	0.5%	16.3%	0.2%	26.9%
North Dakota	Total	89.2%	2.6%	1.5%	5.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.7%
	Native	90.7%	2.3%	1.0%	5.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%
	Naturalized	51.9%	15.3%	14.8%	0.7%	22.3%	0.1%	8.0%
	Non-citizen	31.8%	9.6%	24.1%	0.4%	35.8%	0.2%	5.2%
Ohio	Total	82.6%	3.3%	12.2%	0.2%	1.8%	0.0%	0.8%
	Native	84.1%	2.7%	12.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%
	Naturalized	52.0%	9.8%	11.6%	0.2%	30.9%	0.1%	3.0%
	Non-citizen	40.8%	26.0%	13.7%	0.3%	33.0%	0.1%	9.6%
Oklahoma	Total	73.3%	9.4%	7.3%	7.2%	1.9%	0.1%	2.5%
	Native	74.8%	6.5%	7.4%	7.6%	0.6%	0.1%	1.5%
	Naturalized	40.8%	33.7%	5.9%	0.5%	36.9%	0.3%	12.6%
	Non-citizen	51.2%	68.9%	3.9%	0.5%	16.8%	0.8%	22.7%
Oregon	Total	85.1%	12.1%	1.8%	1.2%	3.9%	0.4%	3.7%
	Native	89.0%	8.5%	1.7%	1.3%	1.5%	0.3%	2.1%
	Naturalized	46.6%	23.2%	3.3%	0.4%	37.7%	0.6%	8.6%
	Non-citizen	50.3%	59.2%	2.6%	0.9%	18.0%	1.5%	24.2%
Pennsylvania	Total	81.9%	6.1%	10.9%	0.2%	3.0%	0.0%	2.0%
	Native	84.5%	5.1%	10.8%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	1.6%
	Naturalized	44.5%	14.9%	12.3%	0.4%	35.3%	0.1%	4.9%
	Non-citizen	39.9%	30.4%	13.0%	0.5%	32.7%	0.1%	10.5%
Rhode Island	Total	81.3%	13.3%	6.3%	0.5%	3.1%	0.1%	5.9%
	Native	86.7%	9.1%	5.3%	0.5%	1.3%	0.0%	3.5%
	Naturalized	52.8%	31.7%	13.2%	0.3%	13.8%	0.1%	16.9%
	Non-citizen	38.0%	50.3%	13.8%	0.4%	17.1%	0.0%	27.3%
South Carolina	Total	67.2%	5.3%	27.6%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	1.6%
	Native	67.9%	3.1%	28.7%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.8%
	Naturalized	51.7%	24.4%	8.6%	0.2%	30.0%	0.1%	6.8%
	Non-citizen	55.2%	61.9%	4.9%	0.2%	13.6%	0.3%	23.8%
South Dakota	Total	85.4%	3.2%	1.5%	8.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.9%
	Native	86.8%	2.5%	1.0%	8.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%
	Naturalized	47.7%	19.2%	16.4%	1.2%	26.6%	0.3%	5.9%
	Non-citizen	29.9%	31.1%	21.6%	0.5%	31.3%	0.0%	14.6%
Tennessee	Total	78.0%	4.8%	16.8%	0.3%	1.5%	0.1%	1.5%
	Native	79.4%	2.8%	17.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.8%
	Naturalized	45.0%	21.2%	11.0%	0.4%	33.7%	0.1%	6.8%
	Non-citizen	49.5%	58.0%	7.4%	1.0%	16.8%	0.2%	22.8%
Texas	Total	74.7%	38.2%	11.9%	0.5%	4.1%	0.1%	6.4%
	Native	77.4%	32.0%	13.4%	0.5%	1.5%	0.1%	4.7%
	Naturalized	53.2%	52.8%	5.8%	0.3%	28.2%	0.1%	10.2%
	Non-citizen	65.3%	78.2%	3.5%	0.4%	11.7%	0.1%	17.5%
Utah	Total	88.0%	13.3%	1.1%	1.1%	2.1%	0.9%	4.3%
	Native	91.3%	9.2%	0.9%	1.2%	0.8%	0.7%	2.5%
	Naturalized	53.1%	40.6%	3.0%	0.4%	22.7%	3.5%	14.9%
	Non-citizen	50.8%	67.0%	3.2%	0.2%	13.0%	2.8%	28.1%
Vermont	Total	95.1%	1.6%	1.0%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.3%
	Native	96.6%	1.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
	Naturalized	66.9%	7.1%	5.6%	0.7%	21.9%	0.3%	2.3%
	Non-citizen	51.5%	10.8%	11.2%	0.2%	28.8%	0.0%	5.5%
Virginia	Total	69.3%	8.4%	19.3%	0.3%	5.8%	0.1%	2.2%
	Native	73.0%	5.1%	20.4%	0.3%	2.0%	0.1%	1.1%
	Naturalized	36.0%	19.7%	11.5%	0.3%	43.2%	0.1%	5.1%
	Non-citizen	44.5%	46.3%	9.4%	0.5%	27.5%	0.1%	15.1%
Washington	Total	78.2%	11.7%	3.6%	1.4%	7.5%	0.6%	3.8%
	Native	83.8%	8.9%	3.4%	1.5%	2.9%	0.6%	2.4%
	Naturalized	38.8%	14.4%	6.1%	0.2%	46.7%	0.6%	5.3%
	Non-citizen	43.8%	43.3%	4.7%	0.5%	28.8%	1.0%	18.9%
West Virginia	Total	93.6%	1.3%	3.2%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%
	Native	94.4%	1.0%	3.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
	Naturalized	47.1%	17.0%	5.9%	0.5%	37.3%	0.0%	4.8%
	Non-citizen	43.3%	26.4%	9.9%	1.6%	32.7%	0.2%	8.2%
Wisconsin	Total	86.7%	6.2%	6.2%	0.9%	2.4%	0.0%	1.6%
	Native	88.6%	4.5%	6.4%	0.9%	1.0%	0.0%	1.0%
	Naturalized	49.4%	21.9%	4.0%	0.5%	37.4%	0.1%	6.9%
	Non-citizen	49.5%	53.6%	3.8%	0.2%	25.5%	0.1%	18.7%
Wyoming	Total	90.8%	9.4%	1.0%	2.3%	0.9%	0.1%	2.2%
	Native	92.0%	8.0%	0.9%	2.3%	0.4%	0.1%	1.7%
	Naturalized	51.9%	35.4%	4.8%	0.5%	24.5%	0.5%	14.3%
	Non-citizen	61.2%	60.0%	4.2%	2.6%	13.7%	0.1%	13.8%
United States	Total	73.8%	16.9%	12.6%	0.8%	5.0%	0.2%	4.7%
	Native	77.7%	12.5%	13.2%	0.9%	1.9%	0.2%	3.1%
	Naturalized	45.5%	32.1%	9.8%	0.3%	32.1%	0.2%	9.5%
	Non-citizen	49.8%	58.1%	7.4%	0.4%	19.8%	0.3%	20.0%
Source: United States Census Bureau, "Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations," accessed September 8, 2016 Note: Hispanic or Latino ethnicity includes individuals of any race; as such, percentages do not add up to 100 percent.

Demographics by age and sex[edit]

In 2014, the proportion of the United States' native-born population who were children was about 20 percentage points larger than the naturalized citizen group. Meanwhile about 84.4 percent of the non-citizen population of the United States was between the ages of 18 to 64, while only 62.8 percent of the native population fell within that age range.

Age and sex of residents by citizenship status, 2014
State	Category	Children 0-17	Adults 18-64	65+	Male	Female
Alabama	Total	23.2%	62.2%	14.5%	48.5%	51.5%
	Native	23.7%	61.5%	14.8%	48.4%	51.6%
	Naturalized	7.0%	73.3%	19.7%	45.6%	54.4%
	Non-citizen	10.2%	86.8%	3.0%	54.9%	45.1%
Alaska	Total	25.8%	65.6%	8.5%	52.2%	47.8%
	Native	27.2%	64.5%	8.2%	52.5%	47.5%
	Naturalized	5.4%	77.4%	17.3%	46.3%	53.7%
	Non-citizen	10.9%	81.1%	8.0%	49.4%	50.6%
Arizona	Total	24.7%	60.5%	14.8%	49.7%	50.3%
	Native	27.6%	57.4%	15.1%	49.9%	50.1%
	Naturalized	3.1%	75.2%	21.7%	45.5%	54.5%
	Non-citizen	8.7%	82.9%	8.4%	50.0%	50.0%
Arkansas	Total	24.1%	60.9%	15.0%	49.1%	50.9%
	Native	24.8%	59.8%	15.4%	49.0%	51.0%
	Naturalized	5.1%	78.9%	16.1%	47.2%	52.8%
	Non-citizen	10.8%	86.3%	2.9%	53.4%	46.6%
California	Total	24.2%	63.7%	12.1%	49.7%	50.3%
	Native	31.3%	57.3%	11.2%	50.1%	49.9%
	Naturalized	2.0%	76.0%	22.0%	46.0%	54.0%
	Non-citizen	7.6%	85.0%	7.5%	50.8%	49.2%
Colorado	Total	23.8%	64.4%	11.8%	50.2%	49.8%
	Native	25.4%	62.6%	12.0%	50.2%	49.8%
	Naturalized	5.6%	76.4%	18.0%	45.6%	54.4%
	Non-citizen	9.9%	85.1%	5.1%	52.1%	47.9%
Connecticut	Total	22.1%	63.0%	14.7%	48.7%	51.3%
	Native	24.6%	60.6%	14.7%	48.7%	51.3%
	Naturalized	4.2%	72.9%	22.7%	45.1%	54.9%
	Non-citizen	8.7%	84.0%	7.4%	52.1%	47.9%
Delaware	Total	22.3%	62.4%	15.4%	48.4%	51.6%
	Native	23.8%	60.6%	15.6%	48.3%	51.7%
	Naturalized	5.1%	73.3%	21.7%	47.2%	52.8%
	Non-citizen	7.6%	87.6%	4.9%	51.4%	48.6%
District of Columbia	Total	17.1%	71.6%	11.3%	47.3%	52.7%
	Native	18.9%	69.6%	11.5%	47.0%	53.0%
	Naturalized	3.6%	76.7%	19.8%	46.6%	53.4%
	Non-citizen	7.0%	88.9%	4.0%	51.1%	48.9%
Florida	Total	20.8%	61.1%	18.2%	48.9%	51.1%
	Native	24.5%	57.6%	17.9%	49.3%	50.7%
	Naturalized	2.5%	69.9%	27.7%	44.0%	56.0%
	Non-citizen	8.8%	80.7%	10.4%	50.5%	49.5%
Georgia	Total	25.1%	63.4%	11.4%	48.8%	51.2%
	Native	27.0%	61.1%	11.9%	48.6%	51.4%
	Naturalized	4.5%	81.4%	14.2%	47.3%	52.7%
	Non-citizen	9.2%	86.6%	4.1%	53.5%	46.5%
Hawaii	Total	22.0%	62.8%	15.2%	50.4%	49.6%
	Native	25.4%	60.5%	14.1%	52.0%	48.0%
	Naturalized	2.9%	71.3%	25.8%	42.2%	57.8%
	Non-citizen	10.6%	76.1%	13.3%	43.5%	56.5%
Idaho	Total	26.8%	59.9%	13.4%	50.1%	49.9%
	Native	27.9%	58.5%	13.6%	50.1%	49.9%
	Naturalized	6.0%	74.9%	19.2%	45.7%	54.3%
	Non-citizen	11.8%	83.9%	4.4%	53.6%	46.4%
Illinois	Total	23.7%	63.0%	13.2%	49.1%	50.9%
	Native	26.6%	60.1%	13.2%	48.9%	51.1%
	Naturalized	3.2%	76.3%	20.6%	47.6%	52.4%
	Non-citizen	7.8%	86.0%	6.2%	52.3%	47.7%
Indiana	Total	24.4%	62.0%	13.5%	49.2%	50.8%
	Native	25.0%	61.1%	13.8%	49.1%	50.9%
	Naturalized	7.9%	72.8%	19.4%	47.0%	53.0%
	Non-citizen	11.4%	84.9%	3.7%	53.8%	46.2%
Iowa	Total	23.6%	61.1%	15.3%	49.6%	50.4%
	Native	24.2%	60.1%	15.6%	49.5%	50.5%
	Naturalized	8.1%	77.6%	14.4%	48.5%	51.5%
	Non-citizen	12.0%	84.9%	3.1%	53.7%	46.3%
Kansas	Total	25.1%	61.2%	13.7%	49.7%	50.3%
	Native	26.4%	59.5%	14.1%	49.6%	50.4%
	Naturalized	5.9%	79.4%	14.6%	48.3%	51.7%
	Non-citizen	10.5%	85.7%	3.7%	52.4%	47.6%
Kentucky	Total	23.2%	62.8%	14.0%	49.2%	50.8%
	Native	23.6%	62.1%	14.2%	49.1%	50.9%
	Naturalized	10.0%	74.2%	15.9%	47.3%	52.7%
	Non-citizen	12.5%	84.5%	3.1%	55.1%	44.9%
Louisiana	Total	24.3%	62.8%	12.9%	48.9%	51.1%
	Native	25.0%	62.1%	12.9%	48.7%	51.3%
	Naturalized	3.9%	75.6%	20.5%	49.0%	51.0%
	Non-citizen	8.7%	86.7%	4.7%	57.7%	42.3%
Maine	Total	20.0%	63.0%	17.0%	48.9%	51.1%
	Native	20.3%	62.9%	16.9%	49.1%	50.9%
	Naturalized	7.2%	63.1%	29.6%	42.2%	57.8%
	Non-citizen	12.5%	75.8%	11.7%	45.1%	54.9%
Maryland	Total	22.9%	64.1%	13.0%	48.4%	51.6%
	Native	25.5%	61.3%	13.3%	48.4%	51.6%
	Naturalized	3.9%	77.9%	18.2%	45.8%	54.2%
	Non-citizen	9.9%	84.8%	5.3%	51.2%	48.8%
Massachusetts	Total	21.1%	64.6%	14.4%	48.4%	51.6%
	Native	23.8%	61.9%	14.3%	48.5%	51.5%
	Naturalized	3.7%	75.5%	20.6%	45.7%	54.3%
	Non-citizen	8.4%	83.8%	7.9%	50.8%	49.2%
Michigan	Total	23.0%	62.5%	14.5%	49.1%	50.9%
	Native	24.0%	61.6%	14.5%	49.1%	50.9%
	Naturalized	6.2%	69.6%	24.2%	47.8%	52.2%
	Non-citizen	11.7%	80.6%	7.7%	50.5%	49.5%
Minnesota	Total	23.8%	62.7%	13.6%	49.7%	50.3%
	Native	24.8%	61.2%	14.0%	49.7%	50.3%
	Naturalized	8.6%	78.0%	13.5%	45.8%	54.2%
	Non-citizen	12.7%	83.8%	3.5%	52.2%	47.8%
Mississippi	Total	25.0%	61.6%	13.5%	48.5%	51.5%
	Native	25.3%	61.0%	13.6%	48.4%	51.6%
	Naturalized	6.2%	75.8%	17.9%	44.0%	56.0%
	Non-citizen	9.1%	87.4%	3.5%	59.3%	40.7%
Missouri	Total	23.3%	62.0%	14.7%	49.0%	51.0%
	Native	23.9%	61.3%	14.9%	49.0%	51.0%
	Naturalized	7.8%	74.3%	17.8%	46.0%	54.0%
	Non-citizen	10.8%	84.6%	4.5%	51.8%	48.2%
Montana	Total	22.3%	62.1%	15.8%	50.2%	49.8%
	Native	22.5%	62.0%	15.5%	50.4%	49.6%
	Naturalized	8.0%	58.9%	33.2%	37.1%	62.9%
	Non-citizen	9.8%	82.5%	7.7%	44.4%	55.6%
Nebraska	Total	24.9%	61.2%	13.9%	49.7%	50.3%
	Native	26.0%	59.7%	14.4%	49.5%	50.5%
	Naturalized	6.8%	79.5%	13.7%	48.2%	51.8%
	Non-citizen	11.8%	85.0%	3.2%	53.3%	46.7%
Nevada	Total	23.9%	62.9%	13.2%	50.4%	49.6%
	Native	28.3%	58.3%	13.3%	50.9%	49.1%
	Naturalized	2.1%	78.2%	19.6%	45.7%	54.3%
	Non-citizen	7.9%	85.8%	6.3%	50.1%	49.9%
New Hampshire	Total	20.8%	64.5%	14.6%	49.3%	50.7%
	Native	21.6%	63.7%	14.6%	49.5%	50.5%
	Naturalized	7.3%	69.3%	23.4%	44.9%	55.1%
	Non-citizen	9.2%	82.9%	7.9%	47.8%	52.2%
New Jersey	Total	22.9%	63.1%	14.0%	48.8%	51.2%
	Native	27.6%	58.2%	14.2%	48.7%	51.3%
	Naturalized	3.1%	76.2%	20.7%	46.6%	53.4%
	Non-citizen	8.7%	84.7%	6.6%	51.2%	48.8%
New Mexico	Total	24.5%	61.2%	14.2%	49.5%	50.5%
	Native	26.4%	59.3%	14.3%	49.6%	50.4%
	Naturalized	3.6%	73.4%	23.0%	44.5%	55.5%
	Non-citizen	10.2%	81.8%	8.1%	51.4%	48.6%
New York	Total	21.8%	64.1%	14.0%	48.5%	51.5%
	Native	26.6%	60.0%	13.4%	48.8%	51.2%
	Naturalized	2.8%	73.7%	23.5%	44.7%	55.3%
	Non-citizen	7.8%	84.4%	7.7%	50.0%	50.0%
North Carolina	Total	23.4%	62.8%	13.8%	48.7%	51.3%
	Native	24.7%	61.0%	14.4%	48.5%	51.5%
	Naturalized	5.5%	78.1%	16.2%	47.6%	52.4%
	Non-citizen	10.0%	86.6%	3.4%	53.9%	46.1%
North Dakota	Total	22.4%	63.3%	14.3%	50.9%	49.1%
	Native	22.7%	62.8%	14.5%	50.9%	49.1%
	Naturalized	8.6%	74.4%	17.0%	43.1%	56.9%
	Non-citizen	15.3%	81.6%	3.1%	53.3%	46.7%
Ohio	Total	23.2%	62.1%	14.8%	48.9%	51.1%
	Native	23.8%	61.6%	14.8%	48.9%	51.1%
	Naturalized	6.1%	69.2%	24.8%	46.4%	53.6%
	Non-citizen	11.5%	82.4%	6.1%	52.5%	47.5%
Oklahoma	Total	24.6%	61.5%	14.0%	49.5%	50.5%
	Native	25.6%	59.9%	14.3%	49.4%	50.6%
	Naturalized	5.0%	79.0%	16.1%	46.8%	53.2%
	Non-citizen	10.8%	85.4%	3.7%	54.1%	45.9%
Oregon	Total	22.0%	63.0%	15.0%	49.5%	50.5%
	Native	23.6%	61.0%	15.3%	49.4%	50.6%
	Naturalized	4.6%	75.1%	20.4%	45.4%	54.6%
	Non-citizen	10.2%	84.6%	5.3%	52.5%	47.5%
Pennsylvania	Total	21.4%	62.5%	16.0%	48.8%	51.2%
	Native	22.4%	61.6%	16.1%	48.8%	51.2%
	Naturalized	5.6%	72.8%	21.5%	46.0%	54.0%
	Non-citizen	10.3%	83.1%	6.6%	51.5%	48.5%
Rhode Island	Total	20.7%	64.3%	15.2%	48.4%	51.6%
	Native	22.8%	62.1%	15.0%	48.5%	51.5%
	Naturalized	3.8%	74.5%	21.8%	45.4%	54.6%
	Non-citizen	8.7%	83.6%	7.7%	50.5%	49.5%
South Carolina	Total	22.9%	62.3%	14.7%	48.6%	51.4%
	Native	23.6%	61.5%	14.9%	48.4%	51.6%
	Naturalized	5.3%	73.0%	21.9%	47.4%	52.6%
	Non-citizen	9.1%	86.1%	4.8%	55.3%	44.7%
South Dakota	Total	24.7%	60.7%	14.7%	50.3%	49.7%
	Native	25.0%	60.1%	14.9%	50.2%	49.8%
	Naturalized	8.8%	75.6%	15.6%	52.1%	47.9%
	Non-citizen	17.1%	80.7%	2.3%	53.3%	46.7%
Tennessee	Total	23.1%	62.7%	14.2%	48.7%	51.3%
	Native	23.8%	61.7%	14.5%	48.5%	51.5%
	Naturalized	7.5%	77.0%	15.6%	47.2%	52.8%
	Non-citizen	11.5%	85.1%	3.4%	55.1%	44.9%
Texas	Total	26.8%	62.3%	10.9%	49.6%	50.4%
	Native	30.6%	58.3%	11.2%	49.5%	50.5%
	Naturalized	3.1%	80.0%	16.9%	47.2%	52.8%
	Non-citizen	9.5%	84.7%	5.8%	52.0%	48.0%
Utah	Total	31.1%	59.3%	9.5%	50.3%	49.7%
	Native	33.2%	57.2%	9.7%	50.3%	49.7%
	Naturalized	5.0%	78.7%	16.4%	46.0%	54.0%
	Non-citizen	11.0%	85.5%	3.6%	51.3%	48.7%
Vermont	Total	20.0%	64.2%	15.7%	49.3%	50.7%
	Native	20.4%	64.2%	15.5%	49.4%	50.6%
	Naturalized	8.5%	61.9%	29.7%	42.8%	57.2%
	Non-citizen	10.8%	78.9%	10.3%	47.9%	52.1%
Virginia	Total	22.7%	64.2%	12.9%	49.1%	50.9%
	Native	24.8%	61.9%	13.4%	49.3%	50.7%
	Naturalized	4.3%	79.8%	15.9%	46.2%	53.8%
	Non-citizen	9.8%	85.3%	5.0%	49.9%	50.1%
Washington	Total	23.0%	63.8%	13.2%	49.9%	50.1%
	Native	25.4%	61.3%	13.3%	50.2%	49.8%
	Naturalized	4.4%	75.9%	19.6%	44.8%	55.2%
	Non-citizen	10.5%	83.5%	6.0%	50.7%	49.3%
West Virginia	Total	20.7%	62.5%	16.8%	49.3%	50.7%
	Native	20.9%	62.3%	16.8%	49.3%	50.7%
	Naturalized	6.1%	70.5%	23.4%	43.7%	56.3%
	Non-citizen	9.5%	83.7%	6.8%	57.0%	43.0%
Wisconsin	Total	23.0%	62.6%	14.4%	49.6%	50.4%
	Native	23.6%	61.8%	14.6%	49.6%	50.4%
	Naturalized	8.7%	70.7%	20.6%	47.9%	52.1%
	Non-citizen	10.0%	85.2%	4.9%	53.9%	46.1%
Wyoming	Total	23.8%	63.2%	13.0%	51.0%	49.0%
	Native	24.3%	62.5%	13.2%	51.1%	48.9%
	Naturalized	7.3%	70.9%	21.7%	40.1%	59.9%
	Non-citizen	9.6%	87.3%	3.1%	53.1%	46.9%
United States	Total	23.5%	62.8%	13.7%	49.2%	50.8%
	Native	26.0%	60.2%	13.8%	49.2%	50.8%
	Naturalized	3.4%	75.2%	21.4%	45.9%	54.1%
	Non-citizen	8.9%	84.4%	6.7%	51.4%	48.6%
Source: United States Census Bureau, "Age and Sex," accessed September 8, 2016

Footnotes[edit]

[censusimmigrantdemographics-1] 1.0 ^1.1 United States Census Bureau, "Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations," accessed September 8, 2016

[2] United State Census Bureau, "American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey 2014: Subject Definitions," accessed September 29, 2016

[3] United States Census Bureau, "Foreign Born: About this Topic," accessed October 3, 2016

[4] U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, "Citizenship Through Naturalization," accessed October 4, 2016

[5] United States Census Bureau, "Newsroom: Census Bureau Highlights Young Noncitizen Population in the U.S.," February 26, 2014

[6] United States Census Bureau, "Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations," accessed September 8, 2016

[7] United States Census Bureau, "Hispanic Origin: About," accessed October 3, 2016

[8] United States Census Bureau, "Race: About," accessed October 3, 2016

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