*Visit the most recent data on U.S. immigrants.

There were a record 43.2 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2015, making up 13.4% of the nation’s population. This represents a fourfold increase since 1960, when only 9.7 million immigrants lived in the U.S., accounting for just 5.4% of the total U.S. population. Click on the expand buttons below the summary tables to see detailed tables for each.

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Population/Region of Birth/Nativity/Language Use/Race/Years in the U.S.

Population (#) 43,158,110
Born in Mexico 26.8%
Citizen 48.0%
Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older) 51.0%
White alone, not Hispanic 18.1%



Age/Gender/Marital Status/Fertility

Median age (in years) 43
Female 51.4%
Married (ages 18 and older) 59.8%
Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year 7.4%



Educational Attainment and Enrollment (highest degree completed, ages 25 and older)

High school graduate or less 51.6%
Two-year degree/Some college 18.7%
Bachelor’s degree or more 29.7%



Work/Earnings/Income (ages 16 and older)

In labor force (among civilian population) 66.0%
Median annual personal earnings (in 2015 dollars, among those with earnings) $28,000
Median annual household income (in 2015 dollars) $51,000



Poverty/Health Insurance

Living in poverty 16.5%
Uninsured 22.2%



Homeownership and Household Characteristics

In family households 86.3%



Region and Top Five States of Residence in 2015

West 34.6%
California 24.7%
South 32.9%
Texas 10.7%
Florida 9.5%
Northeast 21.3%
New York 10.5%
New Jersey 4.6%
Midwest 11.1%



Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2015 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS) “Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2015”