Population Size and Composition
- There are approximately 28.4 million foreign-born people in
the United States.
- The foreign born represent 10.4 percent of the U.S. population.
- People born in Latin America comprise approximately 51.0 percent of
the U.S. foreign-born population.
Source: Current Population Survey, March 2000, PGP-3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division,
Ethnic & Hispanic Statistics Branch
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Created: January 3, 2001
Last Revised: January 04, 2001 at 08:48:47 AM
