North Korea
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
50,000
Immigrant Population
0.2%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
46,000
Emigrant Population
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Korean Immigrants in the United States
Korean immigrants in the United States tend to be highly educated, naturalized U.S. citizens, and earn high incomes.
Slipping through the Cracks in South Korea: The Uncertain Futures for the Children of North Korean Defectors
Children born in China to North Korean mothers are a fast-growing but legally overlooked population in South Korea, falling outside defector support programs.
Korean Immigrants in the United States
The number of Korean immigrants in the United States is shrinking, driven by aging, economic growth, and a demographic crunch in South Korea.
Korean Immigrants in the United States
About 1 million Korean immigrants lived in the United States in 2017, down slightly from a 2010 peak.
The Travel Ban at Two: Rocky Implementation Settles into Deeper Impacts
Two years on, the Trump first-term travel ban cut monthly immigrant visas to five banned countries and collapsed refugee admissions.
Korean Immigrants in the United States
Approximately 1 million Korean immigrants (overwhelmingly from South Korea) lived in the United States in 2015, representing 2.4 percent of the U.S. immigrant population. While earlier waves consisted largely of unskilled laborers and their families, contemporary Korean immigration boasts high socioeconomic standing and Koreans are generally considered among the most successful immigrant groups.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
In 2014, people born in Asian accounted for 30 percent of U.S. immigrants, with high rates of educational attainment, sizable median incomes, and wide differences across origin groups.
Korean Immigrants in the United States
There were approximately 1.1 million Korean immigrants in the United States in 2013.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
In 2009, Asian immigrants in the United States were nearly twice as likely as immigrants overall to hold a college degree.
Korean Immigrants in the United States
More than half of Korean-born adults in the United States held a bachelor's degree or higher in 2008.
