United States
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
52375000
Immigrant Population
15.2%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
3187000
Emigrant Population
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Immigrants in the U.S. Armed Forces in 2008
Immigrants from the Philippines made up 22.8 percent of all foreign-born U.S. service members in February 2008, the largest national-origin share, ahead of Mexico at 9.5 percent.
Congress Addresses Immigration But Appears Unlikely to Pass Piecemeal Bills
Piecemeal immigration bills are advancing in Congress in 2008, but passage looks unlikely amid partisan gridlock.
Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban America
A new class of 20 suburban metropolitan gateways now houses one-fifth of U.S. immigrants.
Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Mexican immigrants were the largest U.S. immigrant group in 2006, yet only 21.7 percent had naturalized, less than among all foreign-born adults.
USCIS Receives 163,000 H-1B Applications for Fiscal Year 2009
Employers filed approximately 163,000 H-1B petitions in five days for fiscal year 2009, more than twice the 65,000 annual cap, forcing a computer lottery to select winners.
Los Angeles on the Leading Edge: Immigrant Integration Indicators and their Policy Implications
Immigrants in Los Angeles face persistent labor market, language, and health-care integration gaps that call for more proactive policy across the public and private sectors.
Virtual Border Fence Given Mixed Assessment in First Test
The U.S. virtual fence pilot program known as Project 28 had a troubled test run.
Spotlight on Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States
Temporary U.S. visa admissions nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006.
USCIS: Backlog in Naturalization Applications Will Take Nearly Three Years to Clear
The U.S. 2007 naturalization surge stretched processing to 16 to 18 months, even as new federal and state rules tightened ID checks and employer sanctions.
Spotlight on the Foreign Born of Pakistani Origin in the United States in 2006
In 2006, Pakistani-origin immigrants in the United States were highly educated, widely naturalized, and clustered in a few states, metro areas, and skilled jobs.