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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The Integration of Immigrant Health Professionals: Looking beyond the COVID-19 Crisis
In 2019, about 270,000 immigrant and refugee health professionals in the United States were underemployed. This brief examines barriers and reforms to better tap their skills.
Border Déjà Vu: Biden Confronts Similar Challenges as His Predecessors
A record surge of unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border in early 2021 exposed the Biden administration's lack of preparation and reliance on the same responses that stymied its predecessors.
Movement after Migration: Immigrants’ Disproportionate Reliance on Public Transportation
Immigrants are the backbone of public transit ridership in North America and Europe, making COVID-19-era service cuts fall harder on the foreign born and affect their integration.
Immigrants from Asia in the United States
Following the end of exclusionary laws, migration from Asia to the United States has risen since the mid-1960s. As of 2019, migrants from Asia represented nearly one-third of U.S. immigrants.
Funding English Learner Education: Making the Most of Policy and Budget Levers
Equitable education for English Learners requires using federal, state, and local budget levers; federal Title III funds alone do not suffice to meet schools’ civil-rights obligations.
American Dream and Promise Act of 2021: Who Is Potentially Eligible?
These MPI estimates offer insight into how proposed legislation could affect different populations.
Legal Snags and Possible Increases in Border Arrivals Complicate Biden’s Immigration Agenda
Legal challenges, rising border arrivals, and other issues have complicated the Biden administration's early efforts to redirect immigration enforcement and asylum processing.
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States
This data compendium offers statistics on some of the key questions around immigration and immigrants in the United States, who numbered 44.9 million in 2019.
MPI Estimates of Potential Beneficiaries under the DREAM Act of 2021
These estimates provide a sense of the unauthorized populations that could potentially gain legal status under this bill.
A Deeper Look at the DREAMers Who Could Feature in the Legalization Debate in Congress
The DREAM Act of 2021 could represent one of the narrower legalization measures with better prospects for passage in a narrowly divided Congress. MPI's latest estimates of the DREAMers who could gain conditional and then permanent legal status are offered here, as are the share of DREAMers who feature in another ongoing conversation, around essential workers in the U.S. labor market overall as well as in the health-care sector.
