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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Shaping Our Futures: The Educational and Career Success of Washington State’s Immigrant Youth
Washington State's immigrant youth show a stark achievement gap: college attainment is high in some groups, but only 53 percent of English Learners graduate on time.
Health Care for Immigrant Families: Current Policies and Issues
Low-income immigrants use health care far less than U.S. -born peers even when insured. Proposed reform would bar legalizing immigrants from coverage for up to a decade.
Remaking the U.S. Green Card System: Legal Immigration under the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
The Senate's 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill would grow skills-based green cards nearly fourfold while preserving family admissions.
As Congress Tackles Immigration Legislation, State Lawmakers Retreat from Strict Measures
Few predicted that U.S. states racing to restrict immigration in 2011 would, by 2013, be doubling driver's license access for unauthorized immigrants and enacting tuition parity.
Counting the Uncountable: Overseas Americans
Despite being home to one-fifth of all international migrants, the United States cannot reliably count its own citizens abroad; estimates range from 2.2 million to 6.8 million.
South American Immigrants in the United States
Nearly half of all South American immigrants in the United States lived in just two metropolitan areas—New York and Miami—in 2011.
A Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Coverage Profile of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
Unauthorized immigrants are predominantly low-income, working adults, yet 71 percent of adults lacked insurance in 2011.
Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration & Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America
Shifting demographics and slowing emigration from Mexico and Central America demand a new U.S. regional strategy, this final report of the Regional Migration Study Group makes clear.
Credential Recognition in the United States for Foreign Professionals
The patchwork U.S. credential recognition system places the steepest barriers on foreign-trained physicians, wasting human capital as doctor shortages intensify.
Sweeping Senate Bill Sets the Stage for Fundamental Overhaul of U.S. Immigration System
While most public attention has focused on the prospect legalization for millions of immigrants, S. 744's deeper ambition was to shift U.S. immigration to labor market-driven admissions.
