Migration Information Source

U.S. Immigrant Population Spotlights

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Cuban Immigrants in the United States

In 2016, nearly 1.3 million Cubans lived in the United States, with arrivals surging as migrants anticipated the end of preferential U.S. immigration protections.

CubanFlag ElvertBarnes Flickr

Chinese Immigrants in the United States

Chinese immigrants were the third-largest foreign-born group in the United States in 2016 and were the leading source of international students on U.S. college campuses.

Chinatown in New York City

Indian Immigrants in the United States

Indian immigrants, who made up the second-largest foreign-born group in the United States in 2015, tend to be younger and more highly educated than immigrants overall.

Henna IllinoisSpringfield Flickr

Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States

Immigrants filled roughly one in six U.S. health-care jobs in 2015, concentrated at both ends of the occupational spectrum. Yet these workers are largely overlooked by U.S. visa policy.

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Refugees and Asylees in the United States

The United States resettled 84,994 refugees in fiscal year (FY) 2016, even as the Trump administration moved to sharply curtail future refugee admissions in its first term.

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Inmigrantes Centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos

Los 3.4 millones de centroamericanos que se encontraban en Estados Unidos en 2015 mostraban una elevada actividad en el mercado laboral y, en su mayoría, carecían de permiso de residencia.

Guatemalans EricChan Flickr