US Counties With the Highest Foreign-born Population
2,452 US counties ranked by foreign-born population, from highest to lowest. First are Miami-Dade County, FL (543.33), Queens County, NY (475.68) and Aleutians West Census Area, AK (440.71). The middle one of the 2,452 has 36.56.
What this measures
The number of residents born outside the United States, whether or not they are citizens. Source: Census ACS 5-year.
This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.
For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.
The 100 highest counties
Every state, highest first
Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.
| Rank | State | Per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 267.06 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 235.44 |
| 3 | New York | 226.40 |
| 4 | Florida | 214.07 |
| 5 | Nevada | 189.54 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 180.63 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 176.83 |
| 8 | Texas | 171.92 |
| 9 | Maryland | 162.83 |
| 10 | Connecticut | 154.28 |
| 11 | Washington | 151.23 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 148.27 |
| 13 | Illinois | 144.48 |
| 14 | District of Columbia | 133.28 |
| 15 | Virginia | 129.39 |
| 16 | Arizona | 128.72 |
| 17 | Georgia | 108.34 |
| 18 | Delaware | 104.08 |
| 19 | Oregon | 96.91 |
| 20 | Colorado | 95.79 |
| 21 | New Mexico | 92.44 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 87.29 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 85.57 |
| 24 | Utah | 85.56 |
| 25 | Alaska | 77.84 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 77.03 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania | 74.02 |
| 28 | Kansas | 71.90 |
| 29 | Michigan | 70.38 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 62.52 |
| 31 | New Hampshire | 62.04 |
| 32 | Indiana | 59.40 |
| 33 | Tennessee | 58.95 |
| 34 | Idaho | 57.35 |
| 35 | Iowa | 57.13 |
| 36 | South Carolina | 56.32 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 52.17 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | 50.88 |
| 39 | Ohio | 50.35 |
| 40 | Louisiana | 47.27 |
| 41 | North Dakota | 44.67 |
| 42 | Kentucky | 44.25 |
| 43 | Missouri | 43.76 |
| 44 | Vermont | 43.34 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 39.17 |
| 46 | Maine | 38.93 |
| 47 | Alabama | 38.00 |
| 48 | Wyoming | 35.12 |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 27.23 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 23.91 |
| 51 | Montana | 22.92 |
| 52 | West Virginia | 17.10 |
More on foreign-born population
- US Counties With the Lowest Foreign-born Population
- Foreign-born population by US county: map by year and what it goes with
A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.