2006 American Community Survey and Census Data on the Foreign Born by State	Home > ACS and Census Data

While the immigrant population of the United States increased by 6.4 million between 2000 and 2006, the impact of this growth varied considerably from state to state in terms of population size and characteristics. To facilitate analysis of these differences, the interactive map below provides national and state-by-state data on immigrant populations from the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses and the 2006 and 2005 American Community Surveys (ACS). Click the desired state to generate fact sheets about the demographic & social, language & education, workforce, and income & poverty characteristics of the immigrant population in the United States.

A sampling of the types of data included in each of the four fact sheets for each state:

• Demographic and Social (updated with 2006 data): top countries of birth, naturalization rates, household size;
• Language and Education (updated with 2006 data): rates of limited English proficiency and levels of educational attainment in 1990, 2000, and 2005, rates of linguistic isolation in 2005;
• Workforce (2005): the foreign-born share of the workforce, top occupations and industries;
• Income and Poverty (2005): average incomes, income distributions, poverty rates.

State Rankings - (updated with 2006 data)

• Number of Foreign Born by State (1990, 2000, 2006)
• Percent Foreign Born by State (1990, 2000, 2006)
• Numeric Difference in the Foreign Born by State (1990, 2000, 2006)
• Percent Change in the Foreign Born by State (1990, 2000, 2006)

To view the 2000 version of the data tool, click here.