States and regions ranked by number of foreign born: 2000
(Table generated by the Migration Information Source)
Rank
Area
Number of Foreign Born
2000
1990
1
California
8,864,255
6,458,825
2
New York
3,868,133
2,851,861
3
Texas
2,899,642
1,524,436
4
Florida
2,670,828
1,662,601
5
Illinois
1,529,058
952,272
6
New Jersey
1,476,327
966,610
7
Massachusetts
772,983
573,733
8
Arizona
656,183
278,205
9
Washington
614,457
322,144
10
Georgia
577,273
173,126
11
Virginia
570,279
311,809
12
Michigan
523,589
355,393
13
Maryland
518,315
313,494
14
Pennsylvania
508,291
369,316
15
North Carolina
430,000
115,077
16
Connecticut
369,967
279,383
17
Colorado
369,903
142,434
18
Ohio
339,279
259,673
19
Nevada
316,593
104,828
20
Oregon
289,702
139,307
21
Minnesota
260,463
113,039
22
Hawaii
212,229
162,704
23
Wisconsin
193,751
121,547
24
Indiana
186,534
94,263
25
Tennessee
159,004
59,114
26
Utah
158,664
58,600
27
Missouri
151,196
83,633
28
New Mexico
149,606
80,514
29
Kansas
134,735
62,840
30
Oklahoma
131,747
65,489
31
Rhode Island
119,277
95,088
32
South Carolina
115,978
49,964
33
Louisiana
115,885
87,407
34
Iowa
91,085
43,316
35
Alabama
87,772
43,533
36
Kentucky
80,271
34,119
37
Nebraska
74,638
28,198
38
Arkansas
73,690
24,867
39
District of Colombia
73,561
58,887
40
Idaho
64,080
28,905
41
New Hampshire
54,154
41,193
42
Delaware
44,898
22,275
43
Mississippi
39,908
20,383
44
Alaska
37,170
24,814
45
Maine
36,691
36,296
46
Vermont
23,245
17,544
47
West Virgina
19,390
15,712
48
Montana
16,396
13,779
49
South Dakota
13,495
7,731
50
North Dakota
12,114
9,388
51
Wyoming
11,205
7,647
1
West
11,942,989
7,822,706
2
South
8,608,441
4,582,293
3
Northeast
7,229,068
5,231,024
4
Midwest
3,327,391
2,131,293
NA
United States
31,107,889
19,767,316
NA Not applicable.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census of Population and Housing and Census 2000.
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