In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population. The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i.e, where they were born, whether in the United States or outside of it—and is thus the first point at which solid statistics become available. The following chart, based on statistics from the U.S. Census from 1850 on, shows the numbers of non-native residents according to place of birth. Because an immigrant is counted in each census during his or her lifetime, the numbers reflect the cumulative population of living non-native residents.

Foreign born by decade

(NA) Not available.<BR> n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.<BR> 1/ Prior to 1980, Taiwan included with China.<BR>

Naturalizations

By year

This table lists the number of naturalizations, petitions along with the number accepted or denied from the 2022 to 2000 fiscal years. Source:

Persons getting permanent resident status

By year

This table gives the number of people who got permanent resident status in the United States by year from 2000 to 2022. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table.

By country of birth

This table counts the number of people who got legal residence status by country of the world in 2021 & 2022 based on which country they last resided in. Does not include the United States. This table is not based on age or sex. Includes those who are "lawful permanent residents" only in this table. Source:

Illegal /unauthorized immigrants

In 2022, the United States Department of Homeland Security estimated the number of illegal immigrants or unauthorized immigrants to be 11,990,000 people.

By country by year

The table below lists the estimated number of illegal immigrants for the top 10 countries with the largest estimated number by country of birth and year in the thousands. There is no national census done on the legality of being in the United States of those born abroad. No data is available for 2001-2004 and 2020 while for 2010, 2015 and 2018 this table has the revised number. Source:

By state by year

This table lists the number of estimated illegal immigrants by state by year with the top ten highest estimated population of them regardless of which country they come from. No data is available for 2021 in Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018–January 2022 which is the source of information from 2018 to 2022.

DACA recipients

Number by age

This table lists the number of DACA recipients regardless of age as being at 578,680 in March 2023. Keep in mind this is being described as being a "rounded" number. The average age was 29.2 years old while the median was 29.

Refugees

Arrivals by year

This table lists the number of refugee arrivals by each fiscal year along with the ceiling. Since the United States created a refugee resettlement program in 1980, their has been a ceiling on the number allowed. The years where the number of refugees admitted surpassed the ceiling was in: 1992 and 2017. Table source: