new report published by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that more than half of the foreign-born population in the United States are from Latin America and the majority live in only four states.
Those four states, California, Florida, Texas, and New York harbor the majority of the foreign-born population, which in 2022 was estimated to be 46.2 million people, or almost 14% of the U.S. population.
“The foreign-born population in the United States has grown considerably over the past 50 years in both size and share of the U.S. population. In 1970, it numbered 9.6 million (4.7 percent) of the total U.S. population. By 2022, it was estimated to be 46.2 million (13.9 percent) of the total U.S. population,” the report says.
