USA = 14% of Population Foreign-Born & Rising… Near All-Time High (1910) @ 15% USA Population vs. Foreign-Born % of Total Population 360MM 16% ) ) ea ne r Li A ey r Red G ( + l ota ue T l B 180MM 8% ( on ati orn % of ul B op - P gn A orei US F 0 0% 1907 1929 1951 1973 1995 2017 Foreign-Born Population USA-Born Population Foreign % Total Source: Migration Policy Institute (MPI) tabulation of data from U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2017 American Community Surveys (ACS) & 1970, 1990 & 2000 Decennial Census. All other data are from Campbell J. Gibson & Emily Lennon, "Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 1990" (Working Paper no. 29., U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, 1999). Note: The term "immigrants" (also Internet Trends known as the foreign born) refers to people residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. This population includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), certain legal nonimmigrants 262 2019 (e.g., persons on student or work visas), those admitted under refugee or asylee status & persons illegally residing in the United States. Population growth figures from St. Louis FRED database.