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Immigrants born in Europe: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of foreign-born residents born in Europe (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Foreign-born population by world region of birth, by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 9.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 14.6 %
RI 16.5 %
DE 9.8 %
CT 18.6 %
NJ 11.6 %
MD 7.6 %
MA 15.8 %
VT 25.3 %
NH 22.3 %

Lowest: 4 to 7.2 %
Group 2: 7.2 to 9.3 %
Group 3: 9.3 to 13.4 %
Group 4: 13.4 to 15.8 %
Highest: 15.8 to 25.3 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Vermont	25.3
2	New Hampshire	22.3
3	Montana	21.8
4	Wyoming	19
5	Connecticut	18.6
5	Maine	18.6
7	Alaska	18.3
7	Illinois	18.3
9	Rhode Island	16.5
10	South Carolina	16.1
11	Massachusetts	15.8
11	Michigan	15.8
13	West Virginia	15.3
14	District of Columbia	14.6
15	Missouri	14.5
15	Pennsylvania	14.5
17	Wisconsin	13.9
18	New York	13.8
19	Ohio	13.6
19	Oregon	13.6
21	Washington	13.4
22	Idaho	13
23	North Dakota	12.2
24	Colorado	12.1
25	New Jersey	11.6
26	North Carolina	10.3
27	Mississippi	10.2
28	Delaware	9.8
29	Alabama	9.6
30	South Dakota	9.5
31	Tennessee	9.3
32	Florida	9.2
33	Kentucky	9
34	Minnesota	8.9
35	Virginia	8.3
36	Arizona	7.9
37	Utah	7.8
38	Iowa	7.7
39	Indiana	7.6
39	Maryland	7.6
41	Georgia	7.2
42	Arkansas	6.9
43	Nevada	6.8
44	Louisiana	6.4
45	California	6.1
45	Oklahoma	6.1
47	New Mexico	5.5
48	Kansas	5.3
49	Nebraska	5
50	Hawaii	4.3
51	Texas	4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of foreign-born residents born in Europe (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-europe/

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