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U.S. states ranked by foreign-born

All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Language spoken at home and foreign-born share by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 14.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 15.5 %
RI 15.7 %
DE 11.6 %
CT 15.9 %
NJ 25 %
MD 17.1 %
MA 18.7 %
VT 4.5 %
NH 5.9 %

Lowest: 2.1 to 5.2 %
Group 2: 5.2 to 6.6 %
Group 3: 6.6 to 10 %
Group 4: 10 to 15.9 %
Highest: 15.9 to 27.6 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	California	27.6
2	New Jersey	25
3	New York	23.3
4	Florida	23.1
5	Nevada	19.9
6	Massachusetts	18.7
7	Hawaii	18.6
8	Texas	18.4
9	Maryland	17.1
10	Washington	16.1
11	Connecticut	15.9
12	Rhode Island	15.7
13	District of Columbia	15.5
14	Illinois	15.4
15	Virginia	13.5
16	Arizona	13.4
17	Georgia	11.9
18	Delaware	11.6
19	Colorado	10.6
20	New Mexico	10
20	Oregon	10
22	North Carolina	9.9
23	Utah	9.8
24	Minnesota	9
24	Nebraska	9
26	Pennsylvania	8.3
27	Kansas	7.8
28	Alaska	7.7
28	Michigan	7.7
30	Indiana	7
31	Oklahoma	6.6
32	Tennessee	6.5
33	South Carolina	6.4
34	Idaho	6.3
34	Iowa	6.3
36	New Hampshire	5.9
37	Arkansas	5.8
38	Ohio	5.5
38	Wisconsin	5.5
40	North Dakota	5.3
41	Kentucky	5.2
41	Louisiana	5.2
43	Missouri	4.9
44	Maine	4.7
45	Alabama	4.5
45	Vermont	4.5
47	South Dakota	4.1
48	Wyoming	3.5
49	Mississippi	2.7
50	Montana	2.1
50	West Virginia	2.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1601: Language Spoken at Home
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B05002: Place of Birth by Nativity and Citizenship Status. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by foreign-born (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables S1601 and B05002; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-foreign-born/

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