The size of the foreign-born population has varied over time

Foreign-Born Population as a Percentage of the Total U.S. Population

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Notes: Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Census Bureau released the American Community Survey in 2021. Data for 1860-2000 are from Historical Census Statistics. Data for 1860 includes people who were enslaved. Census assumes that all enslaved people were native born.