More Than Half of Foreign-Born People in US Live in Just 4 States and Half Are Naturalized Citizens

ORLANDO, Fla.—More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states—California, Texas, Florida, and New York—and their numbers grew older and more educated over the past dozen years, according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2022, the foreign-born population was estimated to be 46.2 million people, or almost 14 percent of the U.S. population, with most states seeing double-digit percentage increases in the last dozen years, according to the figures from the bureau’s American Community Survey. In California, New Jersey, New York, and Florida, foreign-born individuals comprised more than 20 percent of each state’s population. They constituted 1.8 percent of West Virginia’s population, the smallest rate in the U.S....