What the Data Shows
Foreign-born residents are compared across the 50 states for 2024. The measure is foreign-born residents as a share of the total population and is reported as a percentage. California has the highest estimate at 27.6%, 2.6 percentage points above New Jersey. Maryland ranks ninth at 17.1%, making the leading estimate 1.62 times as high; close estimates should be read with their reported 90% margins of error.
Data table
Unit: percent of total population · Period: 2024
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | California | 27.6% | 2024 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 25.0% | 2024 |
| 3 | New York | 23.3% | 2024 |
| 4 | Florida | 23.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Nevada | 19.9% | 2024 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 18.7% | 2024 |
| 7 | Hawaii | 18.6% | 2024 |
| 8 | Texas | 18.4% | 2024 |
| 9 | Maryland | 17.1% | 2024 |
Sources
Source 1: 2024 ACS 1-Year Detailed Table B05002
Publisher: U.S. Census Bureau
Dataset/table: B05002
Units: counts with 90% margins of error
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Provides the B05002 state estimates and 90% margins of error used to construct this percentage.
Data notes & caveats
ACS values are survey estimates with 90% margins of error. The ranking contains the 50 states only; District of Columbia is a federal district and Puerto Rico is a territory. The percentage denominator is total population, not a total formed by adding the ranked percentages.
Methodology
For each state, numerator components B05002:[13] were divided by the total population denominator B05002:[2,13] and multiplied by 100. Component margins of error were combined by root-sum-square; percentage margins follow the Census published proportion procedure with the plus-term fallback when required.
Source consistency notes
Every row uses the 2024 ACS 1-year product, the same detailed-table concept, the same state geography class and the same percentage definition.
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