United States
Immigration
- Border encounters and enforcement
- Green cards, asylum and visas
- Every state compared
- From the agencies that count them
14.8%
About one in seven people living in the U.S. is — the highest share since 1890.
Foreign-born share of the U.S. population
Every census 1850–2000, then the yearly American Community Survey through 2024
Source: Census Bureau decennial census and American Community Survey
How immigration works
Yearly flows on the left, the they add up to on the right. Each is counted by a different agency, in its own unit and on its own .
Arrive or are stopped · yearly
374.9Kencounters · 12 mo to Aug 2026
Then , , detention, or release with a court date
77.6Madmissions · FY 2024
entries, not people. Some later get a green card; some
168.2Kpeople · FY 2024
arrivals + grants; eligible for a green card after a year
Become permanent residents
1.4Mpeople · FY 2024
57% 43% arrived from abroadA through family, employment, the diversity lottery, or humanitarian status
Become citizens
818.6Kpeople · FY 2024
, usually five years after the green card
Live here · population
50.2Mpeople · 2024
Naturalized citizens 25.8MNot citizens 24.4M, any status. Of whom : 11M (Jan 2022) · More ↓
1.3Mpeople · Year to Jul 1, 2025
, citizens included