1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov April 9, 2021Citizenship and Immigration Statuses of the U.S. Foreign-Born PopulationThe U.S. foreign-born population consists of individuals living in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. An estimated 44.9 million foreign-born people live in the Uni
2、ted States, representing 13.7% of the total U.S. population in 2019 (the most recent data from the American Community Survey ACS). The proportion of foreign-born has changed over time. The 1920 percentage of foreign-born (13.2%) was similar to current levels, then declined over the next five decades
3、, reaching a low of 4.7% in 1970. Over the last five decades, the proportion has increased (Figure 1). Figure 1. U.S. Foreign-Born: Total and Percentage of Total Population, 1920-2019 Source: 1920-2000: Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung, “Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the
4、 United States: 1850 to 2000,” U.S. Census Bureau Population Division, 2006. 2010 and 2019: ACS, Table B05001, at http:/data.census.gov. The foreign-born are a heterogeneous population with regard to citizenship and immigration status. Subgroups include resident nonimmigrants, a subset of nonimmigra
