2012 population 2000 population Percent, 2012 Percent, 2000 Native born 273,175,816 250,288,425 87.0 88.9 Foreign born 40,738,224 31,133,481 13.0 11.1 Citizen 18,623,243 12,533,932 5.9 4.5 Non-citizen 22,114,981 18,599,549 7.0 6.6 Total 313,914,040 281,421,906 100.0 100.0 Table 1 Population, by Nativity and Citizenship Status: 2000 and 2012 Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012 Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
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2012 population 2000 population Percent, 2012 Percent, 2000
Native born 273,175,816 250,288,425 87.0 88.9
Foreign born 40,738,224 31,133,481 13.0 11.1
Citizen 18,623,243 12,533,932 5.9 4.5
Non-citizen 22,114,981 18,599,549 7.0 6.6
Total 313,914,040 281,421,906 100.0 100.0
Table 1
Population, by Nativity and Citizenship Status: 2000 and
2012
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American
Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Table 2
2012 population 2000 population
Change,
2000-2012
Percent change,
2000-2012
Share of total
change (%)
Native born 273,175,816 250,288,425 22,887,391 9.1 70.4
Foreign born 40,738,224 31,133,481 9,604,743 30.9 29.6
Total 313,914,040 281,421,906 32,492,134 11.5 100.0
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American
Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Population Change, by Nativity: 2000 and 2012
2012 population 2000 population Percent, 2012 Percent, 2000
Mexico 11,489,387 9,163,463 28.2 29.4
South and East Asia 10,443,902 7,257,506 25.6 23.3
Caribbean 3,882,592 2,954,820 9.5 9.5
Central America 3,172,307 2,029,383 7.8 6.5
South America 2,731,619 1,920,007 6.7 6.2
Middle East 1,578,801 1,076,156 3.9 3.5
All other 7,439,616 6,732,146 18.3 21.6
Total 40,738,224 31,133,481 100.0 100.0
Table 3
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American
Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Universe: 2000 and 2012 foreign-born resident population
Note: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Foreign Born, by Region of Birth: 2000 and 2012
2012 population 2000 population
Change,
2000-2012
Percent change,
2000-2012
Share of total
change (%)
Mexico 11,489,387 9,163,463 2,325,924 25.4 24.2
South and East Asia 10,443,902 7,257,506 3,186,396 43.9 33.2
Caribbean 3,882,592 2,954,820 927,772 31.4 9.7
Central America 3,172,307 2,029,383 1,142,924 56.3 11.9
South America 2,731,619 1,920,007 811,612 42.3 8.5
Middle East 1,578,801 1,076,156 502,645 46.7 5.2
All other 7,439,616 6,732,146 707,470 10.5 7.4
Total 40,738,224 31,133,481 9,604,743 30.9 100.0
Table 4
Change in the Foreign-Born Population,
by Region of Birth: 2000 and 2012
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American
Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Universe: 2000 and 2012 foreign-born resident population
Note: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria,
Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Mexico 11,489,387 28.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 120,524 0.3 Belgium 36,382 0.1
India 1,974,305 4.8 Myanmar 114,806 0.3 Cape Verde 36,195 0.1
Philippines 1,861,996 4.6 Lebanon 114,642 0.3 Sierra Leone 36,022 0.1
China 1,719,819 4.2 Turkey 107,765 0.3 Cameroon 34,860 0.1
Vietnam 1,264,188 3.1 Panama 100,514 0.2 Bhutan 32,954 0.1
El Salvador 1,254,501 3.1 Kenya 98,858 0.2 Bahamas 32,578 0.1
Cuba 1,114,864 2.7 Asia, other 91,895 0.2 Czech Republic 31,319 0.1
Korea 1,105,653 2.7 Spain 87,185 0.2 West Indies, other 30,478 0.1
Total 273,175,816 40,738,224 11,489,387 10,443,902 3,882,592 3,172,307 2,731,619 1,578,801 7,439,616
Notes: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Universe: 2012 resident population
Table 13
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Foreign Born, by State and Region of Birth: 2012
States and D.C. are listed in descending order of number of foreign-born residents in 2012
TOTAL POPULATION REGION OF BIRTH
Percent of
native born
Percent of
foreign born Mexico
South and
East Asia Caribbean
Central
America
South
America Middle East All other
California 10.2 25.3 36.7 31.7 1.9 27.8 9.3 29.4 14.6
Central America 1,628,568 644,453 470,599 385,345 3,128,965
South America 1,628,138 442,028 220,937 410,160 2,701,263
Middle East 1,048,599 136,248 122,144 249,554 1,556,545
All other 4,740,486 716,764 350,561 1,473,619 7,281,430
Total 182,780,080 53,206,183 19,461,292 50,437,807 305,885,362
All native born 59.2 17.8 6.0 17.0 100.0
All foreign born 63.5 14.5 8.7 13.3 100.0
Mexico 63.1 16.5 12.0 8.4 100.0
South and East Asia 71.8 9.7 5.9 12.6 100.0
Caribbean 49.2 26.5 9.6 14.7 100.0
Central America 52.0 20.6 15.0 12.3 100.0
South America 60.3 16.4 8.2 15.2 100.0
Middle East 67.4 8.8 7.8 16.0 100.0
All other 65.1 9.8 4.8 20.2 100.0
All 59.8 17.4 6.4 16.5 100.0
Table 17
Persons, by Household Type and Region of Birth: 2012
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Universe: 2012 household population
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
FAMILY HOUSEHOLD
Non-family household Total
Notes: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. The
household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters.
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Married couple Female householder Male householder
All native born 46,775,917 12,734,794 4,419,710 35,658,423 99,588,844
All foreign born 9,000,808 2,460,003 1,130,000 3,789,925 16,380,736
Central America 543,544 259,200 139,326 208,762 1,150,832
South America 559,662 187,448 71,642 279,129 1,097,881
Middle East 398,730 55,620 43,433 191,986 689,769
All other 1,806,576 335,306 134,712 1,192,409 3,469,003
Total 55,776,725 15,194,797 5,549,710 39,448,348 115,969,580
All native born 47.0 12.8 4.4 35.8 100.0
All foreign born 54.9 15.0 6.9 23.1 100.0
Mexico 57.5 18.6 10.3 13.5 100.0
South and East Asia 63.7 9.8 4.3 22.3 100.0
Caribbean 40.2 25.9 7.3 26.6 100.0
Central America 47.2 22.5 12.1 18.1 100.0
South America 51.0 17.1 6.5 25.4 100.0
Middle East 57.8 8.1 6.3 27.8 100.0
All other 52.1 9.7 3.9 34.4 100.0
All 48.1 13.1 4.8 34.0 100.0
Table 18
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Households, by Type and Region of Birth: 2012
Universe: 2012 households
FAMILY HOUSEHOLD
Non-family household Total
Notes: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and
Sudan. The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by the nativity and
region of birth of the household head.
Two-person families
Three- or four-
person families
Five-person
families or more Total
All native born 31,575,864 25,205,933 7,148,624 63,930,421
All foreign born 3,739,024 5,833,702 3,018,085 12,590,811
Mexico 640,507 1,648,003 1,427,136 3,715,646
South and East Asia 957,685 1,595,004 555,873 3,108,562
Caribbean 419,862 592,607 218,935 1,231,404
Central America 226,353 460,290 255,427 942,070
South America 275,244 410,304 133,204 818,752
Middle East 158,387 228,269 111,127 497,783
All other 1,060,986 899,225 316,383 2,276,594
Total 35,314,888 31,039,635 10,166,709 76,521,232
All native born 49.4 39.4 11.2 100.0
All foreign born 29.7 46.3 24.0 100.0
Mexico 17.2 44.4 38.4 100.0
South and East Asia 30.8 51.3 17.9 100.0
Caribbean 34.1 48.1 17.8 100.0
Central America 24.0 48.9 27.1 100.0
South America 33.6 50.1 16.3 100.0
Middle East 31.8 45.9 22.3 100.0
All other 46.6 39.5 13.9 100.0
All 46.2 40.6 13.3 100.0
Table 19
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Universe: 2012 family households
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey
(1% IPUMS)
Notes: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. The household population excludes persons living in
institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by the nativity and region of
birth of the household head.
Households, by Family Size and Region of Birth: 2012
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Parent
householder
Grandparent
householder Other Total
All native born 62,723,926 5,495,062 2,842,568 71,061,556
All foreign born 2,231,219 98,401 241,021 2,570,641
Mexico 655,624 23,898 76,098 755,620
South and East Asia 593,209 24,820 53,147 671,176
Caribbean 174,418 17,471 32,276 224,165
Central America 141,763 12,392 28,865 183,020
South America 140,552 6,831 12,068 159,451
Middle East 114,015 2,539 6,091 122,645
All other 411,638 10,450 32,476 454,564
Total 64,955,145 5,593,463 3,083,589 73,632,197
All native born 88.3 7.7 4.0 100.0
All foreign born 86.8 3.8 9.4 100.0
Mexico 86.8 3.2 10.1 100.0
South and East Asia 88.4 3.7 7.9 100.0
Caribbean 77.8 7.8 14.4 100.0
Central America 77.5 6.8 15.8 100.0
South America 88.1 4.3 7.6 100.0
Middle East 93.0 2.1 5.0 100.0
All other 90.6 2.3 7.1 100.0
All 88.2 7.6 4.2 100.0
Table 20
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Universe: 2012 resident population ages 17 and younger
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey
(1% IPUMS)
Notes: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Living Arrangements of Children, by Region of Birth: 2012
English spoken
very well
English spoken
less than
very well Total
English spoken
very well
English spoken
less than
very well Total
All native born 41,418,780 8,220,573 1,854,116 51,493,469 184,743,468 14,509,726 2,861,066 202,114,260
All foreign born 445,047 1,258,759 623,101 2,326,907 5,794,053 12,732,407 19,641,123 38,167,583
Central America 897,640 388,177 682,204 466,385 201,448 69,878 2,705,732
South America 229,359 184,415 639,909 606,265 457,497 239,627 2,357,072
Middle East 112,547 72,410 247,066 274,998 346,190 274,970 1,328,181
All other 463,661 391,024 1,455,622 1,658,983 1,341,145 1,180,322 6,490,757
Total 12,006,732 16,410,051 58,433,079 61,045,899 38,140,747 22,804,854 208,841,362
All native born 3.0 7.2 29.2 31.3 18.6 10.8 100.0
All foreign born 19.5 11.2 22.1 19.2 16.5 11.6 100.0
Mexico 39.2 19.6 23.5 12.2 4.1 1.5 100.0
South and East Asia 9.5 6.5 15.6 18.5 28.7 21.2 100.0
Caribbean 13.7 11.9 30.1 24.8 12.8 6.7 100.0
Central America 33.2 14.3 25.2 17.2 7.4 2.6 100.0
South America 9.7 7.8 27.1 25.7 19.4 10.2 100.0
Middle East 8.5 5.5 18.6 20.7 26.1 20.7 100.0
All other 7.1 6.0 22.4 25.6 20.7 18.2 100.0
All 5.7 7.9 28.0 29.2 18.3 10.9 100.0
Table 23
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Persons, by Educational Attainment and Region of Birth: 2012
Universe: 2012 resident population ages 25 and older
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Notes: "High school graduate" includes persons who have attained a high school diploma or its equivalent, such as a General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
"College graduate" includes only persons who have attained a bachelor's degree. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
2012 2000 2012 2000
Native born 3,908,361 3,712,697 47.8 49.5
In household with foreign-born head 768,502 510,771 43.8 41.9
In household with native-born head 3,138,750 3,197,573 48.9 51.0
Foreign born 70,784 88,006 50.6 43.7
Total 3,979,145 3,800,703 47.9 49.3
Native born 49,973,683 48,776,592 97.0 97.1
In household with foreign-born head 9,165,943 6,023,584 97.6 97.0
In household with native-born head 40,639,972 42,543,435 97.0 97.2
Foreign born 2,228,057 2,619,237 95.8 92.7
Total 52,201,740 51,395,829 97.0 96.8
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population ages 3 through 4
School Enrollment, by Nativity: 2000 and 2012
Table 24
Note: School enrollment consists of both private and public schools.
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American
Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
ENROLLED IN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT RATE
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population ages 5 through 17
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
2012 2000 2012 2000
All native born 667,594 1,235,012 4.2 8.5
All foreign born 97,658 342,373 7.7 23.4
Mexico 55,838 253,918 13.3 42.3
South and East Asia 5,467 14,603 1.9 4.9
Caribbean 9,290 12,330 7.8 10.7
Central America 16,505 38,020 19.1 30.3
South America 3,366 8,755 3.4 9.3
Middle East 1,457 2,868 2.7 7.5
All other 5,735 11,879 2.7 6.2
Total 765,252 1,577,385 4.4 9.9
Note: Dropouts are people not enrolled in school and who have not attained a high
school diploma or an equivalent credential, such as a General Educational
Development (GED) certificate.
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census
(5% IPUMS) and 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Table 25
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
High School Dropouts, by Nativity and
Region of Birth: 2000 and 2012
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population ages 16 through 19
NUMBER OF DROPOUTS DROPOUT RATE
2012 2000 2012 2000
All native born 12,325,247 8,255,756 43.6 35.0
All foreign born 1,303,417 936,245 40.9 26.4
Mexico 187,634 112,568 18.0 7.4
South and East Asia 495,432 377,496 66.1 53.9
Caribbean 114,408 78,138 41.7 31.0
Central America 46,353 50,997 16.3 15.6
South America 103,958 68,115 48.3 32.7
Middle East 80,136 50,473 62.6 52.9
All other 275,496 198,458 55.7 45.9
Total 13,628,664 9,192,001 43.3 33.9
All native born 8,338,453 6,740,314 4.8 4.3
All foreign born 1,741,367 1,467,828 5.0 6.0
Mexico 209,903 176,265 2.2 2.8
South and East Asia 564,131 540,435 6.3 9.2
Caribbean 192,969 154,017 5.7 6.3
Central America 87,137 72,762 3.2 4.8
South America 157,080 123,623 6.7 8.2
Middle East 122,297 76,943 9.2 8.6
All other 407,850 323,783 6.3 5.6
All 10,079,820 8,208,142 4.8 4.5
Table 26
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census
(5% IPUMS) and 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
College Enrollment, by Nativity and
Region of Birth: 2000 and 2012
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population ages 18 through 24
Universe: 2000 and 2012 resident population ages 25 and older
ENROLLED IN COLLEGE ENROLLMENT RATE
Note: "Enrolled in college" includes persons who are currently attending
undergraduate, graduate or professional school.
Occupation Group Native born Foreign born Mexico
South and
East Asia Caribbean
Central
America
South
America Middle East All other
Management and business 21,074,945 2,994,515 358,189 1,082,865 222,789 120,825 240,044 163,922 805,881
Construction and extraction 4.9 7.5 14.5 1.4 4.6 14.0 7.1 2.1 4.2
Installation, repair and
production 8.7 11.0 16.1 9.0 9.4 12.9 8.5 6.7 7.4
Transportation and material
moving6.3 7.0 9.3 3.4 9.3 9.5 6.9 6.3 5.8
Military 0.4 0.1 <0.05 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Unemployed, no work
experience in past five years1.4 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.8 1.8 1.7 2.3 1.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Table 27
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Notes: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Occupation, by Region of Birth: 2012
Universe: 2012 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
experience in past five years1.4 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.8 1.8 1.7 2.3 1.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
TOTAL REGION OF BIRTH
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Notes: The symbol *** indicates insufficient number of observations to provide a reliable estimate. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Table 28
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Detailed Occupation, by Region of Birth: 2012
Universe: 2012 resident population ages 16 and older who worked in the past five years
Central America 261,245 327,930 253,092 200,540 108,025 1,150,832
South America 208,152 245,096 238,090 222,117 184,426 1,097,881
Middle East 176,698 128,845 100,737 107,143 176,346 689,769
All other 677,097 664,393 604,645 646,378 876,490 3,469,003
Total 23,237,761 23,965,477 22,515,334 23,082,840 23,168,168 115,969,580
All native born 19.8 20.3 19.5 20.3 20.2 100.0
All foreign born 21.7 22.7 19.0 17.7 18.9 100.0
Mexico 25.7 31.3 22.2 14.2 6.5 100.0
South and East Asia 16.4 15.0 15.9 21.3 31.4 100.0
Caribbean 27.8 24.1 19.2 16.0 12.8 100.0
Central America 22.7 28.5 22.0 17.4 9.4 100.0
South America 19.0 22.3 21.7 20.2 16.8 100.0
Middle East 25.6 18.7 14.6 15.5 25.6 100.0
All other 19.5 19.2 17.4 18.6 25.3 100.0
All 20.0 20.7 19.4 19.9 20.0 100.0
Table 35
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Households, by Income and Region of Birth: 2012
Notes: Quintiles are based upon 2012 total household income distribution. Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts annual incomes, these data will differ from those that
might be provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen,
Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by
the nativity and region of birth of the household head.
Universe: 2012 households
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Median income ($)
All native born 51,400
All foreign born 46,600
Mexico 35,000
South and East Asia 69,000
Caribbean 39,000
Central America 40,000
South America 49,200
Middle East 48,600
All other 55,000
All 50,500
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends
Project tabulations of 2012 American Community
Survey (1% IPUMS)
Table 36
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE
FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN
THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Median Household
Income, by Region of
Birth: 2012
Universe: 2012 households
Notes: Due to the way in which the IPUMS adjusts
annual incomes, these data will differ from those
that might be provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt,
Morocco and Sudan. The household population
excludes persons living in institutions, college
dormitories and other group quarters. Households
are classified by the nativity and region of birth of
the household head.
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
All native born 15,731,796 22,265,962 3,046,756 41,044,514
All foreign born 829,298 5,981,497 870,330 7,681,125
Mexico 349,965 2,621,037 180,580 3,151,582
South and East Asia 143,440 1,046,869 190,333 1,380,642
Caribbean 87,214 549,147 154,762 791,123
Central America 59,010 590,978 37,337 687,325
South America 35,977 296,014 52,017 384,008
Middle East 60,848 270,465 42,615 373,928
All other 92,844 606,987 212,686 912,517
Total 16,561,094 28,247,459 3,917,086 48,725,639
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
All native born 22.3 14.0 8.4 15.4
All foreign born 32.5 18.6 16.2 19.1
Mexico 46.5 26.8 22.6 27.8
South and East Asia 21.6 12.7 13.5 13.4
Caribbean 39.4 18.7 22.8 20.6
Central America 32.5 21.6 17.9 21.9
South America 22.7 13.4 15.6 14.2
Middle East 49.9 22.1 19.8 24.0
All other 20.7 11.9 12.2 12.5
All 22.7 14.7 9.4 15.9
Notes: *Poverty status is determined for individuals in housing units and noninstitutional group quarters.The
poverty universe excludes children under age 15 who are not related to the householder, people living in
institutional group quarters and people living in college dormitories or military barracks. Due to the way in which
the IPUMS assigns poverty values, these data will differ from those that might be provided by the U.S. Census
Bureau. Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan.
Poverty, by Age and Region of Birth: 2012
Table 37
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Based on 2012 poverty universe*
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey
(1% IPUMS)
PERSONS IN POVERTY
POVERTY RATE (%)
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
All native born 4,522,912 29,113,906 118,983 33,755,801
All foreign born 702,213 12,313,877 299,074 13,315,164
Citizen 55,747 2,899,253 43,403 2,998,403
Non-Citizen 646,466 9,414,624 255,671 10,316,761
Total 5,225,125 41,427,783 418,057 47,070,965
Younger than 18 18 to 64 65 and older Total
All native born 6.4 17.7 0.3 12.4
All foreign born 27.3 37.7 5.5 32.7
Citizen 8.9 20.7 1.1 16.1
Non-Citizen 33.3 50.4 17.0 46.7
All 7.1 21.0 1.0 15.0
Table 38
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Persons Without Health Insurance,
by Age, Nativity and Citizenship: 2012
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2012 American Community Survey
(1% IPUMS)
Universe: 2012 resident population
PERSONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
UNINSURED RATE (%)
Private health care
coverage
Public health care
coverage
Both private and
public No coverage
All native born 150,965,174 56,348,406 32,106,435 33,755,801
All foreign born 17,683,894 7,323,244 2,415,922 13,315,164
Central America 417,076 733,756 36.2 227,581 468,116 32.7
South America 513,882 583,999 46.8 308,348 400,098 43.5
Middle East 349,411 340,358 50.7 253,708 237,222 51.7
All other 2,105,168 1,363,835 60.7 1,949,835 1,264,500 60.7
Total 74,227,189 41,742,391 64.0 69,818,545 35,661,556 66.2
Note: Middle East consists of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Sudan. The
household population excludes persons living in institutions, college dormitories and other group quarters. Households are classified by the nativity and region of birth of the
household head.
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of 2000 Census (5% IPUMS) and 2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Table 40
Housing Tenure, by Region of Birth: 2000 and 2012
2012 2000
Universe: 2000 and 2012 households
Table 41
Date of Arrival
Household
heads
Number of
homeowners
Percent
owning home
Before 1990 7,717,357 5,153,044 66.8
1990 to 1999 4,365,813 2,091,581 47.9
2000 to 2005 2,571,031 840,702 32.7
2006 and later 1,726,535 270,814 15.7
Total 16,380,736 8,356,141 51.0
Source: Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of
2012 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)
Universe: 2012 foreign-born heads of households
STATISTICAL PORTRAIT OF THE FOREIGN-BORN
POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012
Homeownership Among Foreign-Born Heads of
Households, by Date of Arrival: 2012
Note: The household population excludes persons living in institutions, college