Share of foreign-born people in the US is at its highest rate in over a century, survey says

Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — The percentage of U.S. residents born outside the country reached its highest level in more than a century in 2023. That’s one of the findings of a survey of American life released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. It shows the foreign-born population rose last year and accounted for 14.3% of the country’s nearly 335 million people. That’s up from 2022, when foreign-born residents made up 13.9% of the U.S. population. With fewer children being born in the U.S. compared with years past, international migrants have become a primary driver of the nation’s population growth this decade.