Total number of foreign-born declined through mid-2020,then rebounded
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Immigrant Population Hits Record 46.2 Million ([link removed])
Total number of foreign-born declined through mid-2020,
then rebounded dramatically
Washington, D.C. (December 20, 2021) – A Center for Immigration Studies analysis of Census Bureau data from November 2021 shows that the total U.S. immigrant population (legal and illegal) has reached 46.2 million ([link removed]) — the highest number ever recorded in American history.
The overall immigrant population fell through the middle of 2020 and then rose dramatically after Biden’s victory. Variation exists from month to month in the bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) used for this analysis, so any change should be interpreted in light of this variability. The growth and size of the immigrant (or “foreign-born.”, in government parlance) population in the CPS are important because unlike arrival figures for legal immigrants or border apprehensions, the CPS measures the total number of foreign-born people actually living in the country, which is what ultimately determines immigration’s impact on American society.
“Some of the growth we are seeing may reflect improved data collection by the Census Bureau as the pandemic has lessened. But, as far as we can tell, since President Biden’s election, the total legal and illegal immigrant population has grown spectacularly,” said Steven Camarota, the Center’s Director of Research and lead author of the report. He added, “The ongoing border surge, the ending of nearly all interior enforcement, and the ramping up of legal immigration are clearly showing up in the data.”
Among the findings:
* There were a total of 46.2 million immigrants (legal and illegal) in the country in November 2021. This is the largest number of immigrants ever recorded in any government survey or census going back to 1850.
* As a share of the total U.S. population, immigrants were 14.2 percent in November 2021 — the highest percentage in 111 years. The immigrant share of the population has tripled since 1970 and has come close to doubling since 1990.
* The number of immigrants in the country grew by 1.5 million between November 2020 and November of this year after declining by 1.2 million between February and September 2020 as a result of Covid-19 restrictions.
* In just the last month — October to November 2021 — the total immigrant population increased by 470,000.
* Like the monthly CPS, the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey (ACS) from 2020 also shows a significant decline in the immigrant population through mid-2020, though the Bureau reports problems with that survey. Moreover, the ACS only reflects the population in July 2020, not the large increases since mid-2020.
* In comparison to the 1.5 million increase in the immigrant population after Biden’s victory, in the year after Trump’s victory (November 2016 to November 2017) the immigrant population actually fell slightly. The policies and public statements of different administrations seem to matter a great deal.
* Hispanic immigrants accounted for 924,000 or 61 percent of the growth since last November. This is an indication that illegal immigration accounts for a large share of the recent increase in immigrants. The federal government and outside researchers have estimated that nearly three-quarters of illegal immigrants in Census data are Hispanic.
* Between November 2020 and November 2021, the states with the largest increases in immigrants were Florida (up 615,000), California (up 451,000), Arizona (up 173,000), Wisconsin (up 156,000), and Virginia (up 135,000).
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