Highest NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS IN UNITED STATES by country of Origin

The available evidence suggests that immigration leads to more innovation, a better educated workforce, greater occupational specialization, better matching of skills with jobs, and higher overall economic productivity. Immigration also has a net positive effect on combined federal, state, and local budgets. But will be the same now?
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The U.S. government estimated the undocumented population to be some eleven million people in 2022. This total represents a slight decrease from 11.8 million before the 2008 economic crisis, which led some immigrants to return to their home countries and discouraged others from coming to the United States. In fiscal year 2023 (FY 2023), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended nearly 2.5 million people trying to illegally cross the southern U.S. border, a record high.
Until 2013, almost all of those trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border were Mexican citizens, and most were individuals seeking work. Between 2013 and 2021, most immigrants came from Asia, particularly China and India. Mexico has since regained its status as the top country of origin, and Central Americans have made up an increasingly larger share of migrants at the southern U.S. border. Generally, they are coming not for work but to make asylum claims, and many of them are unaccompanied children. Some of these immigrants have different legal rights from Mexican nationals in the United States: Under a 2008 anti-human trafficking law, unaccompanied minors from noncontiguous countries have a right to a hearing before being deported to their home countries. The increase in Central American migration has strained the U.S. immigration system. At the end of FY 2023, there were nearly 2.8 million cases pending in immigration courts, the most on record.

[@AngelCruz-i1d]

Puerto Rico is not a foregn country its a commonwealth of the united states that needs to be corrected

[@donaldpaterson5827]

The counter is wrong, up until around 1920 Ireland was part of the UK

[@erekekabulov6816]

Until around 1990 Russia was part of the USSR

[@GNMi79]

​@@erekekabulov6816 Not true. Russia didn't become part of the Soviet Union until 1917. They were part of it for less than 70 years of their entire history.

[@vespasiamthex7810]

All the land own by the natives of American before the immigrants from Europe arrived in 1800..Cherokee, Red Indian and etc own the lands

[@erosgritti5171]

I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way. Europe, Africa and Asia have been invaded thousands of times, by continuous emigration of peoples. In America they were just lucky to be isolated

[@prabhubharathan]

@@erosgritti5171 Sorry, but is this a way to justify "Manifest Destiny" and the holocaust of 100M Native Americans by the Spanish, British and US federal government between 1492 till date?

[@prabhubharathan]

Yes, it is the lad of Native Americans! Everyone who came after 1492 were immigrants and those from Europe were illegal immigrants.

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

@@prabhubharathanboohoo

[@prabhubharathan]

@ Now we know that truth hurts! Cheers

[@arturopalos2739]

This is missinformation. Mexicans were not immigrats in the US. Before 1848 Mexicans used to live in the original Mexican states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada and Utah.

[@Tonuca-n7t]

It is now .

[@mariandavidcunliffe7]

@@arturopalos2739 OK but it is the USA now and that is what is relevant to this particular discussion.

[@ricardoperaza740]

Do you says in 1848 but that is almost 200 years ago when everything change even in your own family history

[@SRRMCS]

12 million. that is horrible

[@choch4075]

Mexican wave. Claiming their own.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

From 1801 to 1922 Ireland was part of the UK.

[@BelayeAssefa1]

Mexico said "hold my cerveza, hermano" lol

[@davefranklyn7730]

The Puerto Rican numbers are wrong. Puerto Rico was part of Spain until 1898, but you have them at 293,000 by then. Something is wrong with these numbers. I've seen it on other videos, too. There just wasn't that many Puerto Ricans in the 19th Century in total. Are you sure it isn't supposed to be another, different country? They first show up in 1851.

[@ljacobs357]

I live in Texas. Mexicans were here first and essentially built this state.

[@careytitan9097]

Mexicans are Spanish European immigrants, some mixed with the indigenous tribes but they speak Spanish because they are European Spanish descendants from Europe.

[@donsena2013]

Mexicans did not build the state. Mexico appealed to the settlers of the Midwestern territories to relocate into its territory north of the Rio Grande to acquire a free parcel of land and thereby populate it. It had been practically barren before becoming northern-European in its ethnic makeup by these transplants, who were largely protestant. Ultimately, it would be no longer willing to be under a nation as different in its language, religion and customs -- and remotely located south of the River -- as Mexico. Mexico should have foreseen this outcome before it started to draw new settlers from the upper Midwest.

[@AlQuijano]

Puerto Rico is a Trust Territory of the United States & its citizens are US Citizens just like Guam. They are not immigrants.

[@Canadianforever]

BS

[@GNMi79]

They're not immigrants in Puerto Rico. They are immigrants in the mainland US. Puerto Rico isn't part of the United States any more than than the Philippines was in the early 20th century.

[@Joel-d7v6m]

By year 1961 Filipinos started to migrate in US. Holds the 3rd place from 1987-2004 and 2006-2010. I assumed most of them are nurses.

[@mava5634]

who is the source of this information?

[@jamesp13152]

Damian.

[@adolforesendiz7667]

Is Trumps family in the list of immigrants?

[@78godz]

Obviously. Is yours?

[@adolforesendiz7667]

Absolutely and proud of been Immigrant

[@Deadpoolbaby344]

@@adolforesendiz7667entering into a country illegally is something to be proud off yeah

[@olgabartels2879]

@@adolforesendiz7667 Why?

[@GaryYoung-eq1ph]

Only his countrymen, German and scotch!

[@AgumonDark55]

The reason why the majority of people in the United States today do not have roots to their origins, mainly those of European origin, has to do with the fact that being a country of immigrants, they did not want an ethnic group to become absolute when they were building an identity. more based on things like Language, Christian Religion, things of that style and from the end of the 19th century, Afro-descendants would also do so over the years. This with the African ethnic groups that came to finally define the United States in the 1930s as a country founded by European and African Immigrants, which is why groups like the KKK or Neo-Nazi Groups have never been successful since, as has been said for decades, The United States is a country of Immigrants, whether White, Black or from the same American continent as Mexicans and Caribbeans.

[@donsena2013]

The South Vietnamese flag pattern should have appeared next to “Vietnam,” as its numbers soared with the influx of refugees fleeing the communist takeover

[@EduardoAngeleri-i2h]

Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922! The chart is misleading.

[@bryanduncan1640]

I wonder why The USA has such an affinity with Ireland when more Germans emigrated there than Irish?

[@mikedon5205]

History .. ww1 and ww2 not exactly something American Germans want to sing about 😂

[@ljacobs357]

Marketing.

[@taimenhuchen4061]

Same language helps A LOT!

[@bryanduncan1640]

@ - you think Gaelic sounds like an American version of English?

[@EPATWILL528]

Well remember people OBAMA was called" deporter-in Chiefs he deported 5.3 millions illegals. You people forgot about it😂😂

[@nevillespence6101]

The Anglo-Saxons, Northern Europeans, and Irish built the USA, and things started going downhill in the 1960s. The work ethic, and the settling of the wilderness building a nation based upon Judeo-Christian values, culture, and religion made America Great. Once you start bringing in people who are not or will be compatible with your values, culture, or way of life, people who will not integrate, intermarry, and people who have a more medieval mindset, it is the beginning of the end

[@wrestlingterrier8366]

Bear in mind that prior to 1820 the British/English had been moving to US in large numbers for a long time., and even after that. The very backbone of the US both culturally and in ancestry, is British/English through and through. All Americans should read the book "Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America".

[@runningfromabear8354]

It is interesting. Americans never say they have English ancestry. When I did my dna ancestry, I expected lots of Irish and English because my father is Irish and my mother is English. And I did. What I didn't expect was to have just as many living (distant) relatives on the map in the US, Canada and Australia as I do in England and Ireland. Looking deeper into it, I found many generations of my family on both sides had siblings who either didn't survive childhood or emigrated from England and Ireland to those 3 countries. Strange to see the same pattern from both sides of the families. And strange that my ancestors were in the minority who chose to stay. One generation in particular the oldest male inherited everything. He took off for America and died in the American Civil War. His younger brother inherited a small farm in Devon from him that stayed in our family until about 10 years ago. My ancestor who inherited that farm was saved from poverty. So yay Civil War 😅

[@wrestlingterrier8366]

@@runningfromabear8354 Thanks for sharing. The history of the US is fascinating to say the least, specially those earlier years. This video is directly related to this subject. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqfYqnd8gciVh5Y

[@keithwesley2471]

The German figure is suspect since Germany only unified in 1870.

[@emmsue1053]

Germany has many migrants.

[@o0t6-w5m]

God, bless America!!!

[@onemanarmy554]

100000+ Indians in 1870s? Indians back then probably hadn’t even explored their own land properly. There’s definitely something wrong.

[@GaryYoung-eq1ph]

Guess who mostly fought in civil war, and built up the west after fighting the indians! British and germans!

[@ssap3717]

Irish and Germans

[@YakMadrid1]

That is why you had slavery

[@mariandavidcunliffe7]

There are more immigrants from some countries than I would have imagined, especially for the 19th and early 20th centuries. This is all legal immigrants, yes? I think that there may possibly be more Mexicano than indicated, physically in the US. Thank you for the video.

[@ScottMarquardt-s7u]

Mexicans stayed out of the US controlled by Commanches until after 1875.

[@2024fs_ts]

​@@ScottMarquardt-s7u Yes. Relevance?

[@2024fs_ts]

You are referring to the present? Have to agree Mexicans are probably more in number than is indicated in the video.

[@JayPatel-fo4ss]

If this is true, there should be 200 million Mexicans in USA, based on 10 million per year over 20 years. Can someone square the circle?

[@Henning_Rech]

It is not per year, but total number. This number can decline for people becoming citizens or leaving the country again.

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

1990= 4,272,149 1991= 5,032,919 That's 760’770 mexican immigrants more in the years 1990/91.

[@cyrus2546]

Puerto Rico should not even be on the list. It is part of the USA. Ridiculous that you count it as separate from the USA.

[@ayoubalrfadey3031]

Part off but not officially citizens of the US so they're immigrants

[@brettgracey9682]

@@ayoubalrfadey3031umm, then why do they have US citizenship?

[@erosgritti5171]

@@brettgracey9682 Because it is a satellite province. Even the Egyptians or the Israelis had Roman citizenship, but they were still citizens of occupied provinces.

[@brettgracey9682]

@ you are conflating citizenship with statehood. Puerto Ricans are indeed American citizens, they however don’t have a right to vote in federal elections as they have no congress or senate representation. They do have the right to move to any US state they choose, where they are then entitled to vote. It’s a difference between individual rights and statehood or territorial rights.

[@cyrus2546]

@@brettgracey9682 I understand that but that doesn’t mean they should be listed separately from the US. It’s like Hong Kong (since 1997) and Mainland China. One and the same.

[@KarmeshMadhavi]

"American Dream" is real.

[@ayj7115]

2000年到2015年期间移民美国的中国人。。。。。不晓得说什么好

[@teddyghioto]

WHEN THE WATER BACKS COME THEY COME IN DROVES

[@ralphraffles1394]

The Scotch Irish or Ulster Scots immigrated way before 1824. Indeed prior to independence.

[@Universal69man]

Illegal immigrants from India 😂

[@Historyaura-z4z]

You are literally bangladeshi. 😂😂😂

[@R5-kt7kl]

India export talent not begger

[@eduardol.1189]

If a brazilian becom an american citizen he does not lose is brazilian citizenship,I am against

[@TruthSpeakersz]

India is trying hard

[@ssap3717]

they bread like rabbits

[@BeardedBavarianBiker]

They're talking over just about everything, especially in Australia. Worst decision ever to let them in. They are Liars, cheats, and are totally untrustworthy.

[@Vincent-s5g]

Yes trumps parents are on list, difference being they came here legally.

[@peterkavanagh498]

I do not believe that natives "owned" land before Europen arrival - tribes occupied land, often acquired by force from other tribes, but had no concept of land ownership and did not engage in activities that were indicative of ownership such as building permanent homes.

[@DanMurphy-w3m]

Is this your justification for Europeans claiming the land of America, both North and South ? The locals didn't have it properly registered in their names ?

[@MrBagui-ll6jx]

😂 Donald Trump doesn't know anything about Mexico is on #1 right now since 1972 through to present. 😂😂 no necessary to mass deportations. 😂😂😂

[@Momula101]

Everyone looking at Mexico like 🧐

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

I’m German 😢in the us

[@StatsMedia]

If you have documents, you will not have a problem right?

[@Shawn-OpenMind]

Is this legal immigrants?

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

Pretty much i think so.

[@Momula101]

We are the race 😅

[@falk6121]

Thankfully Germany is not on the list anymore.

[@joestrait6291]

Immigrants not illegals different

[@pahalwanathiest]

This is one list in which USA is not in race 🤣🤣

[@julfikarcanada]

mr trump everyone remove from states