Immigration to the US was about 13% in 2010, the same as in 1910. Immigration declined to 5.4% in the mid-20th century, but tripled since then. The largest sources of immigrants in the 21st century were Mexico, India, the Philippines, and China. About 500,000 undocumented immigrants enter the US each year, but most people immigrate legally. The US has a lower percentage of its population born overseas compared to Australia and Canada.
According to the 2010 United States Census, the percentage of immigrants to the United States in 2010 was about the same as it was in 1910, about 13%. Although the number of immigrants to the United States relative to its total population declined significantly in the mid-20th century to about 5.4%, immigration tripled between then and the early 2000s, with an estimated 40 million people born abroad living in the United States since the early 2000s.
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The country of origin of US immigrants has changed dramatically in the last century: while nearly 90% of immigrants were European in the early 1900s, only about 12% were in 2010. The largest sources of immigrants in the 21st century so far they have been Mexico, India, the Philippines and China.
An estimated 500,000 undocumented immigrants enter the United States each year. Despite this, most people who immigrate to the United States do so legally.
The United States is actually quite low in terms of the percentage of its population born overseas: about 25% of Australia’s population is made up of immigrants, as are about 17% of Canada’s.
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