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Migration Data Hub

Migration Data Hub

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Wondering how proposed changes to U.S. legal immigration could affect particular countries? This interactive tool models the reduction in green cards that would result from proposals to eliminate certain permanent immigration categories, such as the diversity visa or family-sponsored preferences. Users can select different scenarios, displaying effects for the top 20 countries of origin for each category.

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Humanitarian Protection Statistics

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Use our interactive maps and data to find out where refugees and asylum seekers originate and the countries in which they reside, as well as annual asylum applications by country of destination. Learn which countries are the leading countries of refugee resettlement, where particular refugee populations have dispersed around the world, and more.

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This useful data tool provides the annual resettlement ceiling set by the President in consultation with Congress for refugee admissions to the United States since the start of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program in 1980, as well as the actual numbers resettled by year.

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Learn about top state and county destinations for unauthorized immigrants in the United States based on their country or region of origin in this interactive map. Drawing upon a unique MPI methodology that assigns legal status to the foreign born in U.S. Census Bureau data, this tool offers the latest data on the states and counties of primary settlement for unauthorized immigrants.

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Want to learn where immigrants in your state or metro area are from? These interactive maps display the top 15 origin countries of immigrants in the United States by state and metropolitan area, as well as top origin regions by state, based on U.S. Census Bureau data from 2009-2013. 

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Maps of Immigrants and Emigrants Around the World

Use our interactive maps to learn about international migration, including immigrant and emigrant populations by country and trends in global migration since 1960. One of these maps was referred to by a news organization as "addictive" and "a font of fun facts."

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State Immigration Data Profiles

Review U.S. Census data on immigrants and the native born based on demographics (population and country of birth, age, Hispanic origin, children/ families); language and education (English proficiency and educational attainment, languages spoken at home); workforce (immigrants' share of workers, top occupations and industries, skill underutilization of the college educated); and income (average incomes, poverty rates).

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Data Tools

Learn about participation in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program nationally and by state, as well as by top countries of origin. The data tools offered here provide the numbers of DACA recipients at U.S. and state levels and offer an estimate of participation rates as of 2018, by geography as well as by country of origin.

U.S. Immigration Trends

These interactive charts visualize changing immigration patterns and characteristics of the immigrant population in the United States over time. Topics covered include: legal immigration flows, naturalization trends, immigrants' countries and regions of birth; diaspora groups; children in immigrant families; immigrants in the U.S. labor force; Limited English Proficient (LEP) population; and age and gender distribution of immigrants.

Unauthorized Immigrant Data Tool

Unauthorized Immigrant Population Profiles

Use this unique data tool to learn about unauthorized immigrant populations in the U.S. and by state and for top counties. Get detailed data profiles for the U.S., 41 states, the District of Columbia, and 121 counties with the largest unauthorized populations. The profiles include data on countries of origin, recency of arrival, educational and workforce characteristics, English proficiency, health care coverage, deferred action-eligible populations, and much more.

Global Remittances Guide

Remittances are among the most tangible links between migration and development. According to World Bank projections, international migrants are expected to remit more than $582 billion in earnings in 2015, of which $432 billion will flow to low- or middle-income countries. Use the interactive data tools to find global remittance flows numerically, as a share of GDP, and more.

International Migration Statistics

Use these interactive tools, data charts, and maps to learn the origins and destinations of international migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers; the current-day and historical size of the immigrant population by country of settlement; top 25 destinations for migrants; and annual asylum applications by country of destination.

Maps of Immigrants and Emigrants Around the World

Use our interactive maps to learn about international migration, including immigrant and emigrant populations by country and trends in global migration since 1960. One of these maps was referred to by a news organization as "addictive" and "a font of fun facts."

Maps of Immigrants in the United States

Use our interactive maps, with the latest available data, to learn where immigrant populations, by country or region of birth, are concentrated in the United States—at state, county, and metro levels. And explore settlement patterns and concentration of various immigrant populations in the United States in 2010 and 2000 with static maps.