Countries with the Highest Shares of Their Populations Living in the U.S.

David J. BierThe United States is home to immigrants from every country in the world, but people are much more likely to leave some countries than others. The probability of a  person from a given country immigrating to the United States can be broadly measured by dividing the number of immigrants in the United States by the country’s population plus the country’s population.Figure 1  shows the origin countries for people with the highest likelihood of immigrating to the United States. The immigration data come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey as of July 1, 2021 and the country population data come from the United Nations. Immigrants are defined as anyo ne born abroad who was not a U.S. citizen by birth. The number of immigrants (legal and illegal) from many of these countries has certainly risen since July 1, 2021. However, since the number of immigrants to countries other than the United States are not included, Figure 1 somewhat overstates the likelihood of immigrating to the United States in particular.The Marshall Islands tops the list with nearly 39 percent of its population in the United States. It is a  former territory of the United States to which the United States stillpermits nearly free migration.Puerto Rico, which is still a  U.S. territory with fully free migration between it and the mainland, is shown for comparison purposes. About 36 percent of people born in Puerto Rico (1.8 million) live in the U.S. states.Third is Domini...
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