Census: America’s Foreign-Born Population Continues To Grow
Despite increasing diversity, English is still the language spoken in most American homes.
Poverty rates in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico declined during the five-year period 2018-2022 according to the latest American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The national poverty rate for that period was 12.5%, down from 14.6% during the years 2013 to 2017.
Child poverty rates however increased in 92 counties, and the poverty rates for those 65 and older increased in 459 of the nation’s 3,143 counties the 2018-2022 data shows.
The 5-Year Estimate is to illustrate trends in 40 different topic areas, based on surveys of 3.54 million housing unit addresses. It uses to both the annual American Community Survey and the official Decennial Census.
The nation’s foreign-born population increased between 2018-2022 the ACS estimate found, adding 5 million to reach 45.3 million, or 13.7% of the country’s population. The states that saw the largest growth in foreign-born residents over the five years were Texas, Florida, California and New Jersey.
Almost half of all foreign-born people in the United States entered the country prior to 2000, and more than half were naturalized citizens as of 2022.
Despite the increasing population diversity, over three-quarters (78.3%) of the nation age 5 years or over speak only English in the home.
The top three language groups other than English spoken in the home are Spanish, Chinese (all dialects) and Tagalog, (including Filipino), the estimate found.
The bureau said that the highlighted findings have a confidence level of 90%.
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