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Both the size and share of immigrants in the U.S. population stood at record highs as of 2024, the most recent year for which data are available. The immigrant population numbered slightly more than 50.2 million people, or 14.8 percent of the country's 340.1 million residents. The only prior period in U.S. history when the immigrant share was as high was in 1890, when it also stood at 14.8 percent. These recent record levels mark a turnaround from 1970, when an all-time low of just 4.7 percent of the U.S. population was foreign born. In the decades since, the immigrant population has not only increased year over year but also diversified, shifting from predominantly European origins to those in Latin America and Asia. Despite the dominance of unauthorized immigration in the policy and public discourse, more than three-quarters of all immigrants in the country as of 2023 were there legally, as naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs, commonly known as green-card holders),

Both the size and share of immigrants in the U.S. population stood at record highs as of 2024, the most recent year for which data are available. The immigrant population numbered slightly more than 50.2 million people, or 14.8 percent of the country's 340.1 million residents. The only prior period in U.S. history when the immigrant share was as high was in 1890, when it also stood at 14.8 percent. These recent record levels mark a turnaround from 1970, when an all-time low of just 4.7 percent of the U.S. population was foreign born. In the decades since, the immigrant population has not only

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