U.S. MIGRATION, BY PLACE OF ORIGIN, 2008
  Percent of U.S. population who are foreign born  Percent of foreign born population who were born in
  Percent Rank (1) Latin
America
Asia Europe Other
Alabama 2.8% 44 50.8% 27.3% 14.2% 7.7%
Alaska 6.5 24 18.5 53.1 15.3 13.1
Arizona 14.3 9 71.0 13.4 9.0 6.6
Arkansas 3.8 38 66.0 19.3 9.4 5.3
California 26.8 1 54.6 34.8 6.9 3.7
Colorado 10.1 17 57.5 19.6 15.2 7.7
Connecticut 13.0 12 40.7 22.1 30.1 7.1
Delaware 7.7 22 43.3 31.1 14.0 11.6
D.C. 13.2 11 47.0 19.0 16.9 17.1
Florida 18.5 5 73.8 10.0 10.9 5.3
Georgia 9.4 20 53.6 25.0 10.3 11.1
Hawaii 17.8 6 6.7 75.0 5.5 12.8
Idaho 5.9 26 57.3 18.9 14.8 9.0
Illinois 13.8 10 47.8 25.2 23.1 3.9
Indiana 4.0 35 49.2 27.2 16.2 7.4
Iowa 3.7 39 40.2 33.3 16.6 9.9
Kansas 5.9 26 55.9 28.4 8.8 6.9
Kentucky 2.8 44 39.1 31.9 20.6 8.4
Louisiana 3.1 42 46.3 36.8 11.6 5.3
Maine 3.0 43 6.4 23.9 31.1 38.6
Maryland 12.4 13 37.0 32.6 13.5 16.9
Massachusetts 14.4 8 34.6 27.9 25.3 12.2
Michigan 5.8 28 19.5 43.9 25.7 10.9
Minnesota 6.5 24 27.6 36.9 13.8 21.7
Mississippi 2.1 49 50.6 28.2 14.6 6.6
Missouri 3.6 41 31.4 33.0 23.5 12.1
Montana 2.2 48 13.2 29.0 29.1 28.7
Nebraska 5.5 29 57.0 21.7 11.3 10.0
Nevada 18.9 4 60.8 24.8 8.9 5.5
New Hampshire 5.0 31 21.5 30.5 27.1 20.9
New Jersey 19.8 3 45.1 31.5 17.8 5.6
New Mexico 9.6 19 78.7 10.3 7.3 3.7
New York 21.7 2 49.3 25.6 19.7 5.4
North Carolina 7.0 23 59.4 20.9 11.6 8.1
North Dakota 2.3 46 11.1 26.7 29.9 32.3
Ohio 3.7 39 19.5 35.9 29.6 15.0
Oklahoma 5.0 31 56.9 26.7 10.1 6.3
Oregon 9.7 18 47.0 27.0 17.2 8.8
Pennsylvania 5.3 30 25.8 36.9 27.1 10.2
Rhode Island 12.2 15 44.3 15.9 23.0 16.8
South Carolina 4.4 33 51.7 21.2 21.2 5.9
South Dakota 1.9 50 28.8 30.3 23.5 17.4
Tennessee 4.0 35 46.4 29.8 12.0 11.8
Texas 16.0 7 74.1 17.0 4.4 4.5
Utah 8.3 21 60.5 17.8 11.5 10.2
Vermont 3.9 37 9.0 25.3 38.3 27.4
Virginia 10.2 16 36.1 40.8 12.5 10.6
Washington 12.3 14 30.6 39.2 18.0 12.2
West Virginia 1.3 51 27.6 41.6 24.4 6.4
Wisconsin 4.4 33 40.6 30.4 22.5 6.5
Wyoming 2.3 46 47.8 23.9 18.3 10.0
United States 12.5%   53.1% 27.3% 13.1% 6.5%

(1) States with the same percentage receive the same rank.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.