In 2019, India, China, and the Philippines were the top origin countries of immigrants from Asia. Looking forward, arrivals from Asia are projected to comprise a greater share of all immigrants, becoming the largest foreign-born group by 2055, according to Pew Research Center estimates. immigrants, after the Americas, and since 2013 India and China have been the leading origin countries, displacing Mexico. This number refers to national origin, not race or ethnicity while most immigrants from Asian countries identify as Asian, others describe themselves as White or as members of other racial groups.Īsia is the second-largest region of birth for U.S. Today, people born on the continent of Asia account for 31 percent of the 44.9 million immigrants in the United States. As of 2019, there were 14.1 million immigrants from Asia residing in the United States, representing a 29-fold increase from 1960. With the passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the number of immigrants from Asian countries in the United States grew considerably. Migration from Asia to the United States has risen sharply since the mid-1960s, following the end of exclusionary immigration laws enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that severely limited arrivals from countries across the Asian continent.
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