Chart: Over 46 million immigrants resided in the United States in 2022 and more than half are naturalized U.S. citizens: Number of naturalized and non-citizen foreign-born residents in the United States, 2000–2022 (in millions)

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Over 46 million immigrants resided in the United States in 2022 and more than half are naturalized U.S. citizens: Number of naturalized and non-citizen foreign-born residents in the United States, 2000–2022 (in millions)

Year	Foreign-born, naturalized	Foreign-born, non-citizen
2000	12.5	18.6
2001	12.7	18.8
2002	13.5	19.6
2003	13.9	19.7
2004	14.4	19.9
2005	14.9	20.8
2006	15.8	21.7
2007	16.2	21.8
2008	16.3	21.7
2009	16.8	21.6
2010	17.5	22.5
2011	18.2	22.2
2012	18.6	22.1
2013	19.3	22.0
2014	20.0	22.3
2015	20.7	22.4
2016	21.3	22.4
2017	21.9	22.5
2018	22.7	22.1
2019	23.1	21.7
2020	23.3	20.2
2021	24.1	21.2
2022	24.5	21.6

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Notes: Numbers represented are in millions.

Source: EPI analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey microdata accessed via Ruggles et al. 2024. IPUMS USA: Version 15.0 [2000–2022]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18128/D010.V15.0

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