The current growth of the foreign-born population is not unprecedented: Annual population growth by country of birth and time period
| Source | Foreign-Born | U.S.-Born |
|---|---|---|
| 1990–2000 Census | 4.6% | 0.9% |
| 1994–2000 CPS | 5.6% | 0.6% |
| 2022–2023 CPS | 3.7% | 0.2% |
| 2022–2023 CBO/CPS | 4.8% | 0.2% |
Note: Annual foreign-born and U.S.-born growth is the annualized change in the population levels over the given time period. CPS stands for Current Population Survey, and CBO stands for Congressional Budget Office.
Sources: 1990 and 2000 census population levels from Table 1 of U.S. Census Bureau, The Foreign-Born Population: 2000, December 2003. 1994, 2000, 2022, and 2023 CPS population levels from EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey Basic Monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.52 (2024), https://microdata.epi.org. 2022 and 2023 Congressional Budget Office/CPS population levels are from Congressional Budget Office, The Demographic Outlook: 2024 to 2054, January 18, 2024 (Social Security Area total population levels are from Figure 2 and the CPS-based foreign-born population shares are from Appendix B).