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Quick Immigration Statistics: Boston

The Immigrant Learning Center has compiled a list of quick immigration statistics and facts to answer your most pressing questions about the current immigration landscape in Boston.

Our Quick Massachusetts Stats page has facts on immigrants living in the full Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and our Quick U.S. Immigration Statistics page will give you the basics on immigration in the United States. If you’re looking for more detailed data on Boston immigrant populations, you can request a free, personalized fact sheet through the Immigration Data on Demand service from the Institute for Immigration Research. If you have questions or suggestions about these Boston Quick Immigration Stats, feel free to contact us at public.education@ilctr.org.

There are approximately 184,000 immigrants in Boston.

How many immigrants are there in Boston, and who are they?

There are approximately 184,000 immigrants in Boston.

About one in every four (27.6%) Boston residents is foreign-born.

Source: U.S. Census 2022 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

The five largest immigrant populations in Boston are from:

Source: U.S. Census 2022 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

What is the migration status of most foreign-born people in Boston?

The majority (77%) of immigrants in Boston have authorization.

Source: Pew Research Center estimates based on augmented 2016 U.S. Census Bureau data

More than half (52.7%) of all immigrants in Boston have become United States citizens.

Source: U.S. Census 2022 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

How do immigrants impact the Boston workforce?

Immigrants in Boston have a 76.5 percent rate of workforce participation.*

Source: U.S. Census 2022 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

In Boston, 7.5 percent of immigrants are self-employed.

Source: U.S. Census 2022 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

* The workforce participation rate is calculated by dividing the number of people working and those actively seeking work by the number of non-institutionalized, working-age (16-65) civilians.

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