Texas Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of Texas was 4,904,169, which was 16.99% of the population of Texas.
The highest percentage of the Texas foreign-born population where born in Mexico (49.65%), followed by India (5.92%), and El Salvador (4.45%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Texas Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total Texas foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Texas foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: Texas ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Texas Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 2434661 | 49.65 |
| India | 290351 | 5.92 |
| El Salvador | 218319 | 4.45 |
| Vietnam | 184721 | 3.77 |
| China | 148969 | 3.04 |
| Honduras | 135156 | 2.76 |
| Philippines | 100810 | 2.06 |
| Nigeria | 90514 | 1.85 |
| Guatemala | 82415 | 1.68 |
| Venezuela | 62285 | 1.27 |
| Pakistan | 61112 | 1.25 |
| Cuba | 59424 | 1.21 |
| Colombia | 58546 | 1.19 |
| Korea | 57435 | 1.17 |
| Canada | 53912 | 1.10 |
| Germany | 36960 | 0.75 |
| Iran | 31290 | 0.64 |
| Taiwan | 28711 | 0.59 |
| Iraq | 27197 | 0.56 |
| Ethiopia | 25675 | 0.52 |
| Nepal | 25002 | 0.51 |
| Brazil | 23097 | 0.47 |
| Peru | 22937 | 0.47 |
| Kenya | 21363 | 0.44 |
| England | 21131 | 0.43 |
| Japan | 17850 | 0.36 |
| Jamaica | 17652 | 0.36 |
| Nicaragua | 17074 | 0.35 |
| Russia | 15967 | 0.33 |
| Bangladesh | 15891 | 0.32 |
| Cameroon | 14691 | 0.30 |
| Thailand | 14340 | 0.29 |
| Egypt | 13580 | 0.28 |
| Burma | 13317 | 0.27 |
| Dominican Republic | 13097 | 0.27 |
| Argentina | 12124 | 0.25 |
| France | 11389 | 0.23 |
| Ghana | 10879 | 0.22 |
| Afghanistan | 10593 | 0.22 |
| Ecuador | 10343 | 0.21 |
| Panama | 9908 | 0.20 |
| Cambodia | 9836 | 0.20 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9598 | 0.20 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9427 | 0.19 |
| Turkey | 9368 | 0.19 |
| Lebanon | 9292 | 0.19 |
| Spain | 8905 | 0.18 |
| Hong Kong | 8869 | 0.18 |
| Laos | 8803 | 0.18 |
| Jordan | 8249 | 0.17 |
| Malaysia | 7914 | 0.16 |
| Indonesia | 7744 | 0.16 |
| Italy | 7626 | 0.16 |
| Australia | 7382 | 0.15 |
| Poland | 7354 | 0.15 |
| Ukraine | 7309 | 0.15 |
| Romania | 7302 | 0.15 |
| Syria | 6708 | 0.14 |
| Chile | 6638 | 0.14 |
| Eritrea | 6491 | 0.13 |
| Congo | 6230 | 0.13 |
| Costa Rica | 6150 | 0.13 |
| Netherlands | 5877 | 0.12 |
| Scotland | 5817 | 0.12 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 5580 | 0.11 |
| Liberia | 5512 | 0.11 |
| Sri Lanka | 5081 | 0.10 |
| Israel | 4865 | 0.10 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4852 | 0.10 |
| Zimbabwe | 4762 | 0.10 |
| Haiti | 4762 | 0.10 |
| Sudan | 4729 | 0.10 |
| Belize | 4269 | 0.09 |
| Kuwait | 4134 | 0.08 |
| Morocco | 4046 | 0.08 |
| Ireland | 3707 | 0.08 |
| Somalia | 3686 | 0.08 |
| Greece | 3566 | 0.07 |
| Uruguay | 2950 | 0.06 |
| Sierra Leone | 2949 | 0.06 |
| Guyana | 2936 | 0.06 |
| Sweden | 2921 | 0.06 |
| Singapore | 2822 | 0.06 |
| Albania | 2726 | 0.06 |
| Hungary | 2576 | 0.05 |
| Uganda | 2404 | 0.05 |
| Bulgaria | 2233 | 0.05 |
| Serbia | 2145 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 2128 | 0.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 1947 | 0.04 |
| Norway | 1921 | 0.04 |
| Portugal | 1918 | 0.04 |
| Denmark | 1912 | 0.04 |
| Bahamas | 1852 | 0.04 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1849 | 0.04 |
| Switzerland | 1799 | 0.04 |
| Dominica | 1779 | 0.04 |
| Barbados | 1768 | 0.04 |
| Micronesia | 1640 | 0.03 |
| Uzbekistan | 1507 | 0.03 |
| Senegal | 1448 | 0.03 |
| Austria | 1104 | 0.02 |
| Belarus | 1101 | 0.02 |
| Croatia | 1016 | 0.02 |
| Armenia | 943 | 0.02 |
| Moldova | 887 | 0.02 |
| Grenada | 834 | 0.02 |
| Lithuania | 611 | 0.01 |
| Yemen | 571 | 0.01 |
| North Macedonia | 552 | 0.01 |
| Latvia | 534 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 411 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 360 | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 107 | 0.00 |
| Azores Islands | 84 | 0.00 |