The American Community Survey (ACS) and the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) ask respondents the state, U.S. Island Area, or foreign country where they were born. The tables available on this page shows the flows between state of current residence, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and the state or U.S. Island Area of birth. Other tables available on American FactFinder provide estimates for the native-born population born in the same state they reside, a different state, or outside the United States and the foreign born by selected characteristics (Tables B06001-B06012). Estimates of the foreign-born population by the country or region of birth are also available (B05006).

Tables B06001-B06012

Table B05006

The rows in each table contain estimates for the state of current residence and the columns contain estimates for the birth state, Puerto Rico, U.S. Island Area (i.e. American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, or other U.S. Island Area), or elsewhere.

Currently, there are no state of residence-by-place of birth flows by characteristics available. Data users can create their own tabulations using public use microdata sample (PUMS) files.

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State of Residence by Place of Birth Flows

These tables contain estimates of state of residence by place of birth flows based on 1-year American Community Survey data.

Table Notes

Information about sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website.

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown in these tables is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Code Lists, Definitions, and Accuracy

View the detailed codes and definitions for variables, statistical testing, and an explanation of sample design, methodology, and accuracy for the ACS.

Additional Links

American Community Survey (ACS)

The American Community Survey is the premier source for information about America's changing population, housing and workforce.

Foreign-Born

The foreign-born population includes anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth, including those who have become U.S. citizens through naturalization.

Decennial Census State of Residence by Place of Birth Flows

State or foreign country of birth was asked on each decennial censuses from 1850 to 2000.

State of residence by state of birth are available on the Internet for the 1980, 1990, and 2000 censuses. They are located on the Geographic Mobility/Migration website. Tables for previous censuses are available in various publications published by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Tables

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Selected Place of Birth and Migration Statistics for States

This page provides links to tables that contain 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census Place of Birth, and 1990 Residence in 1985 data.

Visualization

Place of Birth Historic Dashboard

2015

This shows state population growth between 1930 and 2010, and ratio of 2014 population born in that state to population residing in that state.

Census	Publication Title	Number	Table	Page
1850	The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850		XV	xxxvi
1860	Population of the United States in 1860			616
1870	The Statistics of the Population of the United States	Vol. I	VI	328
1880	Statistics of the Population of the United States	Vol. I	X	480
1890	Report on Population of the United States, Part 1	Vol. 1		cxvi
1900	Population: Population of States and Territories	Vol. 1	25	686
1910	Population: General Report and Analysis	Vol. 1	6-35	730
1920	Population: General Report and Analysis	Vol. 1	5-16	624
1930	Population: General Report, Statistics by Subject	Vol. 2	4-21	153
1940	State of Birth of the Native Population		20	15
1950	State of Birth	P-E 4A	13	18
1960	State of Birth	PC(2)-2A	18	19
1970	State of Birth	PC(2)-2A	13	25

The publications are available in pdf format on the Census Bureau's website. Printed copies of the publications are available at Federal depository libraries.

Decennial Publications

Federal Depository Libraries

Table Notes

Information about sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website.

Code Lists, Definitions, and Accuracy

View the detailed codes and definitions for variables, statistical testing, and an explanation of sample design, methodology, and accuracy for the ACS.