The CIS study also found that nearly three-quarters of U.S. immigrants in 2023 had legal status, with 49% becoming U.S. citizens and 19% holding green cards. The proportion of children living with at least one immigrant parent has doubled since 1990, rising from 13% to 26%.
The immigrant population remains concentrated in major urban areas. New York City has the largest total number of immigrants at 5.9 million, while Miami has the highest percentage at 42%, while Texas and Florida continue to see the greatest numerical growth.
Steven Camarota, CIS director of research, emphasized the scale of the shift, saying, "The new data is not only more up-to-date, and therefore better reflects the migrant surge, it is the first government survey to reflect the re-weighting the Census Bureau did to reflect that surge better. The total foreign-born is now 53.3, not 47.8 million. And the percent of the U.S. population is a record 15.8%."