Research Guides: Migration & Immigration in the United States: Data & Statistics

US Census Resources

Data.Census.Gov
Access to the United States Census Bureau's population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Migration is within the US, "Foreign Born" and "Place of Birth" are terms used for immigration. Coverage: 2000-present.

Census: Place of Birth, Citizenship, Year of Entry
Explains these questions and provides some statistics for each US state, county, and many towns/cities.
Census: Migration/Geographic Mobility
Various reports and datasets on "the movement of people within and across boundaries"

US Immigration Resources

Immigration and Citizenship Data (USCIS)
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) portal to various US Government immigration data sources.
DHS Immigration Estimates, 1990-present
The Department of Homeland Security produces estimates of the population of legal permanent residents (2002-present), unauthorized immigrants (1990-2018), and resident nonimmigrants (2004-2019) in the U.S..
DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 1996-present
Admissions on permanent basis, temporary basis, asylum or refugee status, and naturalizations. Data is by country and region.
US State Dept., Visa Statistics, 2000-present
The Report of the Visa Office is an annual report providing statistical information on immigrant and non-immigrant visa issuances by consular offices
U.S. Refugee Arrivals
The State Department's Refugee Processing Center (RPC) runs the Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS) to process and track the movement of refugees from various countries around the world to the U.S.
Deportation Data Project
Project run out of the UC Berkeley School of Law to collect and post "public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets."
TRAC Immigration Tools
Provides access to data on immigration court caseloads, backlogs, processing times, and outcomes; new deportation proceedings and outcomes.
Net Migration within US, 1950-2020
The University of Wisconsin site tells demographic stories about local places for all U.S. counties and states each decade from 1950 to 2020.

Opinion Polls

Roper Center Archives for Public Opinion Research (iPoll)
Public opinion polling data from U.S. and international polling firms on a broad range of topics including opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs. Download datasets and tables. Coverage: 1935 to present.

Visualize Data

Data Commons
Google initiative that organizes data from a wide range of sources (governments, NGOs, etc). NOTE: search "immigration" to learn more

PolicyMap
Visualize and map thousands of socioeconomic variables covering the United States (local to national). Create reports on specific Census geographies. NOTE: Blog post to help find Immigration statistics and maps
Social Explorer
Map various demographic and socioeconomic variables from United States Census, Statistics Canada, UK Data Centre, and Eurostat. Download maps/data. Coverage: 1790-present.

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