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Foreign-born · % of residents · 2024 Source
What it says Share of residents born outside the United States (American Community Survey, 1-year estimates).
What it doesn't A survey estimate with a margin of error, larger for small states. Says nothing about legal status or citizenship.
Speak a language other than English at home · % of residents · 2024 Source
What it says Share of residents aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home.
What it doesn't Survey estimate. Mostly Spanish in many states, so it says little about other language communities.
Violent crime · per 100,000 residents · 2025 Source
What it says Murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault reported to the FBI, per 100,000 residents covered by the police agencies that reported (12 monthly FBI rates added up).
What it doesn't Only agencies that sent data are included; each state page shows the share of residents they cover. These are reported figures, not FBI estimates for the whole state.
Property crime · per 100,000 residents · 2025 Source
What it says Burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft reported to the FBI, per 100,000 residents covered by reporting agencies.
What it doesn't Same coverage limits as above.
Population
Latest official estimates, largest first.
| # | State | Population | Share of the country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 39,355,309 | 11.5% |
| 2 | Texas | 31,709,821 | 9.3% |
| 3 | Florida | 23,462,518 | 6.9% |
| 4 | New York | 20,002,427 | 5.9% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 13,059,432 | 3.8% |
| 6 | Illinois | 12,719,141 | 3.7% |
| 7 | Ohio | 11,900,510 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Georgia | 11,302,748 | 3.3% |
| 9 | North Carolina | 11,197,968 | 3.3% |
| 10 | Michigan | 10,127,884 | 3.0% |
| 11 | New Jersey | 9,548,215 | 2.8% |
| 12 | Virginia | 8,880,107 | 2.6% |
| 13 | Washington | 8,001,020 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Arizona | 7,623,818 | 2.2% |
| 15 | Tennessee | 7,315,076 | 2.1% |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 7,154,084 | 2.1% |
| 17 | Indiana | 6,973,333 | 2.0% |
| 18 | Missouri | 6,270,541 | 1.8% |
| 19 | Maryland | 6,265,347 | 1.8% |
| 20 | Colorado | 6,012,561 | 1.8% |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 5,972,787 | 1.7% |
| 22 | Minnesota | 5,830,405 | 1.7% |
| 23 | South Carolina | 5,570,274 | 1.6% |
| 24 | Alabama | 5,193,088 | 1.5% |
| 25 | Louisiana | 4,618,189 | 1.4% |
| 26 | Kentucky | 4,606,864 | 1.3% |
| 27 | Oregon | 4,273,586 | 1.3% |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 4,123,288 | 1.2% |
| 29 | Connecticut | 3,688,496 | 1.1% |
| 30 | Utah | 3,538,904 | 1.0% |
| 31 | Nevada | 3,282,188 | 1.0% |
| 32 | Iowa | 3,238,387 | 0.9% |
| 33 | Arkansas | 3,114,791 | 0.9% |
| 34 | Kansas | 2,977,220 | 0.9% |
| 35 | Mississippi | 2,954,160 | 0.9% |
| 36 | New Mexico | 2,125,498 | 0.6% |
| 37 | Idaho | 2,029,733 | 0.6% |
| 38 | Nebraska | 2,018,006 | 0.6% |
| 39 | West Virginia | 1,766,147 | 0.5% |
| 40 | Hawaii | 1,432,820 | 0.4% |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 1,415,342 | 0.4% |
| 42 | Maine | 1,414,874 | 0.4% |
| 43 | Montana | 1,144,694 | 0.3% |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 1,114,521 | 0.3% |
| 45 | Delaware | 1,059,952 | 0.3% |
| 46 | South Dakota | 935,094 | 0.3% |
| 47 | North Dakota | 799,358 | 0.2% |
| 48 | Alaska | 737,270 | 0.2% |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 693,645 | 0.2% |
| 50 | Vermont | 644,663 | 0.2% |
| 51 | Wyoming | 588,753 | 0.2% |
| USA | 341,784,857 | 100% |
1 July 2025 · official estimate · U.S. Census Bureau – Vintage 2025 population estimates (NST-EST2025)
People from your country
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Survey estimates averaged over 2020–2024 (the single-year table is published for only 30 states). Each count comes with a 90% margin of error, shown as ±; in small states it can be as large as the estimate itself.
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| Immigrant population | Recorded crime | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | ||||
| District of Columbia | 15.5% | 21.3% | 806.5 | 3,180 |
| Alaska | 7.7% | 14.2% | 736.2 | 1,927 |
| New Mexico | 10.0% | 31.4% | 651.2 | 2,364 |
| Arkansas | 5.8% | 8.8% | 535.7 | 1,670 |
| Tennessee | 6.5% | 9.3% | 498.8 | 1,662 |
| Kansas | 7.8% | 12.6% | 476.2 | 1,924 |
| Louisiana | 5.2% | 9.0% | 465.6 | 1,860 |
| Colorado | 10.6% | 16.7% | 440.2 | 2,235 |
| California | 27.6% | 45.3% | 435.1 | 1,822 |
| Michigan | 7.7% | 11.1% | 431.1 | 1,300 |
| Missouri | 4.9% | 7.4% | 425.5 | 1,690 |
| Montana | 2.1% | 4.5% | 422.6 | 1,468 |
| Oklahoma | 6.6% | 12.0% | 412.3 | 1,840 |
| South Carolina | 6.4% | 9.0% | 390 | 1,717 |
| Arizona | 13.4% | 25.9% | 385 | 1,543 |
| Nevada | 19.9% | 31.0% | 384.1 | 2,029 |
| New York | 23.3% | 31.6% | 367.7 | 1,566 |
| Maryland | 17.1% | 21.8% | 365 | 1,853 |
| Delaware | 11.6% | 16.2% | 354.1 | 1,586 |
| Alabama | 4.5% | 6.4% | 352.8 | 1,502 |
| Texas | 18.4% | 35.7% | 348.4 | 1,809 |
| North Carolina | 9.9% | 14.4% | 334.2 | 1,815 |
| South Dakota | 4.1% | 7.0% | 327.2 | 1,430 |
| Oregon | 10.0% | 15.4% | 319.1 | 2,184 |
| Georgia | 11.9% | 16.3% | 303.7 | 1,413 |
| Massachusetts | 18.7% | 25.8% | 301 | 1,037 |
| Indiana | 7.0% | 11.2% | 299.5 | 1,249 |
| Washington | 16.1% | 22.3% | 292.2 | 2,018 |
| Ohio | 5.5% | 8.7% | 288 | 1,471 |
| West Virginia | 2.1% | 2.8% | 264.5 | 1,085 |
| Illinois | 15.4% | 24.5% | 257.7 | 1,556 |
| Florida | 23.1% | 32.0% | 247.7 | 1,074 |
| Wisconsin | 5.5% | 9.6% | 244.5 | 1,033 |
| North Dakota | 5.3% | 7.0% | 240.6 | 1,495 |
| Iowa | 6.3% | 9.7% | 237.9 | 1,205 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.3% | 13.1% | 229.3 | 1,360 |
| Minnesota | 9.0% | 13.1% | 226.5 | 1,430 |
| Utah | 9.8% | 16.5% | 224.8 | 1,319 |
| Nebraska | 9.0% | 14.0% | 222.7 | 1,404 |
| Idaho | 6.3% | 11.4% | 221.7 | 624.5 |
| Mississippi | 2.7% | 4.6% | 220.4 | 1,315 |
| Vermont | 4.5% | 5.8% | 220 | 1,446 |
| Kentucky | 5.2% | 7.5% | 216.2 | 1,283 |
| Hawaii | 18.6% | 25.1% | 213.7 | 1,682 |
| Virginia | 13.5% | 18.2% | 210.8 | 1,395 |
| New Jersey | 25.0% | 34.3% | 198.6 | 1,267 |
| Wyoming | 3.5% | 6.4% | 187.8 | 1,099 |
| Rhode Island | 15.7% | 23.6% | 146.4 | 921.7 |
| New Hampshire | 5.9% | 8.1% | 119.2 | 828.7 |
| Connecticut | 15.9% | 23.7% | 111.2 | 1,160 |
| Maine | 4.7% | 6.3% | 95.3 | 960.9 |
| USA | 14.8% | 23.0% | 329.6 | 1,552 |
FBI figures cover only the police agencies that reported; agencies covering 97% of US residents reported for 2025. Each state's coverage is on its page.
How to read these figures
We don't rank regions as “friendly” or “unfriendly”. No single number can tell you that, and an area's figures don't describe the people you will meet. Use these figures as one input, next to jobs, housing and the people you know there.
Immigrant population
Foreign-born
Share of residents born outside the United States (American Community Survey, 1-year estimates).
A survey estimate with a margin of error, larger for small states. Says nothing about legal status or citizenship.
Speak a language other than English at home
Share of residents aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home.
Survey estimate. Mostly Spanish in many states, so it says little about other language communities.
Recorded crime
Read with care: Recorded crime depends on how often people report and how the police record it, and definitions differ from country to country. Compare regions within one country, not across countries.
Violent crime
Murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault reported to the FBI, per 100,000 residents covered by the police agencies that reported (12 monthly FBI rates added up).
Only agencies that sent data are included; each state page shows the share of residents they cover. These are reported figures, not FBI estimates for the whole state.
Property crime
Burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft reported to the FBI, per 100,000 residents covered by reporting agencies.
Same coverage limits as above.
Out and about? Our sister app Stay Safe uses official police data like this, area by area, in 40 countries.
The FBI publishes hate crime counts by state, but the share of police agencies that report differs widely between states, so a state comparison would mostly show who reports. We don't map it.
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Sources
- US Census Bureau – American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table B05002 Place of birth by nativity and citizenship status
- US Census Bureau – American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table C16001 Language spoken at home
- FBI Crime Data Explorer – reported crime by state, Jan–Dec 2025 (data refreshed 15 Oct 2026)
- FBI Crime Data Explorer – hate crime
Map outlines: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Checked 20 October 2026. Figures marked “calculated” are one official count divided by an official population; nothing here is estimated or scored by PassPeers.