| Foreign-Born Population | |||
| by Metro Area | |||
| Rank | Area | Percentage | Total |
| 1 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area | 29.7% | 5,707,206 |
| 2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | 32.9% | 4,347,669 |
| 3 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area | 41.6% | 2,565,259 |
| 4 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area | 17.6% | 1,664,585 |
| 5 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area | 23.4% | 1,653,477 |
| 6 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area | 39.7% | 1,579,998 |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area | 19.2% | 1,454,042 |
| 8 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area | 22.9% | 1,438,280 |
| 9 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area | 22.8% | 1,078,851 |
| 10 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area | 21.4% | 995,235 |
| 11 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area | 19.2% | 935,620 |
| 12 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area | 14.2% | 854,662 |
| 13 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area | 14.3% | 707,593 |
| 14 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area | 10.9% | 665,165 |
| 15 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area | 30.9% | 615,114 |
| 16 | St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area | 19.7% | 551,880 |
| 17 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area | 22.6% | 512,278 |
| 18 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area | 19.1% | 498,156 |
| 19 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area | 14.4% | 460,056 |
| 20 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area | 10.3% | 444,922 |
| 21 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area | 18.8% | 444,381 |
| 22 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area | 10.6% | 385,845 |
| 23 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area | 11.5% | 383,908 |
| 24 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area | 11.9% | 353,101 |
| 25 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area | 15.7% | 349,652 |
| 26 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area | 12.9% | 321,626 |
| 27 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 12.5% | 318,870 |
| 28 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area | 10.3% | 288,405 |
| 29 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area | 10.7% | 282,146 |
| 30 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | 13.7% | 222,567 |
| 31 | Columbus, OH Metro Area | 8.7% | 184,638 |
| 32 | Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area | 12.8% | 178,020 |
| 33 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area | 9.1% | 175,981 |
| 34 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT Metro Area | 13.1% | 157,839 |
| 35 | Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area | 7.1% | 153,010 |
| 36 | Jacksonville, FL Metro Area | 9.4% | 146,594 |
| 37 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area | 6.9% | 143,281 |
| 38 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area | 6.4% | 131,101 |
| 39 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area | 7.0% | 123,552 |
| 40 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area | 7.5% | 118,138 |
| 41 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area | 5.3% | 117,647 |
| 42 | Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area | 8.0% | 112,716 |
| 43 | Richmond, VA Metro Area | 8.1% | 104,560 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area | 4.2% | 97,339 |
| 45 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area | 7.6% | 96,560 |
| 46 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area | 6.8% | 86,114 |
| 47 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area | 6.4% | 72,191 |
| 48 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area | 5.1% | 68,590 |
| 49 | Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area | 4.8% | 59,169 |
| 50 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area | 3.9% | 42,527 |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 American Community Survey | |||
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