Data on immigrants in the US
In 2022, people were on the move. After a pandemic-era slowdown, immigration rebounded, with over 2.6 million people moving to the US through legal channels. Here is a closer look at where they emigrated from and their primary reasons for coming here.
- In 2022, Mexico, India, and China were the most common countries of origin for immigrants: 533,878 people came from Mexico, followed by India (489,957 people) and China (115,000 people).
- Nearly 43% of immigrants (about 1.1 million people) came to the US from Asia, followed by North America at 29% and Europe at 14%.
- Why are people immigrating to the US? Forty-one percent of immigrants came to the US for work. Forty-five percent of immigrant workers who came to the US arrived from North America. Thirty-three percent came from Asia and 12% from Europe.
- School is another common reason people come to the US. In 2022, 367,654 students came from Asia, followed by Europe (161,908 students) and South America (76,862).
Who are the nation’s veterans?
Today’s veterans reflect America’s evolving demographics. The number of living veterans is declining while the veteran population is getting more diverse. Here’s the data about who’s served and how demographics have shifted.
- As of 2023, 15.8 million Americans (6.1% of adults) were veterans. That number has fallen by more than 25% — about 5.9 million people — since 2010.
- Veterans are aging: nearly half (49.0%) are 65 or older, up from 47.3% in 2013.
- Approximately 74.1% of veterans identify as white, 12.6% as Black, 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2% as Asian American. Combined, white and Black Americans are 74.7% of the US population but 86.7% of the veteran population.
- Women represented 10.9% of veterans, up from 7.2% in 2010. Veterans have also gained more formal education: 69.1% had attended some college or earned a degree, up from 62.0% in 2010.
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Data behind the news
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Planned Parenthood receives government money primarily through reimbursements for services to Medicaid patients or grants from agencies, primarily the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In fiscal year 2015, Planned Parenthood received $390 million in federal and state Medicaid reimbursements. It also spent $57.28 million in grants through the HHS Title X Family Planning Services Program.
Since 1977, federal funding for abortion has been limited to cases involving rape, incest, or endangerment to the parent’s life, in accordance with the Hyde Amendment.