In 2020, 9.8 percent of eligible voters in the United States were projected to have been born abroad. This was a slight increase from the 9.4 percent of eligible voters in 2018 who were born abroad.
Share of eligible voters who are foreign born in the United States from 2000 to 2020
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Pew Research Center. (February 26, 2020). Share of eligible voters who are foreign born in the United States from 2000 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134184/share-eligible-voters-foreign-born-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of eligible voters who are foreign born in the United States from 2000 to 2020." Chart. February 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134184/share-eligible-voters-foreign-born-us/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Share of eligible voters who are foreign born in the United States from 2000 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134184/share-eligible-voters-foreign-born-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Eligible Voters Who Are Foreign Born in The United States from 2000 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134184/share-eligible-voters-foreign-born-us/
Pew Research Center, Share of eligible voters who are foreign born in the United States from 2000 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134184/share-eligible-voters-foreign-born-us/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Share of eligible voters who are foreign born in the United States from 2000 to 2020 [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134184/share-eligible-voters-foreign-born-us/