WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The foreign-born population in the United States has increased 2.3 percent to more than 34 million people, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
The 34.2 million people born in other countries is about 12 percent of the U.S. population. The figure represents a 2.3 percent growth in 2004 over 2003, the Census Bureau said in a release.
The census data come from the Current Population Survey.
Most of the foreign-born people in the United States -- 53 percent -- came from Latin America, 25 percent from Asia and 14 percent from Europe.
A total of 30.4 million people -- 11 percent of the U.S. population -- are considered second-generation Americans, people born in the United States with one or both parents born elsewhere, the Census Bureau said.
