Immigrants in California

The Public Policy Institute of California has released a report by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Hans Johnson with lots of information about immigrants in California. Some key points:

California is home to 10.9 million immigrants. It has the highest share of immigrants of any state—more than double the rest of the nation. California has 22% of the foreign-born population nationwide.

In 2024, 28% of California’s population was foreign-born, the highest share of any state and more than double the share in the rest of the country (13%).

Almost half (44%) of California children have at least one immigrant parent.

A third (34%) of prime-working-age adults—those 25 to 54—are foreign born; half (51%) of all foreign-born Californians are in this age group.