Caribbean Immigrants in the United States (click to view)

In 2009, the United States was home to 3.5 million immigrants from the Caribbean who accounted for nine percent of the total foreign-born population. More than 90 percent of these immigrants came from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago. The population's rate of growth has slowed a bit more each decade since 1970 and the share of the foreign born that is from the Caribbean has declined since 1990.  

This spotlight focuses on Caribbean immigrants and examines the population's size, geographic distribution and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The data used are the most recent detailed data available and come from the US Census Bureau's 2009 American Community Survey (ACS), the 2000 Decennial Census (as well as earlier censuses) and the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics.  

An earlier report is available for comparison from 2006.

Caribbean Immigrants in the United States (click to view)