Jamaica, Haiti, Nigeria are top birthplaces for black immigrants in U.S. Total foreign born black population in the US., in thousands, 2016
Much of the recent growth in the foreign-born black population has been fueled by African migration. Between 2000 and 2016, the black African immigrant population more than doubled, from 574,000 to 1.6 million. Africans now make up 39% of the overall foreign-born black population, up from 24% in 2000. Still, roughly half of all foreign-born blacks living in the U.S. in 2016 (49%) were from the Caribbean, with Jamaica and Haiti being the largest source countries.
Jamaica, Haiti, Nigeria are top  | birthplaces for black immigrants in U.S.  | Total foreign born black population in the US., in  | thousands, 2016  | Ja maica  | .716  | Haiti  | 662  | Nigeria  | 304  | Eth liopia  | 239  | Trinidad & Tobago  | 191  | Dominica n Republic  | 170  | Ghana  | 164  | Guyana  | 131  | Kenya  | 111  | 87  | Somalia  | Note: Foreign- born blacks include single-race blacks and multiracial  | blacks rega rdless ofHispanic origin. Top 10 largest black  | immigrant groups shown.  | Source Pew Resea urch Center ta bulations ofthe 2016 American  | Community Survey (IPUMS).  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 