In 2011, 21% of US married households had at least one foreign born spouse.
Since 2011, this has likely risen to about 25%.
(2011) Census Bureau Reports 21 Percent of Married-Couple Households Have at Least One Foreign-Born Spouse
In 2011, 13% of the US was foreign born – but that rose to 15.8% by 2025 (probably decreasing to 15.4% in 2026). That is a 21% increase in the foreign born population. A reasonable guess is the % of married couples having at least one foreign born spouse went up by a similar amount – or 4.5 percentage points – meaning that today, about 25% of all married couple households have at least one foreign born spouse!
There is a political and media meme that the US is anti immigrant but the data says otherwise:
- 15.8% of the US population is foreign born (January 2025, falling to an estimated 15.4% in 2026)
- 30% of the US population is foreign born or has at least 1 immigrant parent
- 60% are foreign born, or have at least 1 immigrant parent or grandparent
- 1 in 4 married couples has at least one foreign born spouse in the marriage
From AI summary
The data shows the U.S. is not uniquely “anti-immigrant.” It is one of the world’s most significant migration destinations, both in absolute numbers and in the scale of its immigrant-descended population. The perception gap likely arises from political discourse and policy friction rather than actual exclusion. The U.S. model is distinct: it relies heavily on family reunification (nearly 75% of new permanent immigrants) and humanitarian flows, with a smaller share of labor-based migration compared to Gulf states or Australia.
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