The top 10 states where people who naturalized as American citizens since 2000 represent a sizable percentage of the voting-age citizen population, as well their estimated raw numbers, according to census data analyzed by the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration at the University of Southern California.
State Percentage Number
Calif. 8.6 1,998,990
N.Y. 7.0 922,222
N.J. 7.0 410,659
Fla.6.0 789,292
Nev.5.1 89,730
Mass.5.0 236,419
Ill.4.3 378,001
Hawaii 4.3 41,250
Md. 4.2 169,621
R.I. 4.0 30,318
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Source: Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration at the University of Southern California.
