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A Look at Country of Origin of Foreign-Born Residents of San Diego County

NBC 7 Investigates looked into the foreign-born population living here in San Diego County. 

More than 765,000 people in our county are foreign-born with approximately 700 of those from Norway and approximately 600 from Haiti. 

In fact, here is the breakdown of our county's foreign-born residents by continent of origin: 

  • Asia - 289,734
  • Europe - 61,278
  • Americas - 392,800
  • Africa - 17,248
  • Australia - 3,003

The countries with the largest number of citizens calling San Diego home are:

  • Mexico - 339,715
  • Philippines - 100,564
  • Vietnam - 36,019
  • China - 34,887
  • Iraq - 23,830
  • India - 22,010

The population totals are five-year estimates provided by the American Community Survey in 2016.

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