{"id":5703,"date":"2025-08-15T01:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/?page_id=5703"},"modified":"2025-08-15T01:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:44:23","slug":"citizenship-status-foreign-born-population","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/dashboards\/citizenship-status-foreign-born-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizenship Status and Foreign-Born Population"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Citizenship Status &amp; Foreign-Born Population (2014\u20132023)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Track changes in the&nbsp;<strong>size<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>share<\/strong>&nbsp;of the U.S. foreign-born population over time and compare geographies (U.S., Texas, and MSAs). The view pairs&nbsp;<strong>absolute counts<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>percent share<\/strong>&nbsp;so trends can be interpreted both ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s in the dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top panel (stacked\/area with dual axis):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Foreign-Born Citizens (count)<\/strong>\u00a0on the left axis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total population\/citizenship status (count)<\/strong>\u00a0on the right axis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year labels show levels and change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bottom panel (line):<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Foreign-Born %<\/strong>\u00a0of total population by year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Filters:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>MSA<\/strong>\u00a0selector (United States, Texas, and individual MSAs). Use it to localize the same time-series.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tooltips &amp; labels:<\/strong>\u00a0Values for each year; use hover for precise numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key findings (United States view, 2014 \u2192 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Foreign-born citizens grew from ~41.74M to ~45.82M<\/strong>, an increase of\u00a0<strong>~4.08M<\/strong>\u00a0(about\u00a0<strong>9\u201310%<\/strong>\u00a0growth).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total population<\/strong>\u00a0rose from ~316.52M to ~332.39M (<strong>+15.87M<\/strong>, about\u00a0<strong>5%<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Because the foreign-born count grew faster than the total, the\u00a0<strong>foreign-born share increased from 13.19% to 13.79%<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>+0.60 percentage points<\/strong>, ~4.6% relative rise).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The share shows\u00a0<strong>steady gains through 2019, a mild dip around 2020\u20132022<\/strong>, then a\u00a0<strong>notable uptick in 2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(When you switch to Texas or a specific MSA, use the same logic to compare local growth vs. national.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to read &amp; use it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start at the % line<\/strong>\u00a0to see direction and turning points; confirm with counts above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Change the MSA filter<\/strong>\u00a0to see whether local trajectories move with or against the national trend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Compare slopes<\/strong>: a steeper slope in the top panel for \u201cForeign-Born Citizens\u201d than for total population indicates rising share.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Annotate inflection years<\/strong>\u00a0(e.g., 2016\u20132019 rise, 2020\u20132022 softness, 2023 rebound) for your research notes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Methods &amp; definitions (for your write-up)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Measures:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Foreign-Born Citizens<\/em>: number of residents born outside the U.S. who are citizens (by birth\/adoption\/derivation\/naturalization, per source definitions).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Citizenship Status (Total)<\/em>: total counted population (used as denominator for the %).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Foreign-Born %<\/em>:\u00a0<code>Foreign-Born Citizens \/ Total Population<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Timebase:<\/strong>\u00a0Annual series 2014\u20132023 (latest available year in the file).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Geography:<\/strong>\u00a0United States, Texas, and selected MSAs (filter control).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Computation tips in Tableau:<\/strong>\u00a0KPIs for the latest year should use either a\u00a0<strong>Latest-Year filter<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>aggregate-safe LOD<\/strong>\u00a0to avoid mixing aggregate\/non-aggregate errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caveats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the source is ACS or similar sample data,\u00a0<strong>margins of error<\/strong>\u00a0apply; year-to-year wiggles near flat periods may not be statistically meaningful.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Definition check:<\/strong>\u00a0ensure \u201cCitizenship Status\u201d series and the denominator used for the percent are consistent across geographies\/years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pandemic effects:<\/strong>\u00a02020\u20132021 collection\/coverage issues may affect levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions this dashboard enables<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Did\u00a0<strong>Texas<\/strong>\u00a0(or a given MSA) outpace the\u00a0<strong>national<\/strong>\u00a0growth in foreign-born share? By how much?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which MSAs show\u00a0<strong>persistent increases<\/strong>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<strong>post-pandemic rebounds<\/strong>\u00a0only?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are changes driven more by\u00a0<strong>absolute inflows<\/strong>\u00a0(count rising quickly) or by\u00a0<strong>slower growth in total population<\/strong>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u00a0<strong>policy or economic events<\/strong>\u00a0line up with the inflection points (e.g., visa rules, labor demand, pandemic recovery)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Suggested extensions (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top-N MSA leaderboard<\/strong>\u00a0for the selected year by Foreign-Born %.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>YoY change labels\/arrows<\/strong>\u00a0on the line chart for quick comparison.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Annotations<\/strong>\u00a0on notable years (policy changes, 2020\/2021 data caveats).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>KPI cards<\/strong>: Latest-year\u00a0<em>Foreign-Born Citizens<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Foreign-Born %<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>YoY change<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1755222252611' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img alt='Dashboard 1 ' src='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Fo&#47;Foreign-BornPopulation&#47;Dashboard1&#47;1_rss.png' style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/> <param name='embed_code_version' value='3' \/> <param name='site_root' value='' \/><param name='name' value='Foreign-BornPopulation&#47;Dashboard1' \/><param name='tabs' value='no' \/><param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Fo&#47;Foreign-BornPopulation&#47;Dashboard1&#47;1.png' \/> <param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><param name='language' value='en-US' \/><\/object><\/div>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1755222252611');                    var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0];                    if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 800 ) { vizElement.style.width='1000px';vizElement.style.height='827px';} else if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 500 ) { vizElement.style.width='1000px';vizElement.style.height='827px';} else { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height='727px';}                     var scriptElement = document.createElement('script');                    scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js';                    vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);                <\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizenship Status &amp; Foreign-Born Population (2014\u20132023) Purpose Track changes in the&nbsp;size&nbsp;and&nbsp;share&nbsp;of the U.S. foreign-born population over time and compare geographies (U.S., Texas, and MSAs). 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