The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the foreign-born immigrant population of the U.S. will hit 78 million by 2060, but that rate is expected to drop for the Latino population.

With the 78 million-strong immigrant population in 2060, foreign immigrants will represent 18.8 percent of the total U.S. population. Among Latino immigrants, the population will continue to be a driving force for the overall U.S. immigrant population growth. Currently, a third of U.S. Latinos, or 34.9 percent, are immigrants, but the Census Bureau stated the percentage rate will decline to 27.4 percent in 2060.

According to the Pew Research Center, the decline is "due to the growing importance of births as drivers of each group's population growth."

The Latino immigrant population is not the only population projected to decline, as the same is expected within the Asian community. Among U.S. Asians, 66 percent are currently immigrants, and the share is set to drop to 55.4 percent by 2060.

Meanwhile, the rate of foreign-born blacks and whites are projected to increase by 2060. Today, 8.8 percent of people who identified themselves as black immigrants are in the U.S., but the rate will nearly double to 16.5 percent by 2060. With the white immigrant population, 4.1 percent are currently foreign born, and rate will increase to 8.1 percent in 2060.

By 2060, the overall U.S. Latino population is projected to hit 128.8 million, or 31 percent of the country's total population.

According to the Census Bureau, 54 million overall Latinos live in the U.S. today, which represents 17 percent of the total U.S. population, and therefore is the country's largest "ethnic or race minority." Within the U.S. Latino population, Mexicans represent the largest subgroup with 64 percent, followed by 9.4 percent from Puerto Ricans and 3.8 percent from Salvadorans. Cubans and Dominicans round up the top five with 3.7 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively.

California is home to the largest U.S. Latino population with 14.7 million. Texas ranked third with nearly 9.5 million Latinos, followed by Florida with 4.2 million. New York and Illinois rounded up the top five, with 3.4 million and 2 million Latinos, respectively.

The U.S. is home to the largest immigrant population compared to any other country.

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