Venezuelan Immigrants in the United States

“Reflecting a deep economic and political crisis under the authoritarian rule of President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela remains one of the globe’s largest origins of migrants. Of the roughly 7.9 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants worldwide as of December 2024, a total of 85 percent—6.7 million—resided in Latin America and the Caribbean. The United States emerged as a significant destination only in the last decade or so. As of 2023, approximately 770,000 Venezuelan immigrants lived in the United States, accounting for slightly less than 2 percent of all 47.8 million immigrants in the country.”

Figure 1. Immigrant Population from Venezuela in the United States, 1980-2023