Net Migration Between the United States and Abroad in 2022 Reaches Highest Level Since 2017

The U.S. Census Bureau projects that net international migration to the United States will fully rebound in 2022 from its COVID-19 slump when it experienced some of its lowest levels in decades.

According to Vintage 2022 population estimates released today, net international migration added more than a million people to the U.S. population between July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022.

This is the first time net international migration increased since 2016, marking the largest single-year increase since 2010 — an indication that net migration flows to the United States are on track to return to pre-pandemic levels this year.

Travel restrictions to the United States were relaxed towards the end of 2021, coinciding with substantial gains in international migration in 2022.

International migration has been low since 2020, the first year of the pandemic, due to global disruptions such as travel restrictions and closed borders in addition to a tremendous backlog in processing visas and refugee resettlements.

The pandemic prompted the Census Bureau to take additional steps and adjust the estimates to reflect major shifts in international migration during that period.

Population estimates traditionally use migration data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to measure annual international migration levels. Since survey data lag one year behind, the Census Bureau used more current federal statistics on visa issuances, new international student enrollments, refugees and asylum-seekers for the current year’s estimate.

Travel restrictions to the United States were relaxed towards the end of 2021, coinciding with substantial gains in international migration in 2022.

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