Place of Birth for the Foreign Born Population City of Houston City of Houston Estimate Total Population 2,298,628 Total Foreign Born Population 696,210 Europe: 26,793 Northern Europe: 7,572 United Kingdom (inc. Crown Dependencies): 6,120 United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland 2,944 England 2,714 Scotland 462 Ireland 196 Denmark 371 Norway 637 Sweden 248 Other Northern Europe 0 Western Europe: 5,660 Austria 170 Belgium 490 France 1,539 Germany 2,160 Netherlands 760 Switzerland 541 Other Western Europe 0 Southern Europe: 4,228 Greece 784 Italy 1,191 Portugal 358 Azores Islands 0 Spain 1,852 Other Southern Europe 43 Eastern Europe: 9,230 Albania 137 Belarus 58 Bulgaria 1,665 Croatia 49 Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) 168 Hungary 774 Latvia 54 Lithuania 0 Macedonia 0 Moldova 53 Poland 1,012 Romania 769 Russia 1,857 Ukraine 974 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,052 Serbia 268 Other Eastern Europe 340 Europe, n.e.c. 103 Asia: 149,239 Eastern Asia: 32,600 China: 25,169 China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan 19,044 Hong Kong 1,666 Taiwan 4,459 Japan 2,974 Korea 4,457 Other Eastern Asia 0 South Central Asia: 52,626 Afghanistan 2,341 Bangladesh 2,234 India 26,059 Iran 8,830 Kazakhstan 432 Nepal 3,181 Pakistan 6,954 Sri Lanka 79 Uzbekistan 656 Other South Central Asia 1,860 South Eastern Asia: 47,298 Cambodia 951 Indonesia 1,414 Laos 237 Malaysia 1,597 Burma 1,451 Philippines 10,892 Singapore 1,009 Thailand 1,912 Vietnam 27,835 Other South Eastern Asia 0 Western Asia: 16,466 Iraq 5,773 Israel 841 Jordan 1,760 Kuwait 224 Lebanon 1,846 Saudi Arabia 2,007 Syria 1,191 Yemen 0 Turkey 1,330 Armenia 79 Other Western Asia 1,415 Asia,n.e.c. 249 Africa: 46,406 Eastern Africa: 7,975 Eritrea 1,303 Ethiopia 4,469 Kenya 893 Somalia 645 Other Eastern Africa 665 Middle Africa: 5,510 Cameroon 1,116 Other Middle Africa 4,394 Northern Africa: 3,199 Egypt 1,560 Morocco 899 Sudan 53 Other Northern Africa 687 Southern Africa: 1,236 South Africa 1,236 Other Southern Africa 0 Western Africa: 23,324 Cabo Verde 0 Ghana 832 Liberia 1,039 Nigeria 18,957 Sierra Leone 857 Other Western Africa 1,639 Africa, n.e.c. 5,162 Oceania: 1,316 Australia and New Zealand Subregion: 1,261 Australia 1,214 Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion 47 Fiji 0 Oceania, n.e.c. 55 Americas: 472,456 Latin America: 466,649 Caribbean: 21,433 Bahamas 115 Barbados 348 Cuba 12,399 Dominica 272 Dominican Republic 1,830 Grenada 797 Haiti 672 Jamaica 1,912 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 55 Trinidad and Tobago 2,409 West Indies 396 Other Caribbean 228 Central America: 419,491 Mexico 281,624 Belize 875 Costa Rica 848 El Salvador 69,176 Guatemala 25,494 Honduras 35,668 Nicaragua 4,109 Panama 1,403 Other Central America 294 South America: 25,725 Argentina 1,808 Bolivia 1,312 Brazil 1,611 Chile 188 Colombia 8,911 Ecuador 737 Guyana 1,480 Peru 2,148 Uruguay 273 Venezuela 7,001 Other South America 256 Northern America: 5,807 Canada 5,807 Other Northern America 0 Note: Foreign‐born population excluding population born at sea Source: U.S. Census Bureau; 2015 American Community Survey 1‐Year Estimates