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U.S. citizenship status · Asked in 2 waves, 2021–2022 · 351 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | A u.s. citizen | Not a u.s. citizen | A u.s. citizen born in puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands, or the northern marianas islands (phone mode only: v | Born outside of the u.s. to parents who were u.s. citizens at that time (phone mode only: volunteered) |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 96 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 255 |
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| All respondents | 60% | 38% | 0% | 1% | 255 | ±7 | |
| Northeast † | 75% | 24% | 1% | – | 52 | ±17 | |
| Midwest † | 73% | 24% | – | 2% | 31 | ±21 | |
| South | 52% | 45% | 1% | 2% | 88 | ±13 | |
| West | 56% | 44% | – | – | 84 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2021 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.