More Than A Quarter Of Boston Residents Are Foreign Born, BRA Reports

A new report says more than a quarter of the people living in Boston in 2014 were born outside the United States.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority report says the number of foreign-born residents of Boston increased by nearly 20 percent from 2000 to 2014.

Of the city's 656,051 residents in 2014, 177,461 were foreign born.

Of Boston's foreign-born residents, about half are naturalized U.S. citizens.

The Dominican Republic has surpassed China as the top country of origin for Boston's immigrants, with Haiti the third-largest source.

The city's East Boston neighborhood had the highest percentage of foreign-born residents at slightly more than 50 percent, followed by Mattapan at almost 36 percent.

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