Emigration from the United States

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Emigration from the United States is a complex demographic phenomenon existing for decades and having a number of reasons. The United States does not keep track of emigration, and counts of Americans abroad are thus only available courtesy of statistics kept by the destination countries.

Some other reasons for emigration from United States

• Economic reasons (e.g. inexpensive housing in Mexico^[2])
• Family reasons (most common with recent immigrants or permanent residents).
• Marriage to a foreigner with a job in the foreign country (especially for American women).
• Business opportunities (e.g. American corporations in the Persian Gulf and East Asia).
• Religious reasons (e.g. aliyah to Israel).
• Political disenchantment
• Health issues (see medical tourism).
• Evasion of legal liabilities (e.g. crimes, taxes, loans, etc.)
• Political Issues (e.b communism to China)
• Tax incentive: Expats are given a $95,900 yearly exemption from income tax as of 2012 ($192,000 if married).

 

Statistics Overseas US populations

As of 2009, there are over 6 million non-military U.S. citizens living abroad., an increase from the 4 million estimated in 1999. However, these numbers are highly open to dispute as they often are unverified and can change rapidly.

 

The list below is of the main countries hosting American populations. Those shown first with exact counts are enumerations of Americans who have immigrated to those countries and are legally resident there, and does not necessarily include temporary expatriates (the number of Americans resident in Mexico, for example, is believed to be well over one million). In all other cases, starting with Israel, the figures are estimates of part-time US resident Americans and expatriates alike.

1. Mexico - 738,103 (2010)
2. Canada - 250,535 (2006)
3. United Kingdom - 158,434 (2001)
4. Germany - 101,643 (2011)
5. France - 100,619 (2008)
6. Brazil - 98,000 up to 350,000
7. Japan - 88,000 (2011)
8. Australia - 83,996 (2010)
9. China - 71,493 (2010)
10. New Zealand - 17,748 (2006)
11. Sweden - 16,555 (2009)
12. Netherlands - 14,100 (2000)
13. Ireland - 12,475 (2006)
14. Denmark - 8,651 (2012)
15. Norway - 8,013 (2012)
16. Portugal - 2,228 (2008)
17. Israel - 185,000
18. Italy - 170,000 to 200,000
19. Philippines - over 300,000
20. Spain - 63,362
21. Dominican Republic - 82,000
22. South Korea - 67,000
23. Hong Kong - 60,000
24. Costa Rica - 9,128^[26] to 50,000
25.  Taiwan- 38,000
26. Belgium - 36,000
27. Saudi Arabia - 36,000
28. Switzerland - 32,000
29. Poland - 31,000 to 60,000
30. Lebanon - 25,000
31. Panama - 25,000
32. Colombia - 15,000 to 45,000
33. Austria 15,000
34. Hungary - 15,000
35. Singapore - 15,000
36. Russia - at least 2,008 up to 6,200
37. Argentina - 10,552
38. Malaysia - 8,000
39. Pakistan - 5,000
40. Syria -( 2.5% of Syrians reportedly have dual U.S.-Syrian citizenship)
41. Chile - 10,000
42. India - 10,000 to 15,000