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What percentage of American adults say having been born in America is very important to being truly American?

28.7% of American adults say having been born in America is very important to being truly American - about 29 in every 100, or 3 in 10. That is the figure published by the General Social Survey for 2024.

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Where this number comes from

Survey
General Social Survey
What it measured
GSS 2024 item AMBORNIN (“How important to have been born in America”), counting responses 1=very important. Computed from NORC's public-use microdata with the survey weight WTSSNRPS and a Taylor-linearised standard error over the published design variables VSTRAT and VPSU; unweighted n = 1,576.
Population
U.S. adults aged 18 and over
Year
2024
95% confidence interval
24.96% to 32.44% (derived from the published standard error)

NORC at the University of Chicago; public-use microdata, free for research and educational use. Percentages computed here, with attribution.. See the source data

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