Asians are quickly becoming the largest immigrant group in America, census data reveals.

More than a third of the 800,000 people granted citizen status in 2013 hailed from the eastern continent.

While Mexicans remain the largest immigrant group in 24 states, others have taken the top spot in the remaining 26 and the District of Columbia.

The data reflects a sharp and steady drop in the number of Mexican immigrants since the credit crash in 2007. Conversely, Asian settlers are on the rise.

Mapped out: This map of America shows the largest immigrant group in each state. While Mexico comes top in 24 states, Indians are now a majority in nine states, followed by Dominicans in five and Somalians in three

Many suggest the shift is the result of more Chinese students applying to American graduate schools, and an uptick in the number of Indian tech workers granted visas to work in Silicon Valley.

By 2065, analysts predict, Indian and Chinese settlers will far outnumber Mexicans.

The latest data, released by the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year, shows the five largest immigrant groups to hail from Mexico, Indian, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, and China.

It also breaks down the numbers state-by-state, which MarketWatch compiled into a map.

Mexicans formed a majority in the number of settlers in 24 states in 2013. California welcomed the most Mexicans in 2013 (40,238), followed by Texas (20,232), Arizona (5,813), Illinois (5,088), and Washington (2,031).

Indian immigrants were the largest group in nine states: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.

And Dominicans came top in five states including New Jersey, where Chinese immigrants have formed the majority for at least 10 years.

The other four are Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and New York - where for the first time Dominicans took over Puerto Ricans to be the city's largest Hispanic group.

Somalians were the largest group of settle in three states: Maine, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

2013 FIGURES SHOW LARGEST NATURALIZED IMMIGRANT GROUP PER STATE Alabama: Mexico (230) Alaska: Philippines (306) Arizona: Mexico (5,813) Arkansas: Mexico (486) California: Mexico (40,238) Colorado: Mexico (1,495) Connecticut: India (802) Delaware: India (230) DC: Ethiopia (354) Florida: Cuba (26,231) Georgia: India (2,147) Hawaii: Philippines (1,790) Idaho: Mexico (410) Illinois: Mexico (5,088) Indiana: Mexico (722) Iowa: Mexico (400) Kansas: Mexico (660) Kentucky: Cuba (341) Louisiana: Vietnam (368) Maine: Somalia (174) Maryland: India (1,291) Massachusetts: Dominican Republic (2,489) Michigan: Iraq (2,115) Minnesota: Somalia (2,123) Mississippi: India (133) Missouri: Bosnia and Herzegovina (463) Montana: Mexico (33) Nebraska: Mexico (464) Nevada: Mexico (1,923) New Hampshire: India (162) New Jersey: Dominican Republic (5,377) New York: Dominican Republic (20,402) North Carolina: Mexico (1,371) North Dakota: Somalia (92) Ohio: India (1,106) Oklahoma: Mexico (845) Oregon: Mexico (1,210) Pennsylvania: Dominican Republic (2,061) Rhode Island: Dominican Republic (872) South Carolina: Mexico (450) South Dakota: Ethiopia (54) Tennessee: Mexico (520) Texas: Mexico (20,232) Utah: Mexico (683) Vermont: Canada (65) Virginia: India (2,007) Washington: Mexico (2,031) West Virginia: India (44) Wisconsin: Mexico (725) Wyoming: Mexico (69) Advertisement

Philippinos were the largest group in Alaska and Hawaii; Ethiopians took the top spot in the District of Columbia and South Dakota; Cubans formed a majority in Florida and Kentucky.

Missouri was the only state in America to welcome a notably large group of Europeans: its largest immigrant group in 2013 hailed from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Up until 50 years ago, America's immigration system was geared towards Europeans.

In 1910, Mexicans were the largest immigrant group in just three states: Texas, Nevada and Colorado.

A map published by Pew Research Center last month shows how, at the time, Germans dominated: they were the largest group across the Midwest, as well as California, Alabama and the Carolinas.

However, in 1965, the Immigration and Nationality Act was passed, placing a new emphasis on uniting families.