USborn

USborn is a term used to describe a person who was born in the United States. It is commonly written as US-born with a hyphen; some texts may render it as USborn. The term functions as a birthplace attribute and is often employed in demographic, sociological, and journalistic writing to distinguish individuals born in the United States from those born abroad.

Under U.S. law, birth in the United States generally confers citizenship by the principle of jus soli, subject to limited exceptions such as children of foreign diplomats. Consequently, most US-born individuals are United States citizens by birth. Citizenship status can be influenced by parental citizenship and subsequent naturalization.

US-born emphasizes birthplace rather than full nationality or ethnicity. Some contexts prefer "American-born" or simply "born in the United States"; "American" can mean broader national or cultural identification. In official statistics, "US-born" is commonly used to separate native-born from foreign-born populations in studies of demographics, immigration, and assimilation.

See also: birthright citizenship, jus soli, native-born, foreign-born, demography.