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E.g., 03/29/2024
Unauthorized Immigrant Population Profiles

Unauthorized Immigrant Population Profiles

Learn about the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States. Where do they live? When did they arrive in the United States, and from which origin countries? What are their levels of education, top industries of employment, incomes, parental and marital status, health care coverage, and more? Using a unique MPI methodology to assign legal status in the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey data, this data tool provides detailed sociodemographic profiles for the United States, 41 states (plus the District of Columbia), and the 130 counties with the largest unauthorized populations as of 2019. And for topline estimates of unauthorized immigrant populations for 273 counties, click on the spreadsheet at right.

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Alabama

Unauthorized Population: 62,000

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Arizona

Unauthorized Population: 273,000

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Arkansas

Unauthorized Population: 58,000

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California

Unauthorized Population: 2,739,000

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Colorado

Unauthorized Population: 162,000

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Connecticut

Unauthorized Population: 113,000

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Delaware

Unauthorized Population: 24,000

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District of Columbia

Unauthorized Population: 21,000

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Florida

Unauthorized Population: 772,000

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Georgia

Unauthorized Population: 339,000

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Hawaii

Unauthorized Population: 51,000

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Idaho

Unauthorized Population: 29,000

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Illinois

Unauthorized Population: 425,000

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Indiana

Unauthorized Population: 102,000

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Iowa

Unauthorized Population: 37,000

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Kansas

Unauthorized Population: 69,000

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Kentucky

Unauthorized Population: 46,000

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Louisiana

Unauthorized Population: 70,000

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Maryland

Unauthorized Population: 225,000

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Massachusetts

Unauthorized Population: 209,000

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Michigan

Unauthorized Population: 91,000

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Minnesota

Unauthorized Population: 81,000

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Mississippi

Unauthorized Population: 25,000

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Missouri

Unauthorized Population: 50,000

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Nebraska

Unauthorized Population: 42,000

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Nevada

Unauthorized Population: 168,000

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New Jersey

Unauthorized Population: 440,000

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New Mexico

Unauthorized Population: 63,000

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New York

Unauthorized Population: 835,000

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North Carolina

Unauthorized Population: 296,000

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Ohio

Unauthorized Population: 89,000

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Oklahoma

Unauthorized Population: 90,000

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Oregon

Unauthorized Population: 108,000

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Pennsylvania

Unauthorized Population: 153,000

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Rhode Island

Unauthorized Population: 24,000

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South Carolina

Unauthorized Population: 88,000

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Tennessee

Unauthorized Population: 128,000

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Texas

Unauthorized Population: 1,739,000

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Utah

Unauthorized Population: 89,000

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Virginia

Unauthorized Population: 251,000

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Washington

Unauthorized Population: 246,000

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Wisconsin

Unauthorized Population: 70,000

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United States

Unauthorized Population: 11,047,000

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Wyoming

Unauthorized Population: 7,000

West Virginia

Unauthorized Population: 4,000

South Dakota

Unauthorized Population: 7,000

New Hampshire

Unauthorized Population: 11,000

Maine

Unauthorized Population: 5,000

Alaska

Unauthorized Population: 10,000

Montana

Unauthorized Population: 3,000

North Dakota

Unauthorized Population: 5,000

Vermont

Unauthorized Population: 3,000

County Profiles

To access detailed data profiles for the 130 counties in the United States with the largest unauthorized populations, click on the state of interest below to display individual profiles. For topline estimates of the total unauthorized population for 273 counties, click on the teal button below or the spreadsheet link at right.

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Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

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Acknowledgments & Methodology

This data tool is based on a methodology that imputes unauthorized status using U.S. Census Bureau 2015-19 American Community Survey (ACS) and 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) data, weighted to 2019 unauthorized immigrant population estimates provided by Jennifer Van Hook of The Pennsylvania State University. For more detail on the methods, see MPI, “MPI Methodology for Assigning Legal Status to Noncitizen Respondents in U.S. Census Bureau Survey Data.” These estimates have the same sampling and coverage errors as any other survey-based estimates that rely on ACS and other Census Bureau data.