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Statistics of The Undocumented: The Five Largest Immigrant Populations in The United States Are From

The document summarizes statistics about undocumented immigrants in the United States. It states that California has the largest number of undocumented immigrants at around 2.82 million, comprising 25% of the nation's total. Texas has the second highest number at 1.83 million, making up 16% of the total. The top 10 states with the highest percentages of undocumented immigrants are California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Washington.

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Statistics of The Undocumented: The Five Largest Immigrant Populations in The United States Are From

The document summarizes statistics about undocumented immigrants in the United States. It states that California has the largest number of undocumented immigrants at around 2.82 million, comprising 25% of the nation's total. Texas has the second highest number at 1.83 million, making up 16% of the total. The top 10 states with the highest percentages of undocumented immigrants are California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Washington.

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statistics of the undocumented

the United States has the highest number of immigrants. Estimates of the number
of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. The United States has more
immigrants than any other country in the world. Today, more than 40 million people
living in the U.S. were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the
world’s migrants. The population of immigrants is also very diverse, with just about
every country in the world represented among U.S. immigrants.

The five largest immigrant populations in the United States are from:

1. Mexico

2. India

3. China

4. Philipines

5. El salvador

Mexico is the top origin country of the U.S. immigrant population. In 2018, roughly
11.2 million immigrants living in the U.S. were from there, accounting for 25% of all
U.S. immigrants. The next largest origin groups were those from India, China, the
Philippines and El Salvador

states with the largest number of immigrants

the 10 states with the largest percentages of illegal immigrant populations.

1. California: 2.82 million illegal immigrants in residence, comprising 25 percent of


the illegal immigrant population of the U.S.

2. Texas: 1.83 million illegal immigrants, 16 percent

3. Florida: 730,000 illegal immigrants, 10 percent

4. New York: 580,000 illegal immigrants, 5 percent

5. Illinois: 540,000 illegal immigrants, 5 percent

6. New Jersey: 430,000 illegal immigrants, 4 percent

7. Georgia: 400,000 illegal immigrants, 3 percent

8. North Carolina: 360,000 illegal immigrants, 3 percent

9. Arizona: 350,000 illegal immigrants, 3 percent

10. Washington: 270,000 illegal immigrants, 2 percent.

There are approximately 3.11 million additional undocumented immigrants across


the other 40 states.
Nearly half (45%) of the nation’s immigrants live in just three states: California
(25%), Texas (16%) and Florida (10%). California had the largest immigrant
population of any state in 2018, at 10.6 million. Texas, Florida, and New York had
more than 4 million immigrants each.

In terms of regions, about two-thirds of immigrants lived in the West (34%) and
South (34%). Roughly one-fifth lived in the Northeast (21%) and 11% were in the
Midwest.

In 2018, most immigrants lived in just 20 major metropolitan areas, with the largest
populations in the New York, Los Angeles, and Miami metro areas. These top 20
metro areas were home to 28.7 million immigrants, or 64% of the nation’s total
foreign-born population. Most of the nation’s unauthorized immigrant
population lived in these top metro areas as well.

Which languages are most frequently spoken in U.S. homes?

Spanish is the language most commonly spoken after English. Among people
speaking a language other than English at home, 62 percent were Spanish
speakers, followed by speakers of Chinese (5 percent, including Mandarin and
Cantonese); Tagalog (almost 3 percent); and Vietnamese, Arabic, French
(including Cajun), and Korean (about 2 percent each).

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