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The population of unauthorized immigrants in the United States has been estimated to be around 10.99 million people as of 2022, a number which has seemingly stabilized after a period of...
This report estimates two populations to derive the unauthorized immigrant population estimate: 1) the total foreign-born population living in the United States on January 1 of each year in the series, and 2) the legally-resident, foreign-born population on the same dates.
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The DHS data show 6.5 million encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border in that time frame, a figure that includes both the 5.8 million apprehensions between legal ports of entry – the number typically...
The at-the-border apprehension rate helps the Office of Immigration Statistics model what proportion of illegal entries are prevented by apprehensions. Despite the relatively high number of encounters in 2021, the CBP’s estimated at-the-border apprehension rate averaged 78% from 2018 to 2020, compared to 35% from 2002 to 2004.
This report presents population estimates by four categories of immigration status–lawful permanent residents, resident nonimmigrants, refugees and asylees, and unauthorized immigrants–and addresses unique COVID-19-related risks each status group may face.
Immigrants made up 14.3% of the nation’s population in 2022. That share was slightly higher than in the previous five years but below the record high of 14.8% in 1890. As of 2022, unauthorized immigrants represented 3.3% of the total U.S. population and 23% of the foreign-born population.
The U.S. unauthorized immigrant population rose rapidly from 1990 to 2007 before declining sharply for two years and stabilizing at 10.5 million in 2017. Pew Research Center’s most recent estimate is well below a peak of 12.2 million in 2007, but roughly triple the estimated 3.5 million in 1990.
