How many undocumented immigrants are in the us?

5 facts about illegal immigration in the U. S. By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn For the first time, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U. S. was lower in 2015 than it was at the end of the Great Recession in 2009. read more

Unsurprisingly, illegal aliens tend to live near the United States’ border with Mexico, and in states that offer incentives for breaking American immigration law. The ten states with the largest estimated illegal alien populations account for just under three-fourths (73. 7%) of the national total. read more

Nonetheless, illegal immigrants as a group tend to be less educated than other sections of the U. S. population: 49 percent haven't completed high school, compared with 9 percent of native-born Americans and 25 percent of legal immigrants. Illegal immigrants work in many sectors of the U. S. economy. read more

Nonetheless, illegal immigrants as a group tend to be less educated than other sections of the U.S. population: 49 percent haven't completed high school, compared with 9 percent of native-born Americans and 25 percent of legal immigrants. Illegal immigrants work in many sectors of the U.S. economy. read more

The total undocumented immigrant population of 10.9 million is the lowest since 2003, says the report from the Center for Migration Studies, a New York think tank. The number of undocumented immigrants has fallen each year since 2008, the report says, driven primarily by a steady decline in illegal migrants from Mexico. read more

Unsurprisingly, illegal aliens tend to live near the United States’ border with Mexico, and in states that offer incentives for breaking American immigration law. The ten states with the largest estimated illegal alien populations account for just under three-fourths (73.7%) of the national total. read more