Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2009
Date of Publication:
February, 2010
Source Organization:
Department of Homeland Security
DHS estimates that the unauthorized immigrant population living in the United States decreased to 10.8 million in January 2009 from 11.6 million in January 2008. Between 2000 and 2009, the unauthorized population grew by 27 percent. Of all unauthorized immigrants living in the United States in 2009, 63 percent entered before 2000, and 62 percent were from Mexico.
Citation:
Hoefer, M., Rytina, N., and Baker, B. C. (2009). Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2007. Office of Immigration Statistics, Policy Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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