WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 19, 2015) — While Mexicans still represent the majority of unauthorized immigrants in the United States, the fastest rates of growth since 2000 have occurred in unauthorized populations from Asia, Central America and Africa, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) reported Wednesday.
A new MPI report, An Analysis of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States by Country and Region of Birth, offers a detailed profile of the 11 million unauthorized immigrants by country and region of origin, providing estimates at state and county levels for top destinations.
Mexicans and Central Americans, who account for 37 percent of the overall foreign-born population of 40.3 million in 2013, represent 71 percent of unauthorized immigrants. Mexico alone represents 56 percent of the unauthorized population, or 6 million people, with no other country accounting for even 1 million unauthorized immigrants. Countries in Asia represent the next largest share, with 15 percent (1.5 million people).
The report, which examines how origins and growth rates have changed over time, finds that the unauthorized populations with the fastest growth rates between 2000 and 2013 came from Asia (202 percent increase), Central America (194 percent) and Africa (161 percent). The total unauthorized population, which increased by 3.5 million during the 1990s and by 4 million between 2000-2013, peaked in 2007, and has declined by about 1 million since then.
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Unauthorized Populations from Asia, Central America, Africa, Fastest Growing Since 2000