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Immigration to the United States over time by region. In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population. [1]
U.S. states by net international migration (From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022) National rank State Total net international migration (2020–2022) [1] Net international migration rate per 1,000 inhabitants — United States: 1,406,845 4.24 1 Florida: 175,333 8.14 2 California: 171,223 4.33 3 Texas: 164,062 5.63 4 New York: 108,036 5.35 5 ...
The "residual method" is widely used to estimate the undocumented immigrant population of the US. With this method, the known number of legally documented immigrants to the United States is subtracted from the reported US Census number of self-proclaimed foreign-born people (based on immigration records and adjusted by projections of deaths and out-migration) to obtain the total undocumented ...
The Congressional Budget Office projects that the surge in immigration that began in 2022 will increase economic output in the coming years. On average, legal immigration is expected to contribute ...
In the early years of the United States, immigration (not counting the enslaved, who were treated as merchandise rather than people) was fewer than 8,000 people a year, [37] including French refugees from the slave revolt in Haiti. Legal importation of enslaved African was prohibited after 1808, though many were smuggled in to sell.
An excess of people entering a country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population). An excess of people leaving a country is referred to as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change.
Migrants stand near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Pandemic-era immigration restrictions in the U.S. known as Title 42 are set to expire on Dec. 21.
Illegal immigration, or unauthorized immigration, occurs when foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully, [1] [2] or by lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration of their visas, parole or temporary protected status.