The 2000 census data was used by the INS to estimate that a total of seven million unauthorized residents were in the United States, double the 3.5 million estimated for 1990. That analysis identified Mexico as the leading country of origin of illegal aliens to the United States, accounting for 68.7% (4.8 million) of the estimated undocumented population in 2000. Fourteen countries were each estimated to be the source of 50,000 or more illegal aliens. Of the top fifteen countries of origin, only China, the Philippines, India, and Korea are not within the Western Hemisphere. (See Table 5.2.)
TABLE 5.2
Estimated unauthorized resident population, top 15 countries of origin, 1990 and 2000
SOURCE: "Table B. Estimated Unauthorized Resident Population, Top 15 Countries, 1990 and 2000," in Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: 1990 to 2000, Office of Policy and Planning, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, January 2003, http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/Ill_Report_1211.pdf (accessed March 9, 2005)
|
Estimated population |
|
Percent of total population |
| Country of origin |
2000 (1) |
1990 (2) |
Growth 1990–2000 (3) = (1) - (2) |
2000 (4) |
1990 (5) |
| All countries |
7,000 |
3,500 |
3,500 |
100.0% |
100.0% |
| Mexico |
4,808 |
2,040 |
2,768 |
68.7% |
58.3% |
| EI Salvador |
189 |
298 |
−109 |
2.7% |
8.5% |
| Guatemala |
144 |
118 |
26 |
2.1% |
3.4% |
| Colombia |
141 |
51 |
91 |
2.0% |
1.4% |
| Honduras* |
138 |
42 |
96 |
2.0% |
1.2% |
| China |
115 |
70 |
45 |
1.6% |
2.0% |
| Ecuador |
108 |
37 |
71 |
1.5% |
1.0% |
| Dominican Republic |
91 |
46 |
45 |
1.3% |
1.3% |
| Philippines |
85 |
70 |
14 |
1.2% |
2.0% |
| Brazil |
77 |
20 |
58 |
1.1% |
0.6% |
| Haiti |
76 |
67 |
8 |
1.1% |
1.9% |
| India |
70 |
28 |
41 |
1.0% |
0.8% |
| Peru |
61 |
27 |
34 |
0.9% |
0.8% |
| Korea |
55 |
24 |
31 |
0.8% |
0.7% |
| Canada |
47 |
25 |
22 |
0.7% |
0.7% |
| All other countries |
795 |
537 |
259 |
11.4% |
15.3% |
| *Includes 105,000 Hondurans granted temporary protected status in December 1998. |
FIGURE 5.5
Border patrol sectors
SOURCE: "Border Patrol Sectors," U.S. Department of Homeland Security, http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/enforcement/border_patrol/border_patrol_sectors/ (accessed April 6, 2003)
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