{"id":64088,"date":"2009-04-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/04\/14\/v-origins-of-unauthorized-immigrants-a-focus-on-mexico\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:12:00","slug":"v-origins-of-unauthorized-immigrants-a-focus-on-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2009\/04\/14\/v-origins-of-unauthorized-immigrants-a-focus-on-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"V. Origins of Unauthorized Immigrants: A Focus on Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4619\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/04\/2009-unauthorized-40.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"395\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexico is the source of by far the largest number of unauthorized immigrants, accounting for 7 million of the 11.9 million unauthorized immigrants in 2008. This 59% share has remained roughly constant over the past three decades. Other parts of Latin America send a significant share of the total, with 1.3 million (11%) coming from Central America, 775,000 (7%) from South America, and 500,000 (4%) from the Caribbean. South and East Asia is another large source, sending 1.3 million (11%), whereas the Middle East accounts for 190,000, or less than 2%.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unauthorized Mexican immigrants are somewhat more concentrated than all unauthorized immigrants, accounting for high proportions of the unauthorized immigrant population in a few states. Thirteen states\u2014a mix of traditional border destinations and new settlement areas, mainly in the West and Southwest\u2014have high shares of Mexicans in the unauthorized immigrant population (73% or more). In three states (Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming), Mexicans represent more than nine-in-ten unauthorized immigrants.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proportion of Mexicans in the unauthorized immigrant population shrinks in the northeastern quadrant of the country. Mexicans are substantially underrepresented (less than 43% of undocumented immigrants) in 20 states and the District of Columbia. The remaining 18 states with average representation of unauthorized immigrants tend to be the new-destination states in the Southeast and Plains.<\/p>\n\n<p>[See Figure C2]<\/p>\n\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4620 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2009\/04\/2009-unauthorized-41-600x519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexican-born undocumented immigrants also are less educated and have lower incomes than other unauthorized immigrants. Among adults ages 25-64, only 4% hold a college degree, compared with 30% of all other unauthorized immigrants. In addition, 64% have not completed high school, compared with 25% of other unauthorized immigrants.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The median household income for Mexican unauthorized immigrants was $32,000 in 2007, compared with $45,000 for all other unauthorized immigrants. This is explained in part by the jobs they hold, but also by the fact that only 50% of unauthorized immigrant women who were born in Mexico and are ages 18-64 are in the labor force, compared with 69% of all other women who are unauthorized immigrants. There is little difference in the labor force participation of working-age men from Mexico who are unauthorized immigrants (95%) compared with those from other countries (91%).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico is the source of by far the largest number of unauthorized immigrants, accounting for 7 million of the 11.9 million unauthorized immigrants in 2008. This 59% share has remained roughly constant over the past three decades. 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