Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount
# 1	California:	2,209,000
# 2	Texas:	1,041,000
# 3	New York:	489,000
# 4	Illinois:	432,000
# 5	Florida:	337,000
# 6	Arizona:	283,000
# 7	Georgia:	228,000
# 8	New Jersey:	221,000
# 9	North Carolina:	206,000
# 10	Colorado:	144,000
# 11	Washington:	136,000
# 12	Virginia:	103,000
# 13	Nevada:	101,000
# 14	Oregon:	90,000
# 15	Massachusetts:	87,000
# 16	Michigan:	70,000
# 17	Utah:	65,000
# 18	Minnesota:	60,000
# 19	Maryland:	56,000
# 20	Pennsylvania:	49,000
# 21	Kansas:	47,000
= 22	Tennessee:	46,000
= 22	Oklahoma:	46,000
# 24	Indiana:	45,000
# 25	Wisconsin:	41,000
# 26	Ohio:	40,000
= 27	Connecticut:	39,000
= 27	New Mexico:	39,000
# 29	South Carolina:	36,000
# 30	Arkansas:	27,000
= 31	Alabama:	24,000
= 31	Iowa:	24,000
= 31	Nebraska:	24,000
# 34	Missouri:	22,000
# 35	Idaho:	19,000
# 36	Rhode Island:	16,000
# 37	Kentucky:	15,000
# 38	Delaware:	10,000
# 39	Mississippi:	8,000
# 40	District of Columbia:	7,000
= 41	Louisiana:	5,000
= 41	Alaska:	5,000
# 43	Hawaii:	2,000
	Total:	6,994,000
	Weighted average:	162,651.2

DEFINITION: Estimated number of Illegal Immigrants. Latest available data - 2000 Census. Eight other States --Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming --each had fewer than 2,500 estimated unauthorized residents in 1990 and 2000. The US Citizenship ad Immigration Services also highlights that the illegal immigrant population in America grows by approximatley a half a million each year. Taken into account, the current illegal immigrant population is between 9 and 11 million people.

SOURCE: US Citizenship and Immigration Services, field report, 2000.

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COMMENTARY

Mama Llama 8th September 2010	This is nonsense.
Chas 7th September 2010	These statistics can't be right. I noticed that the talley of illegal immigrants by state totals less than 7 million, but modt current estimates show the illegal immigrant population to be 11 million (down from the peak of 12 million a year or so ago).
Gladis & Michelle 30th August 2010	Aman you need to shut up and not sound ignorant. - Michelle Aman go to hell. -Your mom
HAHAHA 20th August 2010	Who the hell is this Aman dude? And is America really capable of cleaning up it's illegal immigrant records? Or are all of an ignorant bunch of fools?
aadozal 13th August 2010	Sorry Tim Gannon, that will never happen because small town's in The United States don't count.
tim gannon 31st July 2010	If every small town in the USA would pass city laws that prohibited hiring, renting, transporting, harboring these people the ACLU and the feds could not file a lawsuit aginst all of them. It will take the citizens of small town america to get our country back.
Marco 27th July 2010	Aman is a jerk. People like him should be deported to hell. I strongly believe the best way to fight illegal immigration is in two steps. First secure the border by building a biggger wall. Second is to send all the illegal immigrants back to their countries. after a 2 year window, have them apply for enter the US. The green card system doesn't work in its current form. A new green card system should contain a picture and number.
Bob 9th July 2010	Yes, Americans can travel freely into Mexico, but Mexico has nothing to keep Americans there. I do not have an issue with hispanic people coming into America, I have a problem with them coming in illegally. Mr. J, I would really like to know where you got your information. For one, I am a tax preparer, and I know that if I were to steal someones identity I would go to jail, but illegal immigrants will not. I agree that a good majority of illegals are hard working, but I also know that they can make quite a bit of money using a fake SS number and still get food stamps and other US benefits. Whereas, my mother is disabled, and my father makes 5 dollars too much for her to get any medical help.
Plato 4th July 2010	Moose is right, they are ILLEGAL, that one word sums it up. Nobody wants to go to Mexico, that's why they are leaving. That is correct, America is made up of immigrants but the immigrants that came here years ago came here Legally, that's the difference. Plus what do you think this is costing the American citizen? If they are here ILLEGALLY then all of them need to be shipped back, no question about it because again, it's ILLEGAL.
Mr. J 4th July 2010	Actually, Sean is correct. Research has shown that only about 4% of illegal immigrants use public services like food stamps and welfare. Only about a quarter used an emergency room visit. Only about 11% put their kids in public schools. Compare that with about 60% of illegals that said they had federal taxes taken out of their pay. The bottom line is that there is no way to deport 10-20 million people en masse, so we need to figure out how to a) protect the border, starting right now, and b) get the people here illegally to become citizens so that they have to pay taxes.
Mr. Student 1st July 2010	Wondering where these numbers came from... spent an hour trying to find them at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website. I found nothing...
A. 23rd June 2010	If you studied histury you would find out that the most of Americans come from immigrants family... only 0.9% are native of America so shut up and stop being a dumm ignorant American!!! It is people like you, Aman, that make all other nations think that all Americans are ignorant!!!!
Faith 14th June 2010	Aman, your ignorance is why we have so many problems passing laws to help all of the immigrants. The United States is for everyone, every nationality lives and belongs here. We can all travel to Mexico freely I think mexico should close their border and keep all us Americans out if we are not going to let them in. We are not playing fair.
Mr. America 13th June 2010	The comment written by Moose tells it like it really is...Illegal is Illegal and that is it.....
Steve Wolverton 11th June 2010	Devastating socio-economical impact for our country... Needs to stop.
Mrs A 8th June 2010	A note to Aman: 1. They are not ANIMALS 2. They are not all Mexicans 3. America does not believe on shooting all living things.
Moose 2nd June 2010	Bottom line is they are ILLEGAL. There is no argument in their defense because they're ILLEGAL. you can defend them until your blue in the face but they're still ILLEGAL
Aman 1st June 2010	I say we move the border north a little bit. Then all these animals will be back in Mexico. Then we should protect the border with the military and shoot on site.
Becky 1st June 2010	OMG!!! This is not cool! it needs to stop. But how?
Ms. Me 24th May 2010	Sean, now how do they spend more on government taxes than services? About the only thing they MAY spend on is the money they spend on a place to live. Otherwise most of it is government given and then the rest is sent back to Mexico. Unless they buy beer.
Bob Blue 21st May 2010	There are a lot of "bad people" that come across the border, man. Not all, but A LOT. We have laws in this country, right? Why shouldn't they abide by them?
Sean Garcia 20th May 2010	You say 'them' as if they're bad people. But if you must know immigrants are actually stimulating our economy with BILLIONS of dollars, and they actually spend more on government taxes rather than government services (Welfare,WIC, etc.). And the U.S. is actually planning on spending 1.2 Billion dollars on a 700-mile long stetch of metal fencing that wont even work.
Steven McAllister 17th May 2010	Wow!! This is not good it is very bad. My question is: Is there a way to stop them?

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