[colombiamigra] Fw: Unique New MPI Data Tool Offers Detailed Picture, Latest Estimates of Unauthorized Immigrant Population in U.S. and by State
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November 19, 2014
Contact: Michelle Mittelstadt
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Detailed Estimates, Characteristics of Unauthorized Immigrants at National and
State Levels Available with New MPI Data Tool
Data Coming Soon for Nearly 100 Counties with Largest Unauthorized Populations
WASHINGTON — The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) today launched a major new
data tool offering national and state-level estimates of the 11.4 million
unauthorized immigrants in the United States, including population size,
countries and regions of origin, recency of arrival, educational enrollment and
attainment, English proficiency, industries of employment and health insurance
coverage.
The data tool offers topline population estimates of the unauthorized
population for the entire United States, 47 states and the District of
Columbia, and has detailed profiles of their characteristics for the U.S., 41
states and D.C.; within days, the tool will be updated to add profiles for
nearly 100 counties. Using an innovative MPI methodology that takes U.S. Census
Bureau data and imputes legal status for noncitizens, the tool also provides
estimates of the age, gender, parental and marital status, top languages
spoken, labor force participation and home ownership rates for unauthorized
immigrants.
"We are delighted to offer the first online data tool of its type that makes
it possible for users to obtain detailed estimates and profiles of the
unauthorized population at national, state and local levels. The tool
represents an invaluable addition to MPI's published research and data," said
MPI President Michael Fix. "Particularly as the status of unauthorized
immigrants is debated in Washington and beyond, this sophisticated data tool
will help the public and policymakers better understand the population and the
impacts of policies that affect it."
The data tool will permit significant new analysis of the unauthorized
population by researchers, members of the media and the public. Some important
trends emerge from an initial review of the new data:
- Significant shares of recently arrived unauthorized immigrants in some
states, long- settled populations in others. In a wide variety of states,
unauthorized populations are heavily comprised of recent arrivals who have been
in the United States less than five years — and are thus unlikely to benefit
from proposed executive action. More than 30 percent of the unauthorized
populations in Hawaii, Louisiana, the District of Columbia, Mississippi,
Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Massachusetts arrived in the
United States less than five years ago. Nationwide, 22 percent of unauthorized
immigrants arrived less than five years ago, with 47 percent having 10 years or
more of residence. Less than 20 percent of the unauthorized in California,
Oregon, Illinois, Arizona and Colorado have been in the United States less than
five years.
- Only a handful of states have majority non-Mexican unauthorized
populations. Mexico, which accounts for 58 percent (6.6 million) of all
unauthorized immigrants in the United States, is the top country of origin in
39 states, followed by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and China. Only five
jurisdictions have their largest number of unauthorized immigrants from another
country: Hawaii (Philippines), Massachusetts (Brazil), Rhode Island
(Guatemala), and Maryland and D.C. (El Salvador).
- Significant gender imbalance. There is a significant gender imbalance
nationally, with men representing 54 percent of unauthorized immigrants. In
Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina, women account for less than 40
percent of unauthorized immigrants. By contrast Hawaii is the only state where
women outnumber men in the unauthorized population, at 55 percent.
- Varying education levels. Unauthorized populations have the lowest levels
of education in Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oklahoma, where 42 percent or
more of adults have less than a ninth grade education (compared to 33 percent
of the overall unauthorized population). The highest levels of education are
seen in the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Hawaii, New Jersey, Missouri and Connecticut, with at
least 20 percent having a bachelor's degree or more (compared to 13 percent of
the U.S. unauthorized population). Nationally, 49 percent of all unauthorized
immigrants have a high school degree or higher.
- Disparate health insurance coverage. Lack of access to health coverage
varied dramatically by state, ranging from an uninsured rate of 75 percent or
more for unauthorized immigrants in Mississippi, South Carolina, New Mexico,
Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Oklahoma to a low of
26 percent or less in three jurisdictions that offer near-universal coverage of
the general population: Hawaii, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
Nationally, 63 percent of the unauthorized lack health coverage.
- High immigrant ownership in Texas, low in Mississippi. One of the states
with the highest home ownership rates in the general population, Mississippi,
has one of the lowest rates for home ownership by unauthorized immigrants: 74.1
percent versus 21 percent. And two states that have some of the lowest overall
home ownership rates, Texas and Hawaii, report among the highest rates of home
ownership by unauthorized immigrants (42 percent and 40 percent respectively).
(For general population home ownership rates, see the U.S. Census Bureau.)
- Agriculture a Top 5 industry of employment in nine states. The states with
the highest shares of their unauthorized workers in agriculture are all found
in the Pacific Northwest: Idaho (32 percent), Washington State (22 percent) and
Oregon (18 percent). Other states in which agriculture fell within the top five
industries of employment are Kentucky, Michigan, California, Wisconsin, Iowa
and North Carolina.
The data tool is based on analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from the
2008-2012 American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2008 Survey of Income and
Program Participation (SIPP) by James Bachmeier of Temple University and
Jennifer Van Hook of The Pennsylvania State University, Population Research
Institute.
The tool, with topline data and detailed profiles, can be accessed at:
www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/unauthorized-immigrant-population.
For MPI's Data Hub, which has a wealth of data on immigrants in the United
States and internationally, visit: www.migrationpolicy.org/datahub.
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of people worldwide. MPI provides analysis, development and evaluation of
migration and refugee policies at the local, national and international levels.
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