There are 50 million immigrants in the United States, making up 15 percent of the overall population. This includes all people who are living in the United States and were born in another country, irrespective of immigration status.
Around the country, the share of immigrants in the population varies from two percent in West Virginia to 28 percent in California. Below is a table to show where your state fits in.
This table also shows the number of non-citizens. Nationally, about half (51 percent) of all immigrants are naturalized citizens, and about half (49 percent) are non-citizens immigrants.
The three leading sources of data about immigrants who are unauthorized—Center for Migration Studies, Pew Research Center, and Migration Policy Institute—all estimate that of the 24 million immigrants who are not citizens, about half are unauthorized. It is important to note that among people who are unauthorized are a very significant number who the government has recently removed protection from deportation such as TPS holders from 13 countries who saw this legal status removed over the past year.
At the national level, the estimates of immigrants who are unauthorized range from 12.2 to 14.6 million. The table below shows the range of estimates state by state.
Note that we cannot simply divide the number of undocumented to get a precise undocumented share, since the methodologies for estimating the number of immigrants who are undocumented includes an adjustment for their undercount in the Census Bureau surveys.
This table provides updated estimates for the size of the unauthorized population according to the Center for Migration Studies however because the release of the 2025 1-year ACS estimates is being delayed as a direct result of the Department of Commerce’s June order, “Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products” (DAO 216-26)”, it does not include population estimates beyond 2024.
50 States: Immigrants by Number and Share
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| Rank by Immigrant Percent of Population | State | All Immigrants ACS 2024 | U.S.-Born ACS 2024 | Immigrant Share of Population ACS 2024 | Non-Citizen Immigrants ACS 2024 | 1. Center for Migration Studies 2023 | 2. Pew Research Center 2023 | 3. Migration Policy Institute Mid 2023 | ||
| 1 | California | 10,902,022 | 28,529,241 | 28% | 5,003,494 | 2,631,000 | 2,250,000 | 2,910,000 | ||
| 2 | New Jersey | 2,376,424 | 7,124,427 | 25% | 1,048,985 | 703,000 | 600,000 | 476,000 | ||
| 3 | New York | 4,621,382 | 15,245,866 | 23% | 1,877,763 | 920,000 | 825,000 | 836,000 | ||
| 4 | Florida | 5,392,412 | 17,979,803 | 23% | 2,433,707 | 1,427,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,223,000 | ||
| 5 | Nevada | 649,711 | 2,617,756 | 20% | 307,190 | 192,000 | 220,000 | 199,000 | ||
| 6 | Massachusetts | 1,337,811 | 5,798,360 | 19% | 641,080 | 323,000 | 400,000 | 388,000 | ||
| 7 | Hawaii | 268,845 | 1,177,301 | 19% | 104,472 | 37,000 | 40,000 | 42,000 | ||
| 8 | Texas | 5,762,477 | 25,528,354 | 18% | 3,350,974 | 2,317,000 | 2,050,000 | 1,966,000 | ||
| 9 | Maryland | 1,070,852 | 5,192,368 | 17% | 483,797 | 325,000 | 350,000 | 373,000 | ||
| 10 | Washington | 1,280,809 | 6,677,371 | 16% | 641,177 | 367,000 | 375,000 | 344,000 | ||
| 11 | Connecticut | 584,170 | 3,090,899 | 16% | 266,941 | 168,000 | 170,000 | 198,000 | ||
| 12 | Rhode Island | 174,869 | 937,439 | 16% | 81,272 | 55,000 | 50,000 | 59,000 | ||
| 13 | District of Columbia | 108,542 | 593,708 | 15% | 60,718 | 25,000 | 35,000 | 31,000 | ||
| 14 | Illinois | 1,957,482 | 10,752,676 | 15% | 945,493 | 583,000 | 550,000 | 588,000 | ||
| 15 | Virginia | 1,193,581 | 7,617,614 | 14% | 528,907 | 342,000 | 325,000 | 361,000 | ||
| 16 | Arizona | 1,017,951 | 6,564,433 | 13% | 530,352 | 292,000 | 300,000 | 307,000 | ||
| 17 | Georgia | 1,333,177 | 9,847,701 | 12% | 698,506 | 502,000 | 450,000 | 479,000 | ||
| 18 | Delaware | 121,583 | 930,334 | 12% | 57,750 | 38,000 | 40,000 | 33,000 | ||
| 19 | Colorado | 628,683 | 5,328,811 | 11% | 332,000 | 202,000 | 200,000 | 230,000 | ||
| 20 | Oregon | 429,125 | 3,843,246 | 10% | 209,778 | 116,000 | 120,000 | 155,000 | ||
| 21 | New Mexico | 212,830 | 1,917,426 | 10% | 126,298 | 70,000 | 60,000 | 63,000 | ||
| 22 | North Carolina | 1,093,166 | 9,952,858 | 10% | 632,363 | 460,000 | 425,000 | 450,000 | ||
| 23 | Utah | 341,716 | 3,161,897 | 10% | 206,361 | 160,000 | 140,000 | 138,000 | ||
| 24 | Minnesota | 523,549 | 5,269,602 | 9% | 219,225 | 129,000 | 130,000 | 100,000 | ||
| 25 | Nebraska | 180,857 | 1,824,609 | 9% | 109,360 | 71,000 | 55,000 | 59,000 | ||
| 26 | Pennsylvania | 1,090,675 | 11,988,076 | 8% | 476,555 | 265,000 | 300,000 | 250,000 | ||
| 27 | Kansas | 232,485 | 2,738,121 | 8% | 134,054 | 92,000 | 90,000 | 87,000 | ||
| 28 | Michigan | 778,787 | 9,361,672 | 8% | 337,770 | 159,000 | 200,000 | 80,000 | ||
| 29 | Alaska | 56,836 | 683,297 | 8% | 21,521 | 5,000 | 15,000 | 14,000 | ||
| 30 | Indiana | 487,371 | 6,436,904 | 7% | 296,191 | 192,000 | 160,000 | 137,000 | ||
| 31 | Oklahoma | 271,938 | 3,823,455 | 7% | 159,092 | 109,000 | 100,000 | 110,000 | ||
| 32 | Tennessee | 472,751 | 6,754,999 | 7% | 285,663 | 223,000 | 190,000 | 186,000 | ||
| 33 | South Carolina | 351,009 | 5,127,822 | 6% | 193,617 | 138,000 | 140,000 | 139,000 | ||
| 34 | Idaho | 126,009 | 1,875,610 | 6% | 71,563 | 46,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||
| 35 | Iowa | 203,549 | 3,037,939 | 6% | 117,866 | 70,000 | 70,000 | 51,000 | ||
| 36 | New Hampshire | 83,815 | 1,325,217 | 6% | 31,447 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 19,000 | ||
| 37 | Arkansas | 180,109 | 2,908,245 | 6% | 117,009 | 84,000 | 85,000 | 72,000 | ||
| 38 | Ohio | 654,793 | 11,228,511 | 6% | 312,086 | 184,000 | 190,000 | 90,000 | ||
| 39 | Wisconsin | 327,033 | 5,633,942 | 5% | 175,510 | 105,000 | 110,000 | 69,000 | ||
| 40 | North Dakota | 41,910 | 754,658 | 5% | 26,806 | 13,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 | ||
| 41 | Louisiana | 239,225 | 4,358,515 | 5% | 145,642 | 124,000 | 110,000 | 101,000 | ||
| 42 | Kentucky | 238,231 | 4,350,141 | 5% | 149,770 | 88,000 | 85,000 | 61,000 | ||
| 43 | Missouri | 308,514 | 5,936,952 | 5% | 150,741 | 78,000 | 95,000 | 65,000 | ||
| 44 | Maine | 65,815 | 1,339,197 | 5% | 32,655 | 14,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||
| 45 | Vermont | 29,028 | 619,465 | 4% | 8,875 | 1,000 | <5,000 | 5,000 | ||
| 46 | Alabama | 230,850 | 4,926,849 | 4% | 140,328 | 92,000 | 85,000 | 77,000 | ||
| 47 | South Dakota | 38,359 | 886,310 | 4% | 23,519 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 | ||
| 48 | Wyoming | 20,456 | 567,162 | 3% | 11,301 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 8,000 | ||
| 49 | Mississippi | 79,645 | 2,863,400 | 3% | 49,329 | 34,000 | 40,000 | 27,000 | ||
| 50 | Montana | 24,386 | 1,112,847 | 2% | 11,668 | 5,000 | <5,000 | 6,000 | ||
| 51 | West Virginia | 37,253 | 1,732,726 | 2% | 18,342 | 11,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 | ||
| United States | 50,234,858 | 289,876,132 | 15% | 24,396,883 | 14,611,000 | 14,000,000 | 13,738,000 | |||
