MPI: Changing Origins, Rising Numbers: Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States

Kevin R. Johnson

21 Oct 2025 — 1 min read

The Migration Policy Institute fact sheet, Changing Origins, Rising Numbers: Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States, draws from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS).

The 13.7 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States as of mid-2023 reflect increasingly diverse origins, socioeconomic and labor market characteristics, family composition, and places of settlement.

After a decade of stagnation, the unauthorized immigrant population now is up by 3 million since 2019, representing 26 percent of the overall foreign-born population in the United States.

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