Top 10 areas in U.S. with biggest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2014

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Veera Korhonen,
Aug 8, 2024
This statistic shows the top ten metropolitan areas in the United States with highest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2014. With over one million unauthorized people, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA had the highest illegal immigrant population in the United States in 2014.

Top ten metropolitan areas in the United States with biggest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2014

Metropolitan areaUnauthorized immigrant population
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 1,150,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 1,000,000
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 575,000
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 475,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 450,000
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 425,000
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 400,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 250,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 250,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 250,000
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