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Undocumented Population at 10.2 Million in 2020

By immigrationprof

FROM CMS:

The undocumented population in the United States has declined gradually since the population peaked at about 12 million in 2008. The population grew steadily from 1990 to 2008 and then declined to 10.2 million in 2020. The population stopped growing after 2008 because the number leaving the population exceeded the number arriving. In other words, the population reached zero growth, and it has remained slightly below zero growth since 2008.

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) has released two new reports, Undercount of Undocumented Residents in the 2020 American Community Survey and Estimates and Trends in the Undocumented Population from 2010 to 2020, by US State and Country of Origin by Robert Warren, and Ten Years of Democratizing Data: Privileging Facts, Refuting Misconceptions and Examining Missed Opportunities by Donald Kerwin and Robert Warren.

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