what percent of the us population are illegal immigrants
The 7 states with the largest estimated numbers of undocumented immigrants--. California (2.0 million), Texas (700,000), New York (540,000), Florida (350,000), Illinois (290,000), New Jersey (135,000), and Arizona (115,000)--accounted for 83 percent of the total population in. October 1996. The 5.0 million undocumented immigrants made up about 1.9 percent of the total U.S. population, with the highest percentages in California, the District of Columbia, and Texas. In the majority of. states, undocumented residents comprise less than 1 percent of the population.