Undocumented Immigrants: By the Numbers

Accurate numbers are difficult to achieve, but according to The Pew Research Center, both Maryland and Virginia are in the top twelve states in the U.S. with the highest percentages of undocumented immigrants, in this order: California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, and Virginia. Here are the Pew Center’s best guesses for Maryland and Virginia:

MARYLAND Undocumented Immigrants (2010) 275,000 (with a possible range from 200,000 to 325,000)
VIRGINIA Undocumented Immigrants (2010) 210,000 (with a possible range of 170,000 to 250,000)
District of Columbia Figures are unavailable.

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