Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds

By: Tim Henderson

Outlets: Stateline

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 431

Last Updated: 5 days, 11 hours ago

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New estimates put the U.S. undocumented immigrant population in mid-2024 at 14.6 million to 15.8 million, a sharp increase from around 11 million in the 2010s.

Since then the non-citizen population has likely dropped, but the number is unclear since immigrants facing hostility are reluctant to cooperate with government surveys.

The spike in the number of people living in the United States without documentation included between 5.4 million and 6.3 million people with …

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