FIGURE3 Share of Long-Term Unauthorized Immigrants Surpasses Share of Short-Term Immigrants % of unauthorized adult immigrants, by duration of U.S. residence
Among the nation’s 10.4 million unauthorized adults, a shrinking share have been in the country for less than five years—15% in 2012, compared with 38% in 2000. A rising share have lived in the U.S. for a decade or more—62% in 2012, compared with 35% in 2000. About a fifth (21%) had been in the U.S. for two decades or more as of 2012.
FIGURE3  | Share of Long-Term Unauthorized Immigrants  | Surpasses Share of Short-Term Immigrants  | % of unauthorized adult immigrants, by duration of U.S. residence  | 70 %  | 60  | 61  | 10 years or more  | 50  | 38  | 40 36  | 37  | 30 33  | 20  | 16  | Less than 5 years  | 10  | 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013  | Note: 2013 estima tes are preliminary. Data labels are for 1995. 2003 and 2013  | Source: Table A1 derived from Pew Research Center estimates based on residual  | methodology. appliedto March Supplements ofthe Survey Current Population Survey for 1995-  | 2003 and 2013 and the American Community Survey for 2005-2012  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 