Growth in unauthorized immigration in the U.S. has leveled off.
There were 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. as of 2012.
The total number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. has not changed since 2009, standing at 11. 2 million in 2012. (A preliminary Pew Research estimate put the 2013 population of unauthorized immigrants at 11.3 million, statistically unchanged from the 2012 figure.) Before then, the unauthorized immigration population had risen rapidly, from 3.5 million in 1990 to a peak of 12.2 million in 2007, the year that the Great Recession began. Another major trend has been the decline in the number of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico, falling to 5.9 million in 2012 from a peak of 6.9 million in 2007.
Growth in Unauthorized Immigration Has Leveled Off  | In millions  | 14.0  | 12.2  | 11.5  | 11.2  | 11.1  | 12.0  | 113  | 1000  | 8.6  | 8.0  | 6.0  | 3.5  | 4.0  | 2.0  | 000  | 1995  | 2000  | 2005  | 2010 2012  | 1990  | confidence Note Shading surrounding Data labels line -indicates 1990. low and 1995 high 2000 points 2005 ofthe 2007, estimated 2009 90% 2011  | confidence Shading interval surrounding Data labels arefor 1990. 1995 significantat.00x 2000 2005 2007, 2009 2011 and  | 2012. The 2009-2012 change is notstatistically significantat.00x confidence interval.  | Source: Table A1, derived from Pew Research Center estimates for 2005-2012 based on  | augmented American Community Survev data from Integrated Public Use Microdata Series  | (IPUMS); for 1995 2004 2000 and 1995 based on March Supplements ofthe Current  | (IPUMS); Population Survey. Estimates for 1990 from Warren and Warren Supplements (2013).  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 