This site addresses how Mexican immigrants live in the United States, how US events and policies have effected Mexican immigration, and why people leave Mexico and come to the US.
Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Mexican Immigrants in the United States
- As of 2012, about 11.6 million immigrants from Mexico live in the United States with 25 percent of them being naturalized US citizens. (Left image)
- Mexican immigrants make up about 28 percent of the United States' foreign-born population.
- Of the estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the US, about 6.7 million are from Mexico.
- Most immigrants are settled in California (37 percent), Texas (21 percent), and Illinois (6 percent). (Right image)
- As of 2013, the median age of a Mexican immigrant is 40 years old with 87 percent of immigrants being of working age (18 to 64 years old), 8 percent being 65 years old or older, and 6 percent being younger than 18 years old.
- Mexican immigrants have a lower median household income, $36,700, compared to $48,137 for the immigrant population and $52,997 for the native-born population of the United States.
- The poverty rate among Mexican immigrants, 28 percent, is also higher compared to the foreign-born and native-born populations at 18 percent and 10 percent respectively.
- The below image shows where Mexican immigrants work with the majority of them, 31 percent, working in service occupations.