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A Description of the Immigrant Population - 2013 Update 1 (May 8, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo11073 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 May 8, 2013 Honorable Paul Ryan Chairman Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: A Description of the Immigrant Population-2013 Update Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated the information in its June 2011 report A Description of the Immigrant Population. An Update. The data and time available have allowed for updating 15 of the 20 exhibits contained in that report and adding one new exhibit. Those exhibits that could be updated in their entirety have been, and a few others have been updated partially. In a few instances, the period covered was altered to focus on the span since the previous report. CBO's updated exhibits regarding the immigrant population are attached to this letter, along with a list of the agency's recent reports and selected recent cost estimates for legislation related to immigration. The Size and Composition of the Foreign-Born Population (Exhibits 1-3) In 2012, about 40 million foreign-born people lived in the United States, making up about 13 percent of the U.S. population-the largest share since 1920. The number of immigrants was about the same in 2011, the latest year for which certain data on immigrants are available. Of that total in 2011, naturalized citizens (foreign-born people who have fulfilled the requirements for U.S. citizenship) accounted for about 18 million, and noncitizens (foreign-born people authorized to live and work in the United States either temporarily or permanently and people who are not authorized to live or work in the United States) accounted for about 22 million. About half of the noncitizens were people without authorization to live or work in the United States, either temporarily or permanently. In 2011, about 37 percent of foreign-born people in the United States were from Mexico or Central America; the next-largest group came from Asia and constituted about 28 percent of the total foreign-born population. In that year, about one-fifth of all naturalized U.S. citizens in the country were from Mexico or www.cbo.gov

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