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title: "Appendix A: Geographic Distribution of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S."
description: "In 2011, 1.4 million, or about 12% of all Mexican immigrants, resided in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles, Calif. An additional half a million (5%) lived in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area, and about 300,000, or 3% of all Mexican immigrants, lived in each of the metropolitan areas of Orange County and San Diego. […]"
date: "2013-05-01"
authors:
  - name: "Ana Gonzalez-Barrera"
    job_title: "Former Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/ana-gonzalez-barrera/"
  - name: "Mark Hugo Lopez"
    job_title: "Director, Race and Ethnicity Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/mark-hugo-lopez/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2013/05/01/appendix-a-geographic-distribution-of-mexican-immigrants-in-the-u-s/"
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# Appendix A: Geographic Distribution of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.

In 2011, 1.4 million, or about 12% of all Mexican immigrants, resided in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles, Calif. An additional half a million (5%) lived in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area, and about 300,000, or 3% of all Mexican immigrants, lived in each of the metropolitan areas of Orange County and San Diego. In addition, 6% of all Mexican immigrants lived in the metropolitan area of Chicago, Ill. About 13% of all Mexican immigrants resided in three Texas metropolitan areas—5% in Houston, 4% in Dallas and 2% in McAllen.

![PHC-2013-05-mexico-7](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/05/PHC-2013-05-mexico-7.png)

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