---
title: "Appendix A: State Maps and Tables"
description: "[![Top Occupations for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-06.png?w=313){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-06-png/)"
date: "2015-03-26"
authors:
  - name: "Jeffrey S. Passel"
    job_title: "Senior Demographer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jeffrey-s-passel/"
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/appendix-a-state-maps-and-tables/"
categories:
  - "Business & Workplace"
  - "Unauthorized Immigration"
---

# Appendix A: State Maps and Tables

[![Top Occupations for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-06.png?w=313){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-06-png/)

[![Occupations with Highest Shares of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-07.png?w=312){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-07-png/)

[![Top Industries for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-08.png?w=314){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-08-png/)

[![Industries with Highest Shares of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-09.png?w=315){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-09-png/)

[![Top Occupations for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-10.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-10-png/)

[![Top Occupations for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-11.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-11-png/)

[![Occupations with Highest Shares of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-12.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-12-png/)

[![Occupations with Highest Shares of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-13.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-13-png/)

[![Top Industries for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-14.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-14-png/)

[![Top Industries for Unauthorized Immigrants, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-15.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-15-png/)

[![Industries with Highest Shares of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-16.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-16-png/)

[![Industries with Highest Shares of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-17.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-17-png/)

[![Estimates of Unauthorized Immigrants in the Total Population, Labor Force and Foreign-Born Population, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-18.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-18-png/)

[![Estimates of Unauthorized Immigrants in the Total Population, Labor Force and Foreign-Born Population, by State, 2012](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2015/03/PH_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-REPORT-19.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/share-of-unauthorized-immigrant-workers-in-production-construction-jobs-falls-since-2007/ph_2015-03-26_unauthorized-immigrants-testimony-report-19-png/)

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**Next:** [Appendix B: Additional National Tables and Chart](https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2015/03/26/appendix-b-additional-national-tables-and-chart.md)