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title: "Estimates of unauthorized immigrant population, by metro area, 2014"
description: "These estimates of unauthorized immigrant populations in 155 metropolitan areas were derived from a sample of census data, so they have a margin of error. The margins of error are included here as a rough guide to the possible range of the estimates. For example, the estimate of 40,000 for Albuquerque could range from 30,000 […]"
date: "2017-02-13"
authors:
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url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2017/02/13/estimates-of-unauthorized-immigrant-population-by-metro-area-2014/"
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# Estimates of unauthorized immigrant population, by metro area, 2014

*These estimates of unauthorized immigrant populations in 155 metropolitan areas were derived from a sample of census data, so they have a margin of error. The margins of error are included here as a rough guide to the possible range of the estimates. For example, the estimate of 40,000 for Albuquerque could range from 30,000 to 50,000. *

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