KEY FACTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Key facts about the illegal immigrant community in the United States, as collected and reported the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington.

• Unauthorized adult males living in the United States: 5.4 million
• Unauthorized adult females: 3.9 million - Unauthorized children: 1.8 million
• Six out of 10 undocumented immigrants have been in the United States for 10 years or less.
• Four out of 10 have been in the country five years or less.
• Some 3.1 million children have been born to families in which at least one of their parents was unauthorized.
• Undocumented workers, who are found in a wide range of professions across the United States, are concentrated in a few in particular. They make up:
• 24 percent of workers in farming occupations
• 17 percent of workers in cleaning trades
• 14 percent of construction and building trades workers
• 12 percent of workers in food preparation.

Source Political Gateway