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Activity Number:
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116
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 30, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #308358 |
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Title:
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Methods of Estimating Internal Migration in the Undocumented Immigrant Population of the United States
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Author(s):
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Christopher J. Campbell*+ and Michael D. Hoefer and Nancy F. Rytina
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Companies:
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Address:
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800 K Street NW, Washington, DC, 20536,
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Keywords:
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Department of Homeland Security ; Office of Immigration Statistics ; Undocumented Immigrant Estimation ; American Community Survey ; Internal Migration
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Abstract:
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The Office of Immigration Statistics within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) annually produces estimates of the undocumented immigrant population. DHS utilizes a "residual" method whereby estimates of the current legally resident population are subtracted from estimates of the foreign-born population from the American Community Survey (ACS). Estimates are produced by year of entry, country of birth, and state of residence. However, data on state of residence for the legally resident are only available at the time legally residency is obtained. Hence, the legally resident population should be migrated over time to other states within the United States to yield state estimates of the legally resident comparable to similar estimates obtained from the ACS. In this paper, we compare alternative methodologies for estimating internal migration of the legally resident population.
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