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An Equity Profile of Orange County
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Lawful Permanent Resident Undocumented
69% of
undocumented
Orange County
residents have
been in the US
for more than a
decade
Immigrants are well-established in the county
Around one-third of the county's residents are
immigrants. Lawful permanent residents
account for 26 percent of immigrants in the
county and those who are undocumented
account for 24 percent of immigrants. In
Orange County, 21 percent of children under
the age of 18 have at least one
undocumented parent.
Regardless of status, immigrants have deep
roots in Orange County. A majority (around
69 percent) of the undocumented population
has been in the United States for longer than
a decade. Sixty-one percent of lawful
permanent residents have been in the United
States for longer than a decade.
Sixty-nine percent of the undocumented residents in Orange County have been in the U.S. for more than a decade
Demographics
11. Recency of Arrival by Immigration Status, 2016
Source: Source: USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration analysis of 2016 5-year Integrated Public Use Microdata Series and 2014 Survey of Income and
Program Participation.
Note: See "Data and methods" section for details on estimates of the undocumented population.
