Data for the Day: June 2025
On ERI’s social media channels, we create recurring posts that we like to call “Data for the Day” which features shareable data visuals on a range of timely, relevant topics of the moment.
Below are some of our most popular posts featuring immigration data, posted in June 2025.
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1 in 3 LA County residents are immigrants (3.3 million).
Source : USC Equity Research Institute analysis of 2023 5-year American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA.

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Immigrant communities in Los Angeles are long settled. About 83% of LA County’s immigrants have been living in the US for more than a decade.
Source : USC Equity Research Institute analysis of 2023 5-year American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA.

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Many LA County residents live in “mixed-status” families.
1 in 5 (2 million) are undocumented or live with an undocumented family member.
Source : USC Equity Research Institute analysis of 2023 5-year American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA and 2014 Sur

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This is our community. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family, our co-workers.
We love LA.
Visit the California Immigrant Data Portal for more data on the diverse immigrant communities throughout the state: immigrantdataca.org.

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Undocumented Californians are increasingly paying more and more taxes, especially into the federal tax pot.

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Even after adjusting for inflation and taking into consideration the increase in undocumented immigrant/refugee population due to turmoil in South America, undocumented immigrants in California contributed more to federal and state taxes in 2023 than they did in 2021.
In 2021, undocumented immigrant contributed $6.1 billion and $6.7 billion to state and federal taxes respectively. Those amounts increased to $7.1 billion and $8.1 billion in 2023.
Notes: Dollar amounts are estimated and adjusted for inflation to 2023 value using CA DOF CPI. Data represent 5-year averages. Rapid response estimates can differ from our future published estimates. Calculations exclude corporate taxes.
Data sources: IPUMS ACS Microdata (2017-2021 & 2019-2023). Congressional Budget Office: The Distribution of Household Income (2021). Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Who Pays? (2024).

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Despite contributing to state, federal, and other taxes, undocumented immigrants do not get their fair share back.
Federal benefits are generally not available to undocumented immigrants. State benefits are extremely limited even in California.
Unemployment Insurance: Employers contribute approximately $302 million annually to unemployment insurance on behalf of undocumented working Californians, even though undocumented workers are ineligible for unemployment benefits (UC Merced Community and Labor Center)
Health Insurance: Though California is the 1st state to offer Medicaid to low-income undocumented immigrants through state funding, Governor Newsom recently proposed to (1) postpone enrollment starting in 2026 and (2) charge a $100 monthly premium starting in 2027 (CalMatters, May 14, 2025).
Food Assistance: Currently, low-income undocumented Californians are not eligible for food assistance. There’s plan to start enrolling 55 and older low-income undocumented Californians starting in 2027, but Food4All advocates are pushing for an earlier and more comprehensive plan (Nourish California).

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These data are recently updated estimates of undocumented immigrants’ economic contributions based on older figures published on our California Immigrant Data Portal, which will be updated with new data in the next few months. We also host an array of other topics about California’s immigrant communities on the site, check it out at:
If you are looking for data on immigrant communities for your research, reporting, outreach, and/or advocacy work that is not featured on our Portal, please reach out to us. email eri at dornsife dotuscdotedu
Our estimates cover all 50 states and D.C.

Recommended Resources
California Rapid Response Networks list
Who? California Immigrant Policy Center
Why? Extensive list of rapid response networks across the state of California
Where? INSTA@caimmigrant https://caimmigrant.org/resources/
Constitutional Rights Red Cards available in 39 languages
Who? Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Why? Share these with your community members as they provide examples of how individuals can recite and exercise their constitutional rights.
Where? https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
Know Your Rights with ICE scenario sheets
Who? Immigrant Defense Project
Why? Examples of how people can interact with ICE officers in different scenarios and what to do in those situations
Where? https://immigrantdefenseproject.org/kyr
National Immigration Legal Services Directory
Who? Immigration Advocates Network
Why? National directory of attorney, firms, and organizations providing free or low-cost immigration services
Where? https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/legaldirectory/
**For Los Angeles immigration legal services especially related to detention and deportation proceedings, reach out to Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles and Immigrant Defenders Law Center