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Residual method

Method used to estimate unauthorized population by subtracting known legal foreign-born counts from survey totals

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Feb 5, 2026

How did DHS estimate the size of the undocumented population during 2001–2008, and what were the official estimates?

The relied on a “residual” method between 2001 and 2008 that subtracted known legal foreign‑born counts from survey totals, adjusted for undercount, mortality and migration, to infer the () . Official...

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