Top 20 metro areas by estimated unauthorized, 2014 % of Rank by U.S. 11,100,000 +/-170,000 26 3.5 - - New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 1,150,000 +/-45,000 19 5.7 1 1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 1,000,000 +/-40,000 22 7.5 2 2 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 575,000 +/-25,000 37 8.7 3 5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 475,000 +/-25,000 37 6.9 4 4 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 450,000 +/-30,000 18 7.3 5 7 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 425,000 +/-30,000 25 4.5 6 3 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 400,000 +/-30,000 29 6.8 7 8 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 250,000 +/-20,000 33 4.5 8 9 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 250,000 +/-20,000 25 5.6 9 13 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 250,000 +/-20,000 37 5.5 10 12 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, 240,000 +/-25,000 17 5.3 11 11 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 180,000 +/-20,000 21 3.7 12 10 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 170,000 +/-20,000 22 5.3 13 17 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 170,000 +/-10,000 35 8.0 14 30 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 160,000 +/-20,000 24 2.6 15 6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 150,000 +/-15,000 23 3.9 16 15 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 130,000 +/-15,000 37 4.7 17 19 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 120,000 +/-15,000 17 6.5 18 35 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 110,000 +/-20,000 26 4.6 19 25 Austin-Round Rock, TX 100,000 +/-15,000 34 5.0 20 32
Estimates of unauthorized, by metro area, 2014 % of Rank by U.S. 11,100,000 +/-170,000 26 3.5 - - Akron, OH <5,000 +/-3,000 11 0.4 150 76 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY <5,000 +/-5,000 8 0.6 140 65 Albuquerque, NM 40,000 +/-10,000 40 4.3 44 61 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 15,000 +/-5,000 19 1.7 90 68 Amarillo, TX 5,000 +/-3,000 24 2.5 132 137 Anchorage, AK 5,000 +/-5,000 15 1.3 135 108 Ann Arbor, MI 10,000 +/-4,000 19 2.7 114 122 Asheville, NC 10,000 +/-3,000 34 1.7 118 99 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 250,000 +/-20,000 33 4.5 8 9 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 15,000 +/-5,000 30 4.9 94 134 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 5,000 +/-3,000 23 1.3 128 96 Austin-Round Rock, TX 100,000 +/-15,000 34 5.0 20 32 Bakersfield, CA 45,000 +/-10,000 25 5.1 40 62 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 65,000 +/-10,000 22 2.3 29 21 Baton Rouge, LA 10,000 +/-4,000 32 1.1 115 69 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 10,000 +/-4,000 32 2.7 109 118 Bellingham, WA <5,000 +/-2,000 16 1.6 147 143 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 20,000 +/-4,000 47 1.7 78 50 Boise City, ID 20,000 +/-5,000 39 3.0 74 78 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 180,000 +/-20,000 21 3.7 12 10 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 65,000 +/-10,000 30 6.7 28 56 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 40,000 +/-5,000 34 9.0 45 113 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY <5,000 +/-5,000 5 0.3 146 49 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 35,000 +/-5,000 28 4.8 50 80 Champaign-Urbana, IL <5,000 +/-3,000 19 1.9 145 144 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 10,000 +/-4,000 29 1.4 111 74 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 95,000 +/-10,000 41 3.8 21 22 Chattanooga, TN-GA 10,000 +/-3,000 34 1.5 121 97 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 425,000 +/-30,000 25 4.5 6 3 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 20,000 +/-10,000 22 1.0 73 29
Estimates of unauthorized, by metro area, 2014 % of Rank by Cleveland-Elyria, OH 15,000 +/-5,000 14 0.8 84 31 College Station-Bryan, TX 10,000 +/-3,000 36 5.5 98 142 Colorado Springs, CO 10,000 +/-5,000 25 1.7 100 79 Columbia, SC 15,000 +/-5,000 31 1.8 91 70 Columbus, OH 35,000 +/-10,000 22 1.8 48 36 Corpus Christi, TX 10,000 +/-4,000 26 1.9 116 103 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 475,000 +/-25,000 37 6.9 4 4 Dayton, OH 5,000 +/-5,000 16 0.7 136 71 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 15,000 +/-5,000 24 2.2 93 86 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 130,000 +/-15,000 37 4.7 17 19 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 10,000 +/-5,000 22 1.7 101 82 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 75,000 +/-15,000 18 1.8 26 14 El Centro, CA 10,000 +/-5,000 19 6.3 103 149 El Paso, TX 50,000 +/-10,000 22 5.7 38 67 Eugene, OR 5,000 +/-3,000 33 1.9 129 123 Fayetteville, NC <5,000 +/-3,000 20 1.5 141 128 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 30,000 +/-5,000 53 6.5 53 106 Fort Wayne, IN 5,000 +/-4,000 31 2.0 123 121 Fresno, CA 50,000 +/-10,000 24 5.2 35 55 Gainesville, FL <5,000 +/-2,000 12 1.2 151 136 Gainesville, GA 20,000 +/-2,000 58 10.1 77 147 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 20,000 +/-5,000 28 2.0 81 60 Greensboro-High Point, NC 30,000 +/-5,000 42 3.6 58 72 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 20,000 +/-4,000 37 2.0 79 58 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 10,000 +/-4,000 29 5.6 119 154 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 5,000 +/-5,000 19 1.2 125 92 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 30,000 +/-10,000 17 2.3 59 47 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 10,000 +/-2,000 53 2.7 106 117 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC 10,000 +/-3,000 53 5.4 105 146 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 575,000 +/-25,000 37 8.7 3 5
Estimates of unauthorized, by metro area, 2014 % of Rank by Huntsville, AL 5,000 +/-3,000 35 1.8 124 115 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 40,000 +/-10,000 32 2.1 41 33 Jacksonville, FL 20,000 +/-10,000 18 1.6 71 41 Kansas City, MO-KS 45,000 +/-10,000 31 2.2 39 28 Knoxville, TN 10,000 +/-4,000 30 1.2 104 57 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 5,000 +/-2,000 25 2.8 138 148 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 5,000 +/-4,000 28 2.8 134 140 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 20,000 +/-5,000 32 3.1 76 84 Lancaster, PA <5,000 +/-4,000 6 0.3 155 95 Lansing-East Lansing, MI <5,000 +/-5,000 10 0.7 148 105 Laredo, TX 20,000 +/-5,000 29 7.5 75 133 Las Cruces, NM 10,000 +/-5,000 23 4.1 117 141 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 170,000 +/-10,000 35 8.0 14 30 Lincoln, NE <5,000 +/-4,000 20 1.6 142 129 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 15,000 +/-4,000 49 2.2 87 77 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 1,000,000 +/-40,000 22 7.5 2 2 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 20,000 +/-5,000 27 1.5 82 44 Madera, CA 10,000 +/-4,000 32 6.8 107 152 Manchester-Nashua, NH 5,000 +/-4,000 15 1.4 139 124 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 85,000 +/-10,000 35 10.2 23 66 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 30,000 +/-5,000 48 2.6 52 46 Merced, CA 15,000 +/-5,000 24 6.3 83 135 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 450,000 +/-30,000 18 7.3 5 7 Midland, TX 10,000 +/-4,000 39 5.1 120 151 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 35,000 +/-10,000 28 2.1 49 39 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 85,000 +/-15,000 23 2.3 25 16 Modesto, CA 25,000 +/-5,000 22 4.7 64 94 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC- NC 10,000 +/-3,000 47 2.7 102 114 Napa, CA 10,000 +/-3,000 35 8.1 99 155 Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL 30,000 +/-5,000 32 8.4 55 125
Estimates of unauthorized, by metro area, 2014 % of Rank by Nashville-Davidson Murfreesboro Franklin, TN 55,000 +/-10,000 36 2.8 33 34 New Haven-Milford, CT 30,000 +/-5,000 28 3.4 57 63 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 30,000 +/-5,000 34 2.6 51 43 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 1,150,000 +/-45,000 19 5.7 1 1 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 20,000 +/-5,000 24 3.0 70 73 Norwich-New London, CT <5,000 +/-5,000 9 0.8 153 131 Ocala, FL <5,000 +/-4,000 18 1.3 143 127 Odessa, TX 5,000 +/-3,000 33 4.5 126 153 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 10,000 +/-4,000 26 1.7 112 90 Oklahoma City, OK 50,000 +/-10,000 42 3.6 34 40 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 25,000 +/-5,000 38 2.3 68 53 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 110,000 +/-20,000 26 4.6 19 25 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 50,000 +/-10,000 25 5.7 37 64 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 5,000 +/-5,000 15 1.3 122 93 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL <5,000 +/-3,000 18 0.9 144 104 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 160,000 +/-20,000 24 2.6 15 6 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 250,000 +/-20,000 37 5.5 10 12 Pittsburgh, PA 15,000 +/-5,000 18 0.7 86 24 Port St. Lucie, FL 15,000 +/-5,000 24 3.5 85 109 Portland-South Portland, ME <5,000 +/-5,000 9 0.5 152 98 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 90,000 +/-15,000 28 3.7 22 23 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 40,000 +/-5,000 18 2.4 42 38 Provo-Orem, UT 20,000 +/-3,000 45 3.3 80 91 Raleigh, NC 60,000 +/-10,000 38 4.5 31 42 Reading, PA 10,000 +/-4,000 32 2.5 108 116 Reno, NV 25,000 +/-5,000 41 6.0 62 111 Richmond, VA 25,000 +/-5,000 28 2.2 60 45 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 250,000 +/-20,000 25 5.6 9 13 Rochester, NY 5,000 +/-5,000 9 0.6 131 51 Rockford, IL 5,000 +/-4,000 24 2.0 130 126
Estimates of unauthorized, by metro area, 2014 % of Rank by Sacramento Roseville Arden-Arcade, CA 60,000 +/-15,000 14 2.6 30 27 Salinas, CA 50,000 +/-10,000 35 10.2 36 102 Salisbury, MD-DE 10,000 +/-3,000 37 2.6 110 119 Salt Lake City, UT 55,000 +/-10,000 39 4.7 32 48 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 85,000 +/-10,000 30 3.7 24 26 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 170,000 +/-20,000 22 5.3 13 17 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 240,000 +/-25,000 17 5.3 11 11 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 120,000 +/-15,000 17 6.5 18 35 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 15,000 +/-4,000 42 5.2 89 130 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 15,000 +/-4,000 25 4.7 96 132 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 35,000 +/-5,000 35 8.1 47 110 Santa Rosa, CA 25,000 +/-5,000 33 5.4 61 100 Scranton Wilkes-Barre Hazleton, PA 10,000 +/-4,000 31 1.9 113 101 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 150,000 +/-15,000 23 3.9 16 15 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 5,000 +/-5,000 21 1.2 127 88 Springfield, MA 5,000 +/-5,000 11 0.9 137 89 St. Louis, MO-IL 25,000 +/-10,000 20 0.9 63 20 Stockton-Lodi, CA 40,000 +/-10,000 22 5.4 43 75 Syracuse, NY <5,000 +/-4,000 4 0.2 154 81 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 75,000 +/-15,000 20 2.6 27 18 Toledo, OH <5,000 +/-3,000 15 0.5 149 83 Trenton, NJ 25,000 +/-5,000 27 5.9 69 120 Tucson, AZ 35,000 +/-10,000 26 3.6 46 52 Urban Honolulu, HI 30,000 +/-10,000 16 3.0 54 54 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 15,000 +/-5,000 17 3.4 88 112 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 25,000 +/-10,000 21 1.4 67 37 Visalia-Porterville, CA 30,000 +/-5,000 30 6.4 56 107 Waco, TX 10,000 +/-5,000 49 4.8 97 139 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 400,000 +/-30,000 29 6.8 7 8 Wichita, KS 15,000 +/-5,000 27 2.1 95 87
Estimates of unauthorized, by metro area, 2014 % of Rank by Winston-Salem, NC 25,000 +/-4,000 49 3.8 66 85 Worcester, MA-CT 15,000 +/-5,000 14 1.5 92 59 Yakima, WA 25,000 +/-5,000 52 9.9 65 138 Yuba City, CA 5,000 +/-3,000 20 3.6 133 150 Yuma, AZ 20,000 +/-4,000 37 10.3 72 145