Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279089 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16391
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We produce 2020 population estimates using 31 administrative record (AR) sources. Our AR census national population estimate is 1.8% greater than the 2020 Demographic Analysis high estimate, 3.0% more than the 2020 Census count, and 3.6% higher than the vintage-2020 Population Estimates Program estimate. Inclusion of more noncitizens, especially those with unknown legal status, can explain the higher AR census estimate. About 19.8% of AR census noncitizens have addresses that cannot be linked to an address in the 2020 Census collection universe, compared to 5.7% of citizens, raising the possibility that the 2020 Census did not collect data for a significant fraction of noncitizens. We show differences in estimates by age, sex, Hispanic origin, geography, and socioeconomic characteristics symptomatic of the differences in noncitizen coverage.
Subjects: 
administrative records
population estimates
immigration
noncitizen coverage
JEL: 
J11
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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