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In article <mbergmanD077ns.3xL@netcom.com>,
Mark Bergman <mbergman@netcom.com> wrote:
>I have seen wildly vasilating numbers on how many illegal immigrants
>are in California (or the US for that matter). I have heard numbers
>ranging from 1 million to 8 million in California alone. What percentage
>of that number from Mexico? I have also heard/read that upwards of 10%-15%
>of Mexico's population resides in the US. Does anyone out there have a
>reasonable estimate on these numbers based on some reputable source?

Numbers from the census are very low.
I'd project from elementary school populations.
Most children are sent to school, and many drop out by high school.
For example, North Orange County where I live, English is the second
lenguage of 40% of the elementary students.  Central Orange County and
L.A. it is more like 70%.  Less for south Orange County.
This way I'd estimate between 25% & 33% of the population have Spanish
as their first language.  Much of this is now legal due to a couple of
amnesties during the 1980s.