[Novacek]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

That's all true of course, and I assumed the same for some of those. Still, it kind of goes against the immigration debate with the assumption of "thousands" of Mexican immigrants coming into Texas - the US' longest border with Mexico. It means that even with the supposed high number of Mexican immigrants, legal or otherwise, plus all the other immigrants from other locales, we still wound up with a lower percentage than other states. Point taken on the raw numbers, though, but California still managed a very high percentage relative to its size compared to the other states.

The source of that data is the census, so it's certainly possible it under/doesn't count illegal immigrants.