Table 1
Unauthorized immigrants make up 9% of California's total labor force but very few would benefit from new California relief fund: Number of residents in California and workforce, total unauthorized immigrant population and workforce, and unauthorized immigrants who would benefit from CA Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants Project
| CA total population | 39,550,000 |
| CA total unauthorized immigrant population | 2,200,000 |
| CA labor force, total (all workers) | 19,780,000 |
| CA unauthorized immigrant workforce | 1,700,000 |
| Unauthorized immigrant share of total CA population | 5.6% |
| Unauthorized immigrant worker share of the CA workfoce | 8.6% |
| Maximum unmber of unauthorized immigrants who will benefit from CA relief fund | 150,000 |
| Maximum share of unauthorized immigrant workers who will benefit from CA relief fund | 8.8% |
| Maximum share of unauthorized immigrant population who will benefit from CA relief fund | 6.8% |
Notes: Population estimates for California and unauthorized immigrants in the labor force by state are for 2016, the latest available from the Pew Research Center. All numbers were rounded by Pew and percentages were calculated from unrounded numbers. "Relief fund" refers to the Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants Project, run by the California Department of Social Services.
Source: Pew Research Center, Appendix C, Estimates of unauthorized immigrants in the total population, labor force, and foreign-born population by state, 2016. Estimates based on augmented U.S. Census Bureau data.