Virginia and Maryland are among the top dozen states with the largest populations of illegal immigrants, though that population is declining in Virginia while it remains steady in Maryland, a new report shows. The number of illegal immigrants living in Maryland and Virginia has grown exponentially over the past 20 years. Maryland, which had 35,000 illegal immigrants in 1990, is now home to 275,000, enough to rank 10th among the states. Virginia, which had 50,000 illegal immigrants in 1990, now has 210,000, ranking it 12th nationally, according to the report by the Pew Hispanic Center.

The number of illegal immigrants living in the District doubled between 1990 and 2007, from 15,000 to 30,000, but declined to 25,000 by 2010, the report showed.