Dozens of U.S. metro areas have a higher concentration of immigrants in the U.S. illegally than the Minneapolis area. Vice President JD Vance’s statement that it has the highest concentration is wrong.

Seventy-eight metro areas have a higher percentage of immigrants in the U.S. illegally than the Minneapolis metro area. Dozens of other U.S. metro areas have a higher concentration of immigrants in the U.S. illegally compared with the Minneapolis metro area. Immigrants in the country illegally represent about 2.4% of the Minneapolis metro area’s population. Metro areas such as Provo, Utah; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Hartford, Connecticut; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, had higher percentages than the Minneapolis metro area. Dozens of metro areas have larger numbers of immigrants in the U.S. illegally than the Minneapolis metro area, including smaller metro areas across the country.