TABLE 1.

Origin of Latino Immigrants to the United States and Spain by Legal Status in Percent

Country and region	All migrants		Documented migrants		Undocumented migrants
	Spain	USA	Spain	USA	Spain	USA
South America
Argentina	13.88	0.84	12.89	1.32	8.40	0.24
Bolivia	8.04	0.64	4.71	0.97	26.47	0.40
Chile	2.86	0.44	2.46	0.88	4.06	0.08
Colombia	18.33	5.02	19.48	9.04	16.67	0.87
Ecuador	25.02	2.93	26.99	4.83	21.71	1.11
Paraguay	1.48	0.08	0.71	0.18	5.74	0.00
Peru	6.77	4.30	7.83	8.08	2.38	0.87
Uruguay	4.51	0.24	4.42	0.18	3.64	0.16
Venezuela	5.42	1.45	5.82	3.07	2.66	0.08
Total	86.31	15.94	85.31	28.55	91.73	3.81
Central America
Costa Rica	0.06	0.20	0.03	0.26	0.28	0.08
El Salvador	0.25	18.80	0.21	4.92	0.42	31.64
Guatemala	0.17	6.99	0.11	2.46	0.42	11.29
Honduras	0.32	1.53	0.19	1.67	0.98	1.51
Mexico	2.33	42.69	2.51	40.30	1.40	45.31
Nicaragua	0.32	1.85	0.21	1.49	0.98	2.15
Panama	0.21	0.28	0.24	0.61	0.14	0.00
Total	3.66	72.34	3.50	51.71	4.62	91.98
Caribbean
Cuba	5.35	5.70	6.06	7.64	1.54	3.58
Dominican Republic	4.68	5.98	5.13	12.03	2.10	0.64
Total	10.03	11.68	11.19	19.67	3.64	4.22
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
N	4725	2490	3779	1139	714	1258

Source: New Immigrant Survey (NIS) 2003; Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI) 2007.