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The Dirac delta function can be defined as $$\delta(x)=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{itx}dt$$ From this we see that the dirac function has units of $x^{-1}$.

This doesn't follow. The Dirac delta function produces a unitless value, typically used as a factor for some other term to zero out that term's value for most values of $x$.

Sources I can find for the momentum eigenvector ignore the units of the delta function without even mentioning.

They're not assigning units because the Dirac delta function itself lacks them.

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