Immigration in Louisiana
Immigration by the Numbers
4,574,836
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
60,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$224,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
4,737,500
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
6.6%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Louisianans
$224 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $132 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $21.7 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $19.2 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $18.4 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $32.9 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $127 annual cost to each of Louisiana's native-born headed households