Immigration in North Carolina
Immigration by the Numbers
9,656,400
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
410,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$2,063,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
14,535,400
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
9.3%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to North Carolinians
$2.06 nmillion a year spent on illegal immigration
- $1.24 billion a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $250 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $155 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $150 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $268 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $621 annual cost to each of North Carolina's native-born headed households