Immigration in Rhode Island
Immigration by the Numbers
1,050,292
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
35,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$278,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
1,811,300
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
10.4%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Rhode Islanders
$278 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $186 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $38.6 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $21.9 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $11.3 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $20.3 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $736 annual cost to each of Rhode Island's native-born headed households