Immigration in Massachusetts
Immigration by the Numbers
6,587,536
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
190,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$1,862,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
11,111,100
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
6.6%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Bay Staters
$1.86 billion a year spent on illegal immigration
- $1 billion a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $215 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $152 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $175 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $312 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $775 annual cost to each of Massachusetts' native-born headed households