Immigration in Missouri
Immigration by the Numbers
6,010,688
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
60,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$338,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
7,072,600
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
6.9%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Missourians
$338 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $161 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $33.9 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $21.2 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $44 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $78.8 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $156 annual cost to each of Missouri's native-born headed households