Immigration in South Carolina
Immigration by the Numbers
4,723,723
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
70,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$391,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
6,628,900
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
8.3%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to South Carolinians
$391 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $266 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $37.4 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $28 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $21.2 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $37.9 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $254 annual cost to each of South Carolina's native-born headed households