Immigration in Wisconsin
Immigration by the Numbers
5,726,400
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
95,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$883,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
6,969,300
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
6.7%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Wisconsinites
$883 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $348 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $61.7 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $68.1 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $145 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $260 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $399 annual cost to each of Wisconsin's native-born headed households