Immigration in North Dakota
Immigration by the Numbers
683,932
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
5,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$33,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
657,300
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
3.1%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to North Dakotans
$33 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $18.5 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $3.4 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $1.9 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $3.3 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $6 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $121 annual cost to each of North Dakota's native-born headed households