Immigration in Maine
Immigration by the Numbers
1,328,188
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
5,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$71,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
1,853,700
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
7.4%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Mainers
$71 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $17.7 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $2.1 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $1.3 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $17.9 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $32 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $102 annual cost to each of Maine's native-born headed households