Immigration in Pennsylvania
Immigration by the Numbers
12,763,536
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
180,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$1,378,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
13,902,400
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
7.8%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Pennsylvanians
$1.37 billion a year spent on illegal immigration
- $576 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $111 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $74.3 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $221 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $396 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $291 annual cost to each of Pennsylvanis's native-born headed households