Immigration in South Dakota
Immigration by the Numbers
833,354
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
5,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$39,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
894,300
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
4.4%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to South Dakotans
$39 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $16.2 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $3.5 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $3.9 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $5.5 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $9.8 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $128 annual cost to each of South Dakota's native-born headed households