Immigration in Montana
Immigration by the Numbers
998,200
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
5,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$32,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
1,146,600
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
6.0%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Montanans
$32 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $19.2 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $2.7 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $2.6 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $2.6 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $4.7 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $81 annual cost to each of Montana's native-born headed households