Immigration in Connecticut
Immigration by the Numbers
3,580,709
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
120,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$957,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
4,880,600
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
9.0%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Connecticuters
$957million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $548 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $104 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $61 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $87.6 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $157 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $835 annual cost to each of Connecticut's native-born headed households