Immigration in Kentucky
Immigration by the Numbers
4,369,356
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
50,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$326,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
5,281,800
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
8.4%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Kentuckians
$326 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $149 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $14 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $22 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $47 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $84 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $195 annual cost to each of Kentucky's native-born headed households