Immigration in Washington
Immigration by the Numbers
6,897,000
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
275,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$2,534,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
10,611,500
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
7.8%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Washingtonians
$2.5 billion a year spent on illegal immigration
- $1.6 billion a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $508 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $176 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $144 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $325 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $970 annual cost to each of Washington's native-born headed households