Immigration in New York
Immigration by the Numbers
19,570,261
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
750,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$9,479,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
26,157,100
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
8.3%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to New Yorkers
$9.5 billion a year spent on illegal immigration
- $5.8 billion a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $957 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $865 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $648 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $1.2 billion a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $1,607 annual cost to each of New York's native-born headed households