Immigration in Arkansas
Immigration by the Numbers
2,937,979
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
55,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$244,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
3,726,200
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
7.2%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Arkansans
$244 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $156 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $23.6 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $17.9 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $16.7 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $29.9 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $215 annual cost to each of Arkansas' native-born headed households