Immigration in Alabama
Immigration by the Numbers
4,802,740
Population (2011 Census Bureau estimate)
125,000
Illegal Alien Population (2010 FAIR estimate)
$298,000,000
Cost of Illegal Aliens (2010 FAIR estimate)
5,601,100
Projected 2050 Population (2006 FAIR estimate)
8.1%
Unemployment Rate (BLS, October 2012)
Cost to Alabamans
$298 million a year spent on illegal immigration
- $187 million a year to educate the children of illegal aliens
- $32.4 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens
- $18.7 million a year on criminal justice activities for illegal aliens
- $21.4 million a year on welfare for illegal aliens
- $38.3 million a year for additional state/local operating costs
- $163 annual cost to each of Alabama's native-born headed households