In California alone, immigration is responsible for more than 45% of the state's school children. This huge influx costs California's taxpayers more than $26 billion each year.

 

 

 

Immigration and the School-Aged Population (5-17)

State	Percent w/ Immigrant Fathers	Number w/ Immigrant Fathers	Cost per Student	Cost to Taxpayer
California	46.9%	3,299,000	$8,067	$26,613,033,000
Nevada	32.9%	153,000	$6,722	$1,028,466,000
New York	31.1%	1,055,000	$14,119	$14,895,545,000
New Jersey	30.9%	475,000	$13,800	$6,555,000,000
Texas	26.7%	1,206,000	$7,267	$8,764,002,000
Florida	26.7%	801,000	$7,207	$5,772,807,000
Illinois	23.1%	534,000	$8,944	$4,776,096,000
Arizona	22.7%	266,000	$6,261	$1,665,426,000
Washington	16.9%	184,000	$7,560	$1,391,040,000
Maryland	16.4%	166,000	$9,815	$1,629,290,000
Virginia	16.0%	200,000	$8,891	$1,778,200,000
Mass.	15.4%	167,000	$11,267	$1,881,589,000
Colorado	15.4%	133,000	$7,730	$1,028,090,000
Conn.	15.0%	91,000	$11,572	$1,053,052,000
Georgia	15.0%	256,000	$8,028	$2,055,168,000
North Carolina	10.8%	169,000	$7,159	$1,209,871,000

Source: Center for Immigration Studies

NOTE: Only the top 16 states (by percent of children with immigrant fathers) were examined.