Immigration in Your Backyard
Immigration Impact:
West Virginia
State Population (2006 CB estimate)
1,818,470
State Population in 2000
1,807,528
Average Annual Change 2000-2006
0.10%
Foreign Born Population 2006
22,965
Foreign Born Share 2006
1.3%
Foreign Born Population 2000
19,390
Foreign Born Share 2000
1.1%
Average Annual Change 2000-2006
3.0%
Population Projection 2010
1.82 million
Population Projection 2025
1.76 million
Population Projection 2050 (FAIR)
1.85 million
All numbers are from the U.S. Census Bureau unless otherwise noted. Additional Census Bureau, INS, and other immigration-related data are available for West Virginia.
Population Change
West Virginia’s population increased by 0.8 percent between 1990 and 2000, and by 0.6 percent between 2000 and 2006, bringing West Virginia’s total population to approximately 1.8 million.
Approximately 32.7 percent of the total population increase between 2000 and 2006 in West Virginia was directly attributable to immigrants
FAIR estimates the illegal alien population in 2005 at 8,000.
According to an estimate of the Pew Hispanic Center, in 2005 there were less than 10,000 illegal immigrants in West Virginia. 2/
FAIR estimates in 2004 that the citizens of West Virginia spent $82.5 million per year on illegal aliens.
Indiana
Summary Demographic State Data (and Source)
Population (2007 CB est.): 6,345,289
Population (2000 Census): 6,080,485
Foreign-Born Population (2007 FAIR est.): 275,480
Foreign-Born Population (2000 Census): 186,534
Share Foreign-Born (2006 FAIR estimate): 4.3%
Share Foreign-Born (2000): 3.1%
Immigrant Stock (2000 CB est.): 370,000
Share Immigrant Stock (2000 est.): 6.1%
Naturalized U.S. Citizens (2006 Census): 92,773
Share Naturalized (2006): 35.2%
Legal Immigrant Admission (DHS 1997-2006): 54,631
Refugee Admission (DHS 1997-2006): 4,659
Illegal Alien Population (2007 FAIR est.): 110,000
Costs of Illegal Aliens - 2005 (2006 FAIR est.): $259,000,000
Projected Population - 2050 (2006 FAIR): 8,072,680
Indiana's immigrant population almost doubled during the 1990's, accounting for 17 percent of the state's overall population increase during the decade. Demonstrating the impact of recent policies of mass immigration, 52 percent of Indiana's immigrant population has arrived in the state since 1990.