Unauthorized immigrants in Georgia paid $456.3 million in state and local taxes in 2010...

A report by the Immigration Policy Center found the following information.


Immigrants are integral to Georgia’s economy as workers.

• Immigrants comprised 13.1% of the state’s workforce in 2010 (or 629,909 workers), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.20
• Unauthorized immigrants comprised 7% of the state’s workforce (or 325,000 workers) in 2010, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.21
• If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from Georgia, the state would lose $21.3 billion in economic activity, $9.5 billion in gross state product, and approximately 132,460 jobs, even accounting for adequate market adjustment time, according to a report by the Perryman Group.22

Unauthorized immigrants contribute to the state’s economy.

• Unauthorized immigrants in Georgia paid $456.3 million in state and local taxes in 2010, according to data from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy,23 which includes:
• • $85.7 million in state income taxes.
• • $36.4 million in property taxes.
• • $334.2 million in sales taxes.

The average unauthorized family in Georgia contributes between $2,340 and $2,470 in state and local sales, income, and property taxes, according to a 2006 study by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. An unauthorized family that does not pay income taxes would have a sales and property tax contribution of $1,800 to $1,860.24

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