The Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy Estimates Positive Contribution Of Immigrants To State and Local Taxes

Submitted by Kristian Ramos on 4/19/11

The Immigration Policy Center  has a great piece up on the positive economic impact that undocumented immigrants have on local and state economies. The full post can be seen here, quotes and some handy statistics and graphs below:

The Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy  (ITEP) has estimated the state and local taxes paid in 2010 by households that are headed by unauthorized immigrants. These households may include members who are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants.  Collectively, these households paid $11.2 billion in state and local taxes.  That included:

  • $1.2 billion in personal income taxes,
  • $1.6 billion in property taxes
  • $8.4 billion in sales taxes. 

The states receiving the most tax revenue from households headed by unauthorized immigrants were:

  1. California ($2.7 billion)
  2. Texas ($1.6 billion)
  3. Florida ($806.8 million)
  4. New York ($662.4 million)
  5. Illinois ($499.2 million)