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This infographic provides an overview of CBO's report, The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook. Gain quick insight into why CBO projects a substantial imbalance in the federal budget beyond the next 10 years.
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Since 1994, the unemployment rate for foreign-born workers has generally increased when the unemployment rate for native-born workers has increased and decreased when the rate for native-born workers has decreased.
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The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that, in 2011, about 11.5 million U.S. residents were in the country without legal authorization—about 3 million more than in 2000.
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In 2012, 27 percent of the foreign-born population between the ages of 25 and 64 had not completed high school, compared with 7 percent of the native-born population.
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In 2012, three states that account for more than one-fifth of the nation’s population—California, New York, and New Jersey—had a foreign-born population that, for each state, exceeded 20 percent of its total population.
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By 2010, nearly 40 million foreign-born people lived in the United States, constituting about 13 percent of the U.S. population.
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The number of people receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has risen sharply in recent years—from about 26 million in 2007 to nearly 47 million in 2012.
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Under current law, total funding for child nutrition programs will grow from $20 billion in 2013 to $29 billion in 2023, CBO projects.
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CBO projects that in 2022, the Social Security Disability Insurance program will provide benefits totaling $204 billion to over 12.3 million disabled workers and their dependents.
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One in seven U.S. residents received benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2011, at a total cost of $78 billion. Spending on SNAP benefits more than doubled between 2007 and 2011.