Wyoming Mass Deportations Would Cost $531 Million, Economic Policy Institute Estimates

The precise claim that Wyoming’s mass deportation costs would reach $531 million remains unverified. A state table lists about $0.5 billion, but that...

At a glanceReviewed November 8, 2026
  • The state table lists Wyoming’s 2025 population as 588,753.
  • The reported allocation method uses residents’ federal income taxes.
  • The calculator can be checked by selecting Wyoming.

Wyoming’s projected cost cannot be verified as $531 million, and the figure is not tied to a named state office. The Economic Policy Institute’s calculator is identified as a likely source, but the exact Wyoming result has not been confirmed as its calculation.

A state-by-state table updated November 7, 2026, gives a rounded estimate of about $0.5 billion. That figure is attributed to the table, not independently confirmed; it should not be treated as a bill Wyoming’s government must pay.

Wyoming Mass Deportations Would Cost 1 Million, Economic Policy Institute Estimates
Wyoming Mass Deportations Would Cost $531 Million, Economic Policy Institute Estimates

A rounded state figure does not verify the headline total

The table’s rounded amount does not establish the precise figure in the headline. Nor does it identify a Wyoming agency as the estimator. The origin and date of the exact amount remain unclear.

The distinction affects how residents and federal income taxpayers should read the figure. A state allocation of projected federal spending is not necessarily a direct charge to the state government, and it does not measure all economic losses. The specific costs included in the Wyoming amount have not been established.

The calculator allocates a national projection by residents’ taxes

The reported methodology begins with a national estimate of $268.9 billion in planned federal spending during Trump’s second term. The calculator is described as distributing that amount among states, counties and cities according to the federal income taxes paid by residents.

That method produces an allocation of a national projection. It does not, on its own, show what Wyoming would spend directly, or clarify which costs, population base and period the headline’s exact figure covers. Those details remain unresolved for the claimed Wyoming total.

The national estimate and allocation method are described as part of the calculator’s approach. They do not verify a particular state result. Readers should avoid treating the rounded state-table amount as confirmation of a more precise figure.

Wyoming taxpayers can check the calculator’s state result

The lawfirm4immigrants.com state table lists $2,567 per taxpaying return and $903 per resident for Wyoming. It gives the state’s 2025 population as 588,753. These figures are attributed to the lawfirm4immigrants.com table and have not been independently confirmed here.

Those rounded amounts should not be used to calculate or validate the headline total. The listed per-return and per-resident figures are not a substitute for the calculator’s underlying state result, and the population figure does not resolve which population or time period the headline amount uses.

Residents can use the Economic Policy Institute’s Cost of Deportations Calculator to select Wyoming and review the displayed amount and its methodology. Until that state result is checked directly, the precise estimate and the costs and period it covers remain unsettled.

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