Immigration & Welfare
Percentage of immigrant households receiving government assistance by country of birth
Why are some immigrant groups receiving far more government assistance than native-born Americans?
US-born households
39.0%
1Bhutan
81.4%
81.4%2Yemen Arab Republic (North)
75.2%
75.2%3Somalia
71.9%
71.9%4Marshall Islands
71.4%
71.4%5Dominican Republic
68.1%
68.1%6Afghanistan
68.1%
68.1%7Congo
66.0%
66.0%8Guinea
65.8%
65.8%9Samoa, 1940-1950
63.4%
63.4%10Cape Verde
63.1%
63.1%11Iraq
60.7%
60.7%12Armenia
60.3%
60.3%13Burma (Myanmar)
59.2%
59.2%14Micronesia
58.1%
58.1%15Zaire
56.9%
56.9%16Guatemala
56.5%
56.5%17Sudan
56.3%
56.3%18El Salvador
55.4%
55.4%19Bangladesh
54.8%
54.8%20Tonga
54.4%
54.4%21Mexico
54.0%
54.0%22Uzbekistan
53.9%
53.9%23Togo
53.2%
53.2%24Honduras
52.9%
52.9%25Eritrea
52.7%
52.7%26Haiti
52.3%
52.3%27South Sudan
52.0%
52.0%28Ecuador
51.2%
51.2%29Cambodia
49.9%
49.9%30Cuba
49.6%
49.6%31Liberia
48.9%
48.9%32Algeria
48.1%
48.1%33Syria
48.0%
48.0%34Jordan
47.8%
47.8%35Libya
47.8%
47.8%36Ethiopia
47.6%
47.6%37Rwanda
47.1%
47.1%38Morocco
46.6%
46.6%39Kosovo
46.0%
46.0%40Nicarogua
45.5%
45.5%41Republic of Georgia
45.4%
45.4%42Dominica
45.1%
45.1%43Sierra Leone
43.6%
43.6%44Vietnam
42.9%
42.9%45American Samoa
42.9%
42.9%46Ukraine
42.7%
42.7%47Moldavia
42.6%
42.6%48Antigua-Barbuda
41.9%
41.9%49Belize/British Honduras
41.8%
41.8%50Guyana/British Guiana
41.7%
41.7%51St. Lucia
41.7%
41.7%52Fiji
40.8%
40.8%53Grenada
40.7%
40.7%54Gambia
40.5%
40.5%55Pakistan
40.2%
40.2%56Senegal
39.7%
39.7%57Tunisia
39.7%
39.7%58Egypt/United Arab Rep.
39.3%
39.3%59St. Kitts-Nevis
39.1%
39.1%60Peru
38.9%
38.9%61Mongolia
38.8%
38.8%62Kirghizia
38.6%
38.6%63St. Vincent
38.1%
38.1%64Ghana
37.9%
37.9%65Bolivia
37.8%
37.8%66Azerbaijan
37.8%
37.8%67Montenegro
37.6%
37.6%68Cameroon
37.6%
37.6%69Lebanon
36.9%
36.9%70Jamaica
36.7%
36.7%71Thailand
36.7%
36.7%72Kazakhstan
36.5%
36.5%73Colombia
36.5%
36.5%74Paraguay
35.3%
35.3%75Costa Rica
35.1%
35.1%76Nepal
34.8%
34.8%77Uruguay
34.6%
34.6%78Bahamas
34.0%
34.0%79Tanzania
34.0%
34.0%80Barbados
33.9%
33.9%81Nigeria
33.3%
33.3%82Macedonia
33.0%
33.0%83China
32.9%
32.9%84Panama
32.7%
32.7%85Bosnia
32.4%
32.4%86Brazil
32.2%
32.2%87Iran
31.9%
31.9%88Iceland
29.5%
29.5%89Chile
29.3%
29.3%90Lithuania
29.2%
29.2%91Kenya
28.5%
28.5%92Portugal
28.2%
28.2%93Zambia
28.0%
28.0%94Korea
27.2%
27.2%95Argentina
26.2%
26.2%96Israel/Palestine
25.9%
25.9%97Saudi Arabi
25.7%
25.7%98Bermuda
25.5%
25.5%Data sources: White House, CIS