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October 25, 2007
Table 1:
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Sri
Lanka |
73% |
5% |
22% |
|
Republic of Ireland |
72% |
3% |
25% |
|
India |
71% |
4% |
25% |
|
Portugal |
70% |
8% |
22% |
|
China |
69% |
4% |
27% |
|
Jamaica |
69% |
7% |
24% |
|
Cyprus |
68% |
3% |
29% |
|
Iran |
51% |
12% |
36% |
|
Pakistan |
45% |
5% |
50% |
|
Bangladesh |
44% |
8% |
48% |
|
Turkey |
41% |
7% |
52% |
|
Somalia |
19% |
10% |
71% |
|
Source:
Institute for Public Policy Research,
"Britain's Immigrants: An Economic Profile,"
PDF |
|
September 2007. Tables 5.1. |
Table 2:
|
Immigrant Dependency in the U.S. and the U.K. |
|
(Ranked by dependency rate) |
|
U.K. |
U.S. |
|
Country of origin |
Dependency % |
% of UK pop. |
Country of origin |
Dependency % |
% of US pop. |
|
Somalia |
39.0% |
0.14% |
Dominican Republic |
57.2% |
0.24% |
|
Turkey |
21.0% |
0.12% |
Mexico |
43.4% |
3.71% |
|
Pakistan |
11.0% |
0.52% |
Russia |
39.8% |
0.21% |
|
Bangladesh |
11.0% |
0.35% |
Honduras |
37.5% |
0.13% |
|
Iran |
10.0% |
0.10% |
Guatemala |
35.7% |
0.19% |
|
5 most
dependent |
15.1% |
1.23% |
5 most
dependent |
43.5% |
4.48% |
|
Cyprus |
9.0% |
0.11% |
Haiti |
35.3% |
0.20% |
|
Portugal |
7.0% |
0.11% |
Cuba |
33.0% |
0.33% |
|
Uganda |
7.0% |
0.10% |
Vietnam |
31.8% |
0.34% |
|
Jamaica |
6.0% |
0.28% |
Jamaica |
31.3% |
0.21% |
|
Ireland |
5.0% |
0.72% |
Colombia |
29.7% |
0.16% |
|
Nigeria |
5.0% |
0.25% |
El
Salvador |
29.7% |
0.39% |
|
Ghana |
3.0% |
0.16% |
Ecuador |
23.1% |
0.12% |
|
India |
3.0% |
0.98% |
Brazil |
21.9% |
0.12% |
|
Italy |
3.0% |
0.17% |
Iran |
21.9% |
0.11% |
|
Kenya |
3.0% |
0.21% |
Peru |
20.6% |
0.11% |
|
Sri
Lanka |
3.0% |
0.17% |
China |
18.5% |
0.63% |
|
Zimbabwe |
3.0% |
0.18% |
Korea |
17.4% |
0.23% |
|
Canada |
2.0% |
0.13% |
Philippines |
15.6% |
0.53% |
|
China |
2.0% |
0.24% |
Japan |
13.4% |
0.12% |
|
South
Africa |
2.0% |
0.32% |
Canada |
12.2% |
0.23% |
|
Australia |
1.0% |
0.20% |
Great
Britain |
10.8% |
0.20% |
|
France |
1.0% |
0.20% |
Poland |
10.8% |
0.18% |
|
Philippines |
1.0% |
0.17% |
Germany |
9.1% |
0.18% |
|
Poland |
1.0% |
0.54% |
India |
7.9% |
0.49% |
|
USA |
0.0% |
0.31% |
Italy |
3.4% |
0.13% |
|
All
immigrants |
5.3% |
10.1% |
All
immigrants |
28.6% |
12.1% |
|
All
natives (UK) |
4.0% |
89.9% |
All
natives (US) |
18.2% |
87.9% |
|
Note:
Dependency rates reflect the proportion of each
immigrant group receiving means-tested income |
|
benefits. |
|
Sources:
Institute for Public Policy Research,
"Britain's Immigrants: An Economic Profile,"
September 2007. |
|
Tables
4.2 and 5.10. Data are for 2005/06. /
|
|
Steven
Camarota, "America
at Mid-Decade: A Snapshot of America's
Foreign-born Population |
|
in
2005," Center for Immigration Studies, December
2005. Tables 5 and 13. |
| |
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email
him) is President of
ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis. |
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