Do States With High Income Also Have More Immigrants?

Abstract

Data was collected from the 50 states and the Capital of the United States of America in 2017 for evaluation. The main analysis investigates whether a state’s median household income is positively correlated with the state’s immigration. While a simple linear model showed a positive correlation. Subsequent models did not show the same relationship between a state’s immigration and a state’s income, and instead showed state immigration to be positively related to the presence of Fortune 500 Companies and Top 100 Universities. Future investigation should go into explaining the negative relationship.