A bar chart comparing welfare use rates between U.S.-born, Legal Immigrant, and Illegal Immigrant households in the United States.

A bar chart titled 'Figure 4 Welfare use Based on Legal Status of the Household Head'. It shows percentages for U.S.-born (orange), Legal Immigrant (green), and Illegal Immigrant (blue) across categories: Any Welfare, Cash, Food, Medicaid, and Housing. Illegal immigrants have the highest usage in the 'Any Welfare' (59%) and 'Food' (48%) categories.

Figure 4 Welfare use Based on Legal Status of the Household Head ■U.S.-born ■Legal Immigrant ■Illegal Immigrant 59% 52% 48% 39% 39% 36% 34% 25% 25% 23% 18% 16% 5% 5% 4% Any Welfare Cash Food Medicaid Housing Source: Public use file of the 2022 Survey of Income and Program Particapation. Cash includes, TANF, SSI and the EITC. Food Assistance includes Food Stamps, WIC and free and reduced priced lunch/breakfast. www.cis.org