Makeagain Monday: Share of Wealth vs. Immigrant Population

Makeover Monday participant Will Chen created this chart for week 48 that compares the share of wealth of different groups to the immigrant population. If you’re not following Will, you should. He’s been creating videos of his Makeover Monday process.

Instantly, I saw a more compelling story and decided to take his viz and iterate. In just a few steps, I changed his viz into a story about the how the change in wealth of the top 0.5% seems to trend along with the percentage of immigrants in the U.S.

Correlation does not mean causation, however, it does lead me to think…will President-elect Trump’s stance on immigration lead to less wealth for him and his peers? I guess we’ll find out in a few years. The Tableau version is embedded below.