For example, most Californians oppose Trump’s crackdown on immigrants who are in the country illegally. The most opioid deaths per 10,000 people in 2016 was in West Virginia, which has a very low density of noncitizen immigrants. One of the states with the lowest relative number of opioid deaths was California — which has a large density of immigrants. Four of the top five places for opioid deaths — West Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania — all have immigrant population densities below the median. Of the top 10 states for opioid deaths, half have immigrant population densities above the median and half below.

Source: Washington Post April 18, 2018 22:18 UTC