Native/Alaskan vs Immigrants from Ecuador Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 511,480,561 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.694 and weighted average of 17.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 270,373,002 people shows a substantial negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Ecuador and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.547 and weighted average of 15.0%, a difference of 14.8%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Natives/Alaskans are Immigrants from Nicaragua (17.2%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (17.2%, a difference of 0.26%), Menominee (17.2%, a difference of 0.44%), Black/African American (17.2%, a difference of 0.62%), and Central American Indian (17.1%, a difference of 1.1%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Ecuador are Bangladeshi (15.0%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Central America (15.0%, a difference of 0.29%), Immigrants from Liberia (15.1%, a difference of 0.38%), African (15.1%, a difference of 0.52%), and Immigrants from Mexico (15.2%, a difference of 0.75%).