Native/Alaskan vs Immigrants from Uganda 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 125,947,478 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Uganda and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.002 and weighted average of 11.9%, a difference of 45.2%.

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 Uganda are Immigrants from Morocco (11.9%, a difference of 0.060%), Spaniard (11.9%, a difference of 0.080%), South American Indian (11.9%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from Iraq (12.0%, a difference of 0.46%), and Spanish (12.0%, a difference of 0.50%).