Nonimmigrants vs Immigrants from Eastern Africa Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 580,622,931 people shows a significant negative correlation between the proportion of Nonimmigrants and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.625 and weighted average of 12.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 354,350,740 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Eastern Africa and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.718 and weighted average of 11.6%, a difference of 6.7%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Nonimmigrants are Shoshone (12.4%, a difference of 0.030%), Aleut (12.4%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Thailand (12.4%, a difference of 0.13%), South American (12.4%, a difference of 0.39%), and Immigrants from Venezuela (12.3%, a difference of 0.56%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Eastern Africa are Costa Rican (11.6%, a difference of 0.060%), Tlingit-Haida (11.6%, a difference of 0.12%), Kenyan (11.6%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Western Asia (11.6%, a difference of 0.28%), and Guamanian/Chamorro (11.7%, a difference of 0.60%).