Nonimmigrants vs Immigrants from Iraq 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 194,550,826 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Iraq and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.212 and weighted average of 12.0%, a difference of 3.5%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Nonimmigrants are Shoshone (12.4%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Venezuela (12.3%, a difference of 0.56%), Ugandan (12.2%, a difference of 1.0%), Sierra Leonean (12.2%, a difference of 1.2%), and Portuguese (12.2%, a difference of 1.5%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Iraq are Spanish (12.0%, a difference of 0.040%), Albanian (12.0%, a difference of 0.25%), Spaniard (11.9%, a difference of 0.38%), Sudanese (12.0%, a difference of 0.56%), and Immigrants from Cameroon (12.0%, a difference of 0.70%).