South American vs Albanian Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 491,814,121 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of South Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.324 and weighted average of 12.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 192,875,347 people shows a slight positive correlation between the proportion of Albanians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.070 and weighted average of 12.0%, a difference of 3.6%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to South Americans are Immigrants from Thailand (12.4%, a difference of 0.26%), Aleut (12.4%, a difference of 0.33%), Nonimmigrants (12.4%, a difference of 0.39%), Shoshone (12.4%, a difference of 0.42%), and Immigrants from Venezuela (12.3%, a difference of 0.95%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Albanians are Sudanese (12.0%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Cameroon (12.0%, a difference of 0.44%), Immigrants from Peru (12.0%, a difference of 0.50%), Venezuelan (12.0%, a difference of 0.51%), and Samoan (12.1%, a difference of 0.69%).