South American vs American 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 578,010,429 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.484 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 2.2%.

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%), Potawatomi (12.5%, a difference of 0.36%), Nonimmigrants (12.4%, a difference of 0.39%), and Shoshone (12.4%, a difference of 0.42%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Iraqi (12.2%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Sudan (12.1%, a difference of 0.060%), Delaware (12.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Fiji (12.1%, a difference of 0.18%), and Immigrants from Costa Rica (12.2%, a difference of 0.24%).