Senegalese vs Mexican Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 78,101,043 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Senegalese and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.334 and weighted average of 15.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 562,221,656 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Mexicans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.849 and weighted average of 14.6%, a difference of 5.2%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Senegalese are Immigrants from Senegal (15.3%, a difference of 0.27%), Immigrants from Belize (15.2%, a difference of 1.0%), Immigrants from Mexico (15.2%, a difference of 1.5%), African (15.1%, a difference of 1.8%), and Immigrants from Liberia (15.1%, a difference of 1.9%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Mexicans are Immigrants from Guatemala (14.6%, a difference of 0.090%), Chippewa (14.7%, a difference of 0.32%), Alaskan Athabascan (14.7%, a difference of 0.35%), Immigrants from Western Africa (14.7%, a difference of 0.36%), and Ute (14.7%, a difference of 0.44%).