Immigrants from the Azores vs Immigrants from Nicaragua Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 46,243,454 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from the Azores and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.235 and weighted average of 16.4%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 236,159,381 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Nicaragua and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.103 and weighted average of 17.2%, a difference of 5.2%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from the Azores are Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.070%), Houma (16.5%, a difference of 0.35%), Barbadian (16.5%, a difference of 0.62%), U.S. Virgin Islander (16.5%, a difference of 0.86%), and West Indian (16.3%, a difference of 0.88%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Nicaragua are Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (17.2%, a difference of 0.080%), Native/Alaskan (17.3%, a difference of 0.18%), Menominee (17.2%, a difference of 0.26%), Black/African American (17.2%, a difference of 0.43%), and Central American Indian (17.1%, a difference of 0.96%).