Immigrants from Nicaragua vs Immigrants from Venezuela Receiving Food Stamps

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%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 287,368,478 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Venezuela and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.068 and weighted average of 12.3%, a difference of 40.1%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, 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%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Venezuela are Ugandan (12.2%, a difference of 0.48%), Shoshone (12.4%, a difference of 0.53%), Nonimmigrants (12.4%, a difference of 0.56%), Aleut (12.4%, a difference of 0.62%), and Sierra Leonean (12.2%, a difference of 0.68%).