Immigrants from Nicaragua vs West Indian 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 253,628,071 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of West Indians and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.287 and weighted average of 16.3%, a difference of 6.1%.

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%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Nicaraguan (16.1%, a difference of 0.68%), Immigrants from West Indies (16.1%, a difference of 0.77%), Immigrants from the Azores (16.4%, a difference of 0.88%), Jamaican (16.4%, a difference of 0.94%), and Houma (16.5%, a difference of 1.2%).