Native/Alaskan vs Immigrants from Eastern Asia Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 511,480,561 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Natives/Alaskans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.694 and weighted average of 17.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 497,431,839 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Eastern Asia and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.108 and weighted average of 9.3%, a difference of 85.4%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Natives/Alaskans are Immigrants from Nicaragua (17.2%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (17.2%, a difference of 0.26%), Menominee (17.2%, a difference of 0.44%), Black/African American (17.2%, a difference of 0.62%), and Central American Indian (17.1%, a difference of 1.1%).

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Eastern Asia are Bolivian (9.3%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Sweden (9.3%, a difference of 0.41%), Immigrants from Lithuania (9.2%, a difference of 0.78%), Czech (9.2%, a difference of 1.1%), and Bhutanese (9.2%, a difference of 1.1%).