Venezuelan vs American Receiving Food Stamps

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 305,571,015 people shows a mild negative correlation between the proportion of Venezuelans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.356 and weighted average of 12.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 578,010,429 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and percentage of population receiving government assistance and/or food stamps in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.484 and weighted average of 12.2%, a difference of 0.88%.

In terms of receiving food stamps, the demographic groups most similar to Venezuelans are Immigrants from Peru (12.0%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Cameroon (12.0%, a difference of 0.060%), Samoan (12.1%, a difference of 0.18%), Sudanese (12.0%, a difference of 0.20%), and Albanian (12.0%, a difference of 0.51%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Iraqi (12.2%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Sudan (12.1%, a difference of 0.060%), Delaware (12.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Fiji (12.1%, a difference of 0.18%), and Immigrants from Costa Rica (12.2%, a difference of 0.24%).